Permanent Charter

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PERMANENT CHARTER

Whereas the Secretary of the association known as [….] Club, at [….] in the[…] Licensing District, which was granted a provisional charter under “The Licensing Act, 1881” has made application to me for a Permanent Charter under the said Act, and, together  with such application, has forwarded a copy of the rules of the said Club, a list of officers and members, and a copy of the last balance-sheet duly certified under the hand of the said Secretary: And whereas I am satisfied that the said Club is a voluntary association of persons combined for promoting the common object of private social intercourse, convenience, and comfort, and providing its own liquors, and not for purposes of gain, within the meaning of the 229^th section of the said Act: Now, there, I, the undersigned, being the Colonial Secretary of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in me by the said 229^th section of the said Act, do, by this Charter, hereby authorise the existence of the said Club, subject, however, to the conditions in the said section particularly mentioned and set forth, and other the conditions and provisions of the said Act and its amendments affecting clubs.

Witness my hand and seal, at Wellington, this […] day of April  190[?].

[Signed]

Colonial Secretary.