Numb. 128.

1791

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1878.

Wellington Choral Society incorporated.

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act of the Provincial Council
of the Province of Wellington, Session twenty-
two, number six, the Short Title of which is "The
Voluntary Associations Incorporation Act, 1872," it
is, amongst other things, enacted that whenever, after
the passing of that Act, it should be made to appear
to the Superintendent that there was within the pro-
vince any association of persons not incorporated,
and not registered under the provisions of any Act
of the General Assembly, and that such association
had been formed for the purpose of effecting,
amongst others, the following objects,–

The maintenance of any library, public hall, or
institution for lectures, discussions, entertain-
ments, or other like purposes, where the
members of such associations derive no pecu-
niary profit from the use of such library,
public hall, or institution,–

it should be lawful for the Superintendent, by Pro-
clamation in the Provincial Government Gazette, to
declare such association a body corporate by such
name as should be agreed on at the meeting of the
association therein referred to, and in the same Pro-
clamation he shall declare, according to the wish of a
majority of the members of the association present
at such meeting, whether such body be a nominated
body or a body composed of persons contributing to
the funds thereof, or a body composed in part of
nominated members and in part of persons contri-
buting to the funds thereof:

And whereas the powers vested in the Superin-
tendent by the said Act are now, by "The Abolition
of Provinces Act, 1875," vested in the Governor:

And whereas it has been made to appear to me
that there is within the Provincial District of Wel-
lington an association named the Wellington Choral
Society, consisting of persons not incorporated and
not registered under the provisions of any Act of the
General Assembly, and that such association has
been formed for the purpose of the maintenance of
an institution for the cultivation of a taste for vocal
and instrumental music of a high class, and the prac-
tice and performance of such music, sacred or secular:

And whereas on the eighteenth day of July, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, a meeting
of the said association, convened by notice and ad-
vertisement, was held, and a majority of the members
of the association present at such meeting resolved
that the said association should be incorporated
under the said "Voluntary Associations Incorpora-
tion Act, 1872," by the name of "The Wellington
Choral Society," and that such body should be com-
posed of persons contributing to the funds thereof:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said
"Voluntary Associations Incorporation Act, 1872,"
and by "The Abolition of Provinces Act, 1875," do
hereby proclaim and declare that the association
called the Wellington Choral Society shall be and
the same is hereby constituted a body corporate
under "The Voluntary Associations Incorporation
Act, 1872," by the name of "The Wellington Choral
Society," and that such body corporate shall be com-
posed of persons contributing to the funds thereof:

And, in further exercise and pursuance of the powers
and authorities vested in me as aforesaid, I do hereby
appoint that a first meeting of the members of the said
body corporate shall be held in the building known
as the Athenæum Building, in the City of Welling-
ton, on the last Thursday of July, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine, at the hour of eight of
the clock post meridian.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
County of York, in the Peerage of the
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
Council; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington,
this sixteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight.

G. S. WHITMORE.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!