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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

amount of money annually subscribed by such Mem-
bers shall at any time be less than £50.
3. The bye-laws of every Society to be incor-
porated as aforesaid shall provide for the expenditure
of not less than one-third of its annual revenue in or
towards the formation or support of some local
public Museum or Library; or otherwise shall pro-
vide for the contribution of not less than one-sixth
of its said revenue towards the extension and main-
tenance of the Museum and Library of the New
Zealand Institute.
4. Any Society incorporated as aforesaid which
shall in any one year fail to expend the proportion of
revenue affixed in manner provided by Rule 3
aforesaid, shall from thenceforth cease to be incorpo-
rated with the Institute.
5. All papers read before any Society for the time
being incorporated with the Institute shall be
deemed to be communications to the Institute, and
may then be published as proceedings or transactions
of the Institute, subject to the following regulations
of the Board of the Institute regarding publications :

Regulations regarding Publications.

(a) The publications of the Institute shall consist
of a current abstract of the proceedings of the
Societies for the time being incorporated with
the Institute, to be intituled "Proceedings of
the New Zealand Institute," and of transactions
comprising papers read before the Incorporated
Societies (subject however to selection as herein-
after mentioned), to be intituled "Transactions
of the New Zealand Institute:"
(b) The Institute shall have power to reject any
papers read before any of the Incorporated
Societies.
(c) Papers so rejected will be returned to the
Society before which they were read.
(d) A proportional contribution may be required
from each Society towards the cost of publish-
ing the proceedings and transactions of the
Institute.
(e) Each Incorporated Society will be entitled to
receive a proportional number of copies of the
proceedings and transactions of the Institute
to be, from time to time, fixed by the Board of
Governors.
(f) Extra copies will be issued to any of the Mem-
bers of Incorporated Societies at the cost price
of publication.
6. All property accumulated by or with funds
derived from Incorporated Societies and placed in
the charge of the Institute shall be vested in the
Institute, and be used and applied at the discretion
of the Board of Governors for public advantage, in
like manner with any other of the property of the
Institute.
7. Subject to "The New Zealand Institute Act,
1867," and to the foregoing rules, all Societies
incorporated with the Institute shall be entitled to
retain or alter their own form of constitution and
the bye-laws for their own management, and shall
conduct their own affairs.
8. Upon application signed by the Chairman and
countersigned by the Secretary of any Society,
accompanied by the certificate required under
Rule No. 1, a certificate of incorporation will be
granted under the Seal of the Institute, and will
remain in force as long as the foregoing rules of the
Institute are complied with by the Society.

SECTION II.
For the Management of the Property of the
Institute.
9. All donations by Societies, Public Departments,
or private individuals, to the Museum of the Insti-
tute, shall be acknowledged by a printed form of
receipt, and shall be duly entered in the books of
the Institute provided for that purpose, and shall
then be dealt with as the Board of Governors may
direct.
10. Deposits of articles for the Museum may be
accepted by the Institute, subject to a fortnight's
notice of removal, to be given either by the owner of
the articles or by the Manager of the Institute, and
such deposits shall be duly entered in a separate
catalogue.
11. Books relating to Natural Science may be,
deposited in the Library of the Institute, subject to
the following conditions :--
(a) Such books are not to be withdrawn by the
owner under six months' notice, if such notice
shall be required by the Board of Governors.
(b) Any funds specially expended on binding and
preserving such deposited books, at the request
of the depositor, shall be charged against the
books, and must be refunded to the Institute
before their withdrawal, always subject to
special arrangements made with the Board of
Governors at the time of deposit.
(c) No books deposited in the Library of the Insti-
tute shall be removed for temporary use except
on the written authority or receipt of the owner,
and then only for a period not exceeding seven
days at any one time.
12. All books in the Library of the Institute shall
be duly entered in a catalogue, which shall be acces-
sible to the public.
13. The public shall be admitted to the use of the
Museum and Library, subject to bye-laws to be
framed by the Board.

SECTION III.
14. The Laboratory shall, for the time being, be
and remain under the exclusive management of the
Manager of the Institute.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWARD DENHAM, Esq.,
to be Deputy Registrar of Deeds in the Province of
Canterbury.
This appointment to take effect on and from the
first day of April, 1868.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1868.

THE following proclamation issued by His Honor
the Superintendent of Marlborough, under
"The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
with the approval of His Excellency the Governor
thereon, is published for general information.

J. C. RICHMOND.
(in the absence of Mr. Stafford.)

PROCLAMATION.

By His Honor WILLIAM HENRY EYES, Esq., Super-
intendent of the Province of Marlborough, in the
Colony of New Zealand.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council, dated the six-
teenth July, 1867, the power has been delegated to
me by His Excellency the Governor, under the
provisions of "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment
Act, 1865," to declare infected districts, and from
time to time to make regulations for destroying
diseased cattle therein, and for prohibiting the
removal of such cattle: