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No. I. (N. M. Mis., No. 33.) Grant for a Female School at Wellington. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of tbe Uuited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To all to Avhom these presents shall come, greeting : AVhereas a School is about to be established at AVellington, in the Province of NeAV Munster, Now Zealand, under the superintendence of the head of the Eoman Catholic Church at AVellington, and his successors, for the education of the female children of our subjects of all races, and of the female children of other poor and destitute persons, being inhabitants of islands in tho Pacific Ocean: And Avhercas it would promote the objects of tho said institution to set apart a certain piece or parcel of land in the neighbourhood thereof for tho use and toward the maintenance and support of the same : Noav knoAV ye, that we, 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 the person for the time being discharging the duty of the said office, all that piece or parcel of land, containing one acre, more or less, situate and being in tho Town of AVellington, in the Province of New Munster, and being Toavii Acre number five hundred and fifty-nine (559), in the plan of the Toavii of AVellington, and bounded on the north by Hawkostono Street, on the south by Toavii Acre number five hundred and fifty-eight (558), on the east by Toavii Acre number five hundred and sixty-one (561), and on tho west by Toavii Acre number five hundred and fifty-seven (557), as the same is more particularly delineated and described on the margin hereof, together Avith the rents, issues, and proceeds thereof, to hold unto the said Eoman Catholic Bishop for the time being of tho district in AS-hich AVellington is situated, and his successors, in trust nevertheless and for the use and towards the maintenance of tho said school, so long as the religious education, industrial training, and instruction in the English language, shall bo given to the females educated therein or maintained thereat. In testimony Avhereof avo have caused this our grant to be scaled with the seal of our said Province of Ncav Munster. AVitness our trusty and well beloved Sir George Grey, X.C.8., Governor of the ProA'ince of NeAV Munster, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eignt hundred and fifty-two. (l. s.) G. Grey. Entered on record this twenty-second day of February, lSs2,in Ecgister 1., folio 36. Alfred Dosiett, Colonial Secretary and Eegistrar. No. 5. (X. M. Mis., No. 34.) Grant for a Mission Station at Otaki. A 7ictoria, by the grace of God of tho United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : Whereas a Mission Station has been established at Otaki, in the Province of New Munster, Now Zealand, under the superintendence of the Church Missionary Society, and tho Native chiefs have given a portion of land for the support thereof: And Avhercas it Avould promote the benevolent objects of the Church Missionary Society to set apart the said piece or parcel of land in the neighbourhood of the Town of Hadfield, at Otaki, for the use and towards tho maintenance and support of the said mission station : Noav know ye, that avc, for us, our heirs and successors, do hereby grant unto the \ Tencrablo AVilliam Williams, Archdeacon of AVaiapu, the Venerable 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 the abovenamed trustees, then to such other trustees as may bo by the Church Missionary Society appointed for that purpose, all that piece or parcel of land situate and being in the neighbourhood of the Toavii of Hadfield, at Otaki, in tho Province of NeAV Munster, the boundary of Avhich commences from the junction of the north side of Kihoroa Street Avith the Avest side of To Eauparaha Street, Town of Hadfield, Otaki, and extends along the Avest side of the latter street sixteen hundred and eighty-five (1685) links, turning Avest (magnetic) for four hundred and thirty (430) links it meets the fencing by Avhich it runs in a Avesterly course a distance of one thousand and fifty-five (1055) links, from thence by a lino bearing north-west (magnetic) sixty-five (65) degrees it extends two hundred and seventy (270) links, and turning in a bearing south-east eleven and a half (11 i) degrees magnetic for fourteen hundred and seventy (1470) links it meets the continuation of the north side of Kiharoa Street, by Avhich it runs a distance of sixteen hundred and eighty-two (1682) links to the starting point, the contents being twenty-four acres one rood and sixteen perches (24 acres 1 rood and 16 perches) or thereabouts, and the boundaries being more particularly deliueated in the plan draAvn in the margin of these presents, together with the rents, issues, and proceeds thereof; to hold unto the said William Williams, Octavius Hadfield, and Eichard Taylor, or their successors, as appointed by the said Church Missionary Society, in trust nevertheless aud for the use and toAvards tho maintenance of tho said mission station, or for tho promotion of the missionary and religious objects of the said Church Missionary Society. In testimony Avhereof wo have caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our said Province of New Munster. Witness our trusty and well beloved Sir George Grey, a Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor-in-Chief in and over the Islands of NeAV Zealand, and Governor of Now Munster, at Government House, Wellington, this twenty-first day of February, iv the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. (1.5.) G. Grey. Entered on record this twenty-second day of February, 1852, in Eegister 1., folio 37. Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary.

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BODIES IN THE PROVINCE OP WELLINGTON