John Danforth Greenwood, of Motueka, in the said Province of Nelson, Esquire; Charles Elliott, of the Town of Nelson in the said Province, Printer; David Monro, of Bearcroft in the District of Waimea West in the said Province, Esquire, Doctor of Medicine; John Waring Saxton, of the District of Waimea East, in the said Province, Esquire; John Wallis Barnicoat, of the District of Waimea East aforesaid, Esquire; Charles Bigg Wither, of the said District of Waimea East, Esquire; William Wells, of Marybank, in the District of Suburban North, in the said Province, Esquire; Alfred Domett, of the Town of Nelson aforesaid, Esquire; and Henry Cooper Daniell, of the said Town of Nelson, Gentleman, the Governors, and all such other persons as shall hereafter be elected or appointed Governors, and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby constituted, a Body Corporate and Politic, in fact and in law, by the name or style of “Nelson College,”
and by that name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession and a Common Seal with full power and authority by the same name and style to sue, and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all Courts and in all causes and suits at law whatsoever, and shall be able and capable in law to receive by donation, take, purchase, and hold to them and their successors all goods, chattels, and personal property whatsoever, and shall also be able and capable in law to take, purchase, and hold to them and their successors not only such lands, buildings, hereditaments, and possessions as may from time to time be exclusively used and occupied for the immediate requirements of the said College, but also any other lands, buildings, hereditaments, and possessions whatsoever, situated in the said Colony of New Zealand or elsewhere, and that they and their successors shall be able and capable in law to grant, demise, and lease, alien or otherwise dispose of all or any of the property, real or personal, belonging to the said College, and also to do all other matters and things incidental to or appertaining to a Body Politic, subject nevertheless to the restrictions and conditions in the said Deed or Instrument of Foundation set forth and contained: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall be deemed to affect or to interfere with any right, title, or interest of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, or in any way to limit the Royal prerogative.