Office-bearers of the Auckland Institute 1870. President. A. G. Purchas, Esq., M.R.C.S.E Council. His Honor T. B. Gillies. Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. T. Peacock, Esq. J. Stewart, Esq., C.E. T. Heale, Esq., C.E. S. J. Stratford, Esq., M.R.C.S.E. Secretary and Treasurer. T. Kirk, Esq. 1871. President. T. Heale, Esq., C.E. Council. His Honor T. B. Gillies. Rev. J. Kinder. T. Kirk, Esq. H. H. Lusk, Esq. Rev. A. G. Purchas, M.R.C.S.E. J. Stewart, Esq., C.E. S. J. Stratford, Esq., M.R.C.S.E. T. F. S. Tinne, Esq. Secretary and Treasurer. T. Kirk, Esq. Auditor. G. B. Owen, Esq. Extracts from the Laws of the Auckland Institute. 4. New members on election to pay one guinea entrance fee, in addition to the annual subscription of one guinea; the annual subscriptions being payable in advance on the first day of April for the then current year. 5. Members may at any time become Life Members by one payment of ten pounds ten shillings, in lieu of future annual subscriptions. 10. Annual General Meeting of the Society on the third Monday of February in each year. Ordinary Business Meetings are called by the Council from time to time. Office-bearers of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Patron. His Honor W. Rolleston, Superintendent. 1870. President. Julius Haast, Esq., Ph.D., F.R.S. Vice Presidents. Rev. Canon Wilson, M.A. C. Davie, Esq. Council. R. M. Fereday, Esq. E. Jollie, Esq. H. J. Tancred, Esq. W. Rolleston, Esq., B.A. Selby Tancred, Esq., C.E. L1. Powell, Esq., M.D.