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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 74

The New Zealand * Fabian Society

The New Zealand * Fabian Society.

I.

That this Society he called "The New Zealand Fabian Society," and be affiliated to the English Society—so willed—and also regarded as in communion with every Socialistic Society in Australasia.

II.

That it shall consist of Socialists—that is, of those who aim at the re-organisation of Society by the emancipation of land, all means of production, and industrial capital from individual and class ownership, and the vesting of them in the Community for the general benefit of the whole people.

III.

That the Society shall work for the transfer to the Community of the administration of such industrial capital as can be managed socially.

IV.

That, for the attainment of these ends, the Society will use all legitimate means. It will help to promote them especially by the general spread of knowledge as to the relations of the individual to Society—in its economic, ethical, and political aspects.

V.

That the members shall use every opportunity of forming Local Branch Societies.

VI.

That, whilst all members are expected to subscribe to the Funds of the Society, the amount of subscription shall be voluntary, and only known to the Executive Committee.

VII.

That the following shall be the work of the Society in detail:—
1.Meetings for the discussion of questions connected with Socialism.
2.The further investigation of economic and ethical problems, and the collection of facts contributing to their elucidation.
3.The issue of publications containing information on Social questions.
4.The promotion of Socialist Lectures and Debates.
5.The representation of the Society at Public Confrences and Debates; Social questions.
6.The organization of Socialists with a view to political action.

O'Bryen Hoake,

Hon. Sec. 55, Salisbury St. E., Christchurch