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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

The Wellington Benevolent Institution Contributors

The Wellington Benevolent Institution Contributors (Incorporated 1885) undertakes the general distribution of outdoor and indoor relief, including the boarding-out of indigent children, the management of the Benevolent Home, work for the unemployed, etc. The Board of Trustees consists of from six to nine members, of whom two are elected by the private contributors, and the rest by the contributing local bodies, of which there are fourteen. The Trustees have a gross income of over £4000, which they spend in a wise and judicious manner for the benefit of those who are in distress. The present Trustees (1895) are the Rev. H. Van Staveren (Chairman), Messrs. T. W. McKenzie, J. Collins, G. H. Baylis, page 360 C. E. W. Willeston, R. C. Kirk, F. Brady, and R. Mothes. Mr. Alfred George Johnson is Secretary and Relieving Officer.