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the Pacific Ocean: And Avhereas it would promote tho objects of the said institution to set apart a certain piece or parcel of land in the neighbourhood thereof for tho use and towards the maintenance and support of the same : Now know ye, that Aye, for us, our heirs aud successors, do hereby grant unto the Venerable AVilliam AVilliams, Archdeacon of Waiapu, the A Tenerable Octavius Hadfield, Archdeacon of Kapiti, and the Eeverend Eichard Taylor, of AVanganui, in trust for the said Church Missionary Society, or in the event of the death or absence of any of tho abovenamed trustees, then to such other trustees as may be by the Church Missionary Society appointed for that purpose, all that piece or parcel of land situate and being at Otaki, in the Province of NeAV Munster, the boundary of which commences from a stake at a bridge over the MakurataAvhiti, which stake is distant from tho junction of the south side of To Whiwhi with tho east side of To Eauparaha Street, ToAvn of Hadfield, Otaki, 1688 links on a magnetic bearing north-west 70 degrees, and extends along the MakurataAvhiti Stream towards its source a distance of 6530 links, when it turns nortliAvard, and runs along tho fencing and edge of the swamp 1120 links, turning at this point it runs by the foot of the hills in a westerly direction 2094 links, and from thence by a line bearing south-Avest (magnetic) 33 degrees 440 links, turning again on a bearing north-west 79 degrees (magnetic) it extends 910 links: the foot of the hills on the south side forms tho boundary from this point AvestAvard for 2630 links, Avhen it turus on a bearing south-Avest 24} degrees (magnetic) for 680 links to the starting point, the contents being sixty-eight acres two roods aud thirty-five perches (68 acres 2 roods and 35 porches) or thereabouts, and the boundaries being more particularly delineated in the plan drawn in the margin of these presents, together Avith the rents, issues, and proceeds thereof, to hold unto the said AVilliam AVilliams, Octavius Hadfield, and Eichard Taylor, or their successors, as appointed by the said Church Missionary Society, in trust nevertheless and for the use and towards the maintenance of the said school, so long as religious education, industrial training, and instruction in the English language shall be given to tho youth educated therein or maintained thereat. In testimony whereof Aye have caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our said Province. Witness our trusty and Avell beloved Sir George Grey, X.C.8., GoA rcrnor-in-Chief in and over the Islands of New Zealand, and Governor of the Provinces of NeAV Ulster and Noav Munster, at AVellington, this fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (1.5.) G. Grey. Entered on record this sixth day of February, 1852, iv Ecgister 1., folio 33. Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary and Eegistrar. No. 3. (N. M. Mis., No. 32.) Grant for a School on tho Porirua Eoad. Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain aud Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and so forth : To all to Avhom the presents shall come, greeting: AVhereas a School is about to be established on the Porirua Eoad, in the Province of NeAV Munster, New Zealand, under the superintendence of tho head of the Eoman Catholic Church, at AVellington, and his successors, for the education of children of our subjects of all races, and of children of other poor and destitute persons being inhabitants of islands in the Pacific Ocean: And Avhereas it Avould promote the objects of the said institution to set apart a certain piece or parcel of land in the neighbourhood thereof, for the use and towards the maintenance and support of the same : Noav know ye, that Aye, for us, our heirs and successors, do hereby grant unto the Eoman Catholic Bishop for the time being of the district in Avhich Wellington is situated, or other the person for the time beingdischarging the duties of the said office, all that piece or parcel of land situate aud being on the Porirua Eoad, in the Province of Ncav Munster, New Zealand, commonly known as section number thirty-eight (38), Porirua District, and Avhich is bounded on the north by section number forty-one (41) of the same district, on tho west by unsurveyed land, on the south by section number thirty-six (36) of the same district, and on the east by the main road leading from AVellington to Porirua, tho contents being one hundred and eight acres or thereabouts, and the boundaries of Avhich are more particularly delineated in the plan drawn in the margin of these presents, together Avith the rents, issues, and proceeds thereof, to hold unto the said Eoman Catholic Bishop for the time being of tho district in which Wellington is situated, and his successors, in trust nevertheless and for the use anil towards the maintenance of the said school, so long as religious education, industrial training, and instruction in the English language shall be given to the children educated therein or maintained thereat. In testimony Avhcreof avo have caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our said Province. Witness our trusty and Avell beloved Sir George Grey, X.C.8., Governor-in-Chief iv and over the Islands of Now Zealand, and Governor of the Provinces of New UJster and New Munster, at Government House, Wellington, this sixteenth day of March, iv tho sixteenth year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (1.5.) G. Grey. Entered on record this seventeenth day of March, 1552, in Eegister 1., folio 35. Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary and Eegistrar.

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CROWN GRANTS OF LAND TO RELIGIOUS