Rules of the New Zealand Society.

RULES
OF THE
NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY.

INSTITUTED JULY, 1851.

NEW ZEALAND PRINTED BY R. STROKES, AT THE "SPECTATOR OFFICE," WELLINGTON

1851

Officers of the Society.

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

President.
HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE GREY, K.C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.,

Vice-Presidents.
HIS EXCELLENCY EDWARD JOHN EYRE, ESQ.,
LIEUT.-COLONEL McCLEVERTY,
HIS HONOR MR. JUSTICE CHAPMAN,
THE VENERABLE ARCHDEACON HADFIELD.

Members of Council.
DR. FEATHERSTON,   J.C.RAYMOND, Esq.,
W.FITZHERBERT,Esq.,   E. ROBERTS,Esq.,
R.HART, Esq.,   W.WARING TAYLOR, Esq.,
W.LYON,Esq.,   REV. J. WOODWARD

Treasurer.
W. BARNARD RHODES,Esq.

Secretary.
THOMAS S. RALPH,Esq., A.L.S.

Images.

III.—RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND REGULATION OF THE NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY

Rules of the New Zealand Society (1851)

This slim pamphlet marks the formal establishment in July 1851 of the first scientific and literary society in New Zealand. Members included the prominent newspaperman and printer, Robert Stokes, who went on to become a Member of the Provincial Council before returning to England to retire. This copy features a number of annotations amd corrections in pencil and was probably either the printer's proof or a specimen copy circulated amongst members for revision. The addition of clause 33 is particularly noteworthy: "A Curator shall be appointed by the Council, and he shall have the Custody and Management of the Society's Library and Museum."

Rules of the New Zealand Society : instituted July, 1851. [electronic resource]