Extracts from the Rules of the Auckland Institute. 1. Any person desiring to become a member of the Institute shall be proposed in writing by two members, and shall be balloted for at the next meeting of the Council. 4. New members on election to pay one guinea entrance-fee, in addition to the annual subscription of one guinea, the annual subscription 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. Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. Office-Bearers For 1897.—President—Dr. W. Thomas; Vice-presidents—Dr. W. P. Evans, R. Speight; Hon. Secretary—Professor Dendy; Hon. Treasurer — Captain F. W. Hutton, F.R.S.; Council—F. C. Binns, L. Cockayne, R. M. Laing, S. Page, Dr. W. H. Symes, and H. R. Webb; Auditor —R. C. Bishop. Extracts from the Rules of the Philosophical Institute of Canterbury. 8. Members of the Institute shall pay one guinea annually as a subscription to the funds of the Institute. The subscription shall be due on the 1st November in each year. The Institute may also admit associates, who shall contribute five shillings annually to the funds of the Institute, and shall have all the privileges of members, except that they shall not have the power to vote, or be entitled to the annual volume of the Transactions. 9. Members may compound for all annual subscriptions of the current and future years by paying ten guineas. 15. The ordinary meetings of the Institute shall be held on the first Wednesday in each month during the months of May to October, both inclusive. Otago Institute. Office-Bearers For 1897.—President—J. R. Don, D.Sc.; Vice-presidents—A. Hamilton and Professor Shand, LL.D.; Hon. Secretary—Professor Parker, F.R.S.; Hon. Treasurer— J. S. Tennant, B.Sc.; Council—G. M. Thomson, F.L.S., Professor Scott, M.D., A. Wilson, M.A., F. R. Chapman, E. Melland, T. M. Hocken, F.L.S., A. Bathgate; Auditor—D. Brent, M.A. Extracts from the Constitution and Rules of the Otago Institute. 2. Any person desiring to join the society may be elected by ballot, on being proposed in writing at any meeting of the Council or society by two members, and on the payment of the annual subscription of one guinea for the year then current.