WHEREAS there was incorporated in Great Britain by Royal Charter dated the fourth day of January, nineteen hundred and twelve, a body corporate known as the Boy Scouts Association: And whereas the Boy Scouts Association was the outcome of the movement initiated in Great Britain by the late Lord Baden Powell, of Gilwell, O.M., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., for the special training and instruction of boys in accordance with the principles and under the organization from time to time laid down in the constitution and in the Policy Organization and Rules of the Boy Scouts Association: And whereas the aforesaid movement has spread throughout the British Commonwealth of Nations and elsewhere, and there has for many years past existed in the Dominion of New Zealand an unincorporated organization for the training of boys on the lines and in harmony with the principles of the aforementioned constitution and the Policy Organization and Rules of the Boy Scouts Association and working as a branch of and in close co-operation with the Boy Scouts Association and calling itself the Boy Scouts Association (New Zealand Branch): And whereas the Boy Scouts Association (New Zealand Branch) is governed by a Dominion Council and has its affairs conducted and managed by a Dominion Executive Committee in accordance with the constitution and by-laws adopted by resolution passed at a meeting of the Dominion Council on the fifteenth day of July, nineteen hundred and forty, which constitution and by-laws have been approved by the Boy Scouts Association in Great Britain under the common seal thereof: And whereas Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril Newall, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.M.G., C.B.E., A.M.; Sir Robert Anderson, C.M.G.; Brigadier-General A. W. Andrew, C.M.G.; Reverend J. K. Archer; Messieurs H. Amos, H. E. Anderson, A. E. Ansell, W. Appleton; Brigadier F. T. Bowerbank, O.B.E., E.D.; Doctor A. G. Butchers; Messieurs C. R. Bach, J. S. Barnett, G. W. Bishop, C. M. Bowden, D. Boyle, T. C. Brash; Air-Marshal Sir Robert Clark-Hall, K.B.E., C.M.G., D.S.O.; the Right Reverend Monseigneur T. F. Connolly, V.F.; Brigadier Cunningham, C.B.E., D.S.O., V.D.; Lieutenant-Colonel F. B. Cresswell; Messieurs H. Christie, Ian T. Cook, E. Dixon, W. Dyer, D. A. Ewen; Colonel P. Clennel-Fenwick, C.M.G., V.D.; Sir James Grose; Messieurs H. S. J. Goodman, J. N. Greenland; the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Wellington, H. St. Barbe Holland; Miss R. Herrick; Messieurs E. W. Hunt, J. M. A. Ilott; Major N. S. Johnson; Major P. H. Johnson; Doctor Marshall Macdonald; Messieurs G. A. Martin, J. T. Martin, J. Todd McCaw, C. G. McKellar; Reverend G. M. McKenzie; Messieurs W. F. Meek, D. R. Menzies, J. R. Middleton, F. Milner, C.M.G., W. H. Montgomery, C.B.E., R. Nelson, W. H. Nichols; Reverend W. H. Orbell; Messieurs J. L. Passmore, Gordon J. Reid, D. H. Riddiford, E. Riddiford, W. G. Rodger; Sir Joseph Smith, C.I.E.; Major F. W. Sandford, V.D.; Messieurs A. Service, P. A. Smithells, F. G. Southon; Major C. T. Tatum; Mister H. G. Teagle; the Most Reverend the Archbishop of New Zealand, Doctor C. West-Watson; Miss N. Wilson; Messieurs A. B. Williams, H. B. Williams, A. F. A. Woollams; the Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer, and all Commissioners of the movement in New Zealand are the present members of the said Dominion Council of the Boy Scouts Association (New Zealand Branch): And whereas in the course of its existence the Boy Scouts Association (New Zealand Branch) has acquired real and personal property in New Zealand and gifts, grants, and contributions have been received by it or have been vested in trustees for the benefit of or for the use of the said Boy Scouts Association (New Zealand Branch) generally or for the benefit of some particular Scout Troop, Cub Pack, or other local unit within the organization of the Boy Scouts Association (New Zealand Branch): And whereas it is desirable that the Dominion Council of the Boy Scouts Association (New Zealand Branch) should be incorporated so that the organization in New Zealand can function on similar lines to the Boy Scouts Association in Great Britain, and be thereby enabled to hold and deal effectively with its property, maintain its organization, and generally promote and further the interests of the Boy Scout movement in New Zealand: