1. This Society shall be called the “Kensington Church of England District Visiting Society.”

2. The object of the Society shall be to improve the temporal and spiritual condition of the Poor of Kensington.

3. A Fund for that purpose shall be raised by Subscriptions and Donations; Subscriptions to be due on the first of January in each year.

4. Annual Subscribers of not less than One Guinea shall be Members of the Society.

5. The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Board, consisting a President, Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, Secretary, and Committee of Management. The Vicar to be President, ex-officio; the Curates, Members of the Committee; other twelve members to be elected at the yearly general meeting of the Society. A report of the proceedings of the Board shall be presented annually at the General Meeting, and published for the information of the Parishioners.

6. The Board shall meet on the first Tuesday in every Month to audit accounts submitted, and decide upon cases referred. Three Members to form a quorum.

7. That the operations of this Society shall be extended over that portion of Kensington which is in connection with the Clergy of St. Mary Abbot’s Church.

8. The Visitors shall all be Members of the Established Church; their business shall be, to keep a List of all the families in their several Districts, according to a prescribed form; to inquire into all cases recommended; to administer relief; and to circulate Books and Tracts upon the List of this Society.9. Relief shall not be given in any case by the Visitor to a larger amount than 2s. a week for adults, and 1s. for each child, nor continued for a longer period than four weeks, without the sanction of the Board, at its monthly meeting. The Board, however, shall not be subject to the same restrictions.

10. Relief shall be administered by orders on Shopkeepers chosen by the Board, and not in money, except in extreme cases.

11. No applicant of notoriously immoral character shall be relieved; but relief shall not be refused to any person on account of his religious persuasion.

12. No person shall be relieved who has not resided three months in the Parish, and has not occupied the same house or lodging, unless good reason be assigned.

13. Subscribers to the Society may recommend cases for inquiry and relief. Recommendations may be sent to the National School House, from whence they will be forwarded daily to the Visitors. Money remitted to any of the Parochial Clergy for the relief of particular families shall be appropriated to that purpose, if they are found to be proper objects of charity; otherwise it shall be returned to the Donor, or, with his consent, added to the general fund.

14. Visitors will be expected to forward their Books for the consideration of the Board the day before the monthly meeting, or they may attend the meeting in person, or by substitute.

15. A Parochial Lending Library shall be provided by the Board, together with a supply of Books and Tracts, to be either given, lent, or sold, by the Visitors. No Book or Tract to be sold at a lower rate than half-price.

16. Cases of sickness shall always be reported by the Visitors to the Parochial Clergy.

17. The Board, at its monthly meeting, shall supply the Visitors with funds proportioned to the probable wants of their several Districts.