LIST OF INCORPORATED SOCIETIES.
| NAME OF SOCIETY. | DATE OF INCORPORATION | |
| Wellington Philosophical Society | 10th June, | 1868. |
| Auckland Institute | 10th June, | 1868. |
| Philosophical Institute of Canterbury | 22nd October, | 1868. |
| Otago Institute | 18th October, | 1869. |
| Nelson Association for the Promotion of Science and Industry | 23rd Sept., | 1870. |
WELLINGTON PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
Office-bearers for 1873: President—Charles Knight, F.R.C.S.; Vice-Presidents—J. C. Crawford, F.G.S., Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S.; Council—W. T. L. Travers, F.L.S., H. F. Logan, James Hector, M.D., F.R.S., John Kebbell, W. S. Hamilton, J. R. George, C. C. Graham; Hon. Treasurer—F. M. Ollivier; Hon. Secretary—R. B. Gore; Auditor—Arthur Baker.
Office-bearers for 1874: President—Charles Knight, F.R.C.S.; Vice-Presidents—J. C. Crawford, F.G.S., W. T. L. Travers, F.R.S.; Council—Dr. Hector, F.R.S, H. F. Logan, W. S. Hamilton, J. R. George, C. C. Graham, Commander R. A. Edwain, R.N., J. Blackett, C.E.; Auditor—Arthur Baker; Secretary and Treasurer—R. B, Gore.
Extracts from the Rules of the Wellington Philosophical Society.
5. Every member shall contribute annually to the funds of the Society the sum of one guinea.
6. The annual contribution shall be due on the first day of January in each year.
7. The sum of ten pounds may be paid at any time as a composition for life of the ordinary annual payment.
14. The time and place of the General Meetings of Members of the Society shall be fixed by the Council and duly announced by the Secretary.
AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.
Office-bearers for 1873.—President—His Honour T. B. Gillies; Council—J. L. Campbell, M.D., T. Heale, C.E., J. Stewart, C.E., T. Kirk, F.L.S., Rev. J. Kinder, D.D., D. Hay, H. H. Lusk, T. Russell, Hon. Colonel Haultain, Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.E., T. F. S. Tinne; Auditor—C. Tothill; Secretary—T. Kirk.
Office-bearers for 1874.—President—Chief Justice Sir George A. Arney; Council—J. L. Campbell, M.D., J. C. Firth, T. B. Gillies, J. Goodall, C.E., D. Hay, Hon. Col. Haultain, Rev. J. Kinder, D.D., Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.E., J. Stewart, C.E., T.F.S. Tinne, T. Heale; Auditor—C. Tothill; Secretary—T. F. Cheeseman.
