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i: p a. 5PWUT. iiuvra in t lie 'nOTTN'f'E O. l'T.T.ivnTov, &o., — continue!, o i To whom Granted. Specified Purpose. Where Situate. Acreage. A. E. p. i Approximate Value. £ s. d. Voi' what Purpose Valuable. Whelher Purchased by the Crown for such Endowment, or otherwise, io., &e. — 15 Roman Catholic Bishop In furtherance of grant No. 4, for the education of girls of the Native or other races In support of HospitaL for persons of all races " College,School, or Schools," lor the maintenance ami support as above. If funds do not suffice, then for Grammar School or Schools alone. Persons of all classes or races to be equally admitted Wellington, part of ae. 418 0 0 22| Building Crown property by reversion of N.Z. Company's Estate. 1G Hospital Trustees Wanganui IS 0 0 ditto Crown laud, being unsclected, in the town and suburbs of Wanganui. The whole of this land belonged to the Natives (generally) of the District of Wellington, having been selected for them under the N.Z. Company's one-tenths. Their management, previous to the issue of this grant, vested in the Commissioners of Reserves. No College or Schools exist that might derive benefit from these lands, nor have the Natives received compensation for or benefit from their annexation. Reclaimed land of the Crown. Ceded by Natives for Ihe specified purposes. i 17 To certain Trustees ... "Wellington 10 I 32 3929 0 0 ditto Bishop of New Zealand 18 19 To certain Trustees ... General education of children of all classes and races In support of Hospital for the relief of the sick of all clauses " of our subjects " Porirua Wellington 0 500 7 I 25 I) 0 2 26 2920 1000 7841 0 0 0 0 0 0 Grazing and farm purposes Building All this valuable property was included in the original selections of Native Reserves made under N.Z. Company. (See remarks on grant No. 17, to College). The Grant to Church of England School is omitted in the Copies furnis 1 ed by the Secretary for Crown Lauds. 2(1 Bishop of New Zealand For a School in connection with the Church of England, to be appropriated tor a School-house, and (if uecessary) Schoolmaster's house, in connection with Church of England Wellington 0 0 38 750 0 0 Building Portion of au original Native Reserve, but a case of much dispute between heirs of Richard Barrett and Government (i.e. the whole acre). In the valuatious given of town land (Wellington) granted to Hospital and College Trustees, I have been partially guided by the Town Board Assessment of 1863. Buildings and improvements are not included in such valuations. Value of Church Mission and other lands at Otaki and Wanganui, not known. The Natives participate in these Endowments in common with all races. In many cases the property so endowed has been purchased from private individuals for the purpose ; but in cases where land has been ceded by the Natives or diverted from original Native purposes, as in the ease of Hospital and Grammar School, Wellington, no compensation has been given or payment made. In these latter eases, the wording of the grants, that such lands "have been marked out and distinguished on the charts of the New Zealand Islands as College, &<\, (or Hospital) reserved lands," would lead to the supposition that they had always been so reserved, whereas, on the contrary, they were, as already noted, portions of lands reserved for the Natives under the New Zealand Company's Settlement Seheme, and were only constituted College or Hospital Reserves at the time and by the issue of the grants conveying them a* such. Native Reserves Office, . Geoboe F. Swaejsox, Wellington, 4th September, 186G, Commissioner Native Reserves,