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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

The Dilworth Ulster Institute

The Dilworth Ulster Institute. This institute was endowed by the late Mr. James Dilworth, who bequeathed the bulk of his estate, amounting to over £100,000 to six trustees, to establish, in the words of the will. “An Institution to be called the Dilworth Ulster Institute, with the object of affording to boys of the classes hereafter mentioned, such maintenance, education, and training as will enable them to become good and useful members of society.” It was further provided in the Trust Deed that the “Trustees shall select so many boys of sound bodily and mental health, being orphans or sons of persons of good character and of any race, as in the opinion of the Trustees the income available will be sufficient to support and educate; the boys so selected must be either destitute orphans, or children of parents in straitened circumstances, resident in the Province of Auckland, or in the province of Ulster, in Ireland.” It was also directed that the children so selected should be brought up in the tenets of the Church of England, and that the Bishop of the diocese should be appointed visitor to the Institute. When the assured net income of the estate amounts to £5000 per annum the Trustees, as directed by the deed, are to accumulate a sum of £10,000 wherewith to erect the proposed institute buildings at Remuera. The Trustees appointed under the will were Mrs Isabella Dilworth, Mr. Robert Hall, the Rev. William Beatty, Mr. William Gardner, the Rev. George MacMurray, and Sir George Maurice O'Rorke. The estate held by the Trustees consists of very valuable land in the city of Auckland and borough of Parnell, and also a large area of very valuable land in the suburbs of Remuera and Penrose, besides country lands. In the near future the income from these will be very large.