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No. 6. (N. M. Mis., No. 36.) Grant for a Mission Station at AVanganui. Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and so forth : To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: AVhereas a Mission Station has been established at AVanganui, in the Province of New Munster, New Zealand, under the superintendence of the Church Missionary Society, and the Native chiefs have given a portion of land for the support thereof: And Avhereas it would promote the benevolent objects of the said Church Missionary Society to set apart the said piece or parcel of land in the neighbourhood of tho Toavii of Putikiwaranui, at AVanganui, for the use and toAvards the maintenance ana support of the said mission station : Now know ye, that we, for us, our heirs aud successors, do hereby grant unto the Venerable William AVilliams, Archdeacon of AVhaiapu, the A reuerablo Octavius Hadfield. Archdeacon of Kapiti, and the Beverend Eichard Taylor, of Wanganui, 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 Town of Putikiwaranui, at AVanganui, in the Province of New Minister, tho boundary of Avhich commences at the point marked A at tho junction of the Nga ta rua (which flows from the north-east towards the south-west, with a smaller stream of the same name flowing from the eastward, in the Toaa'u of Putikiwaranui, and between Church and Richmond Streets, in which direction along the latter stream it runs for four hundred and sixty (160) links, when it turns towards the north and east for fifty (50) and two hundred and eighty (280) links, turning southward it extends fifty-five (55) links to its junction with the Nga ta rua (the smaller stream as described on plan), along which it runs in a north-easterly course (690) six hundred and ninety links, turning eastAvard it extends one hundred and eighty-two (182) links, when it takes a direction southward along the road from Wanganui to Kaitohe for one thousand and seventy-five (1075) links, from this point the boundary runs iv a north-westerly course within fifteen (15) links of tho South end of the sehoolhouse, a distance of one thousand six hundred and eighty-five (1685) links of the Nga ta rua (the larger stream), the centre of which forms the boundary for five hundred and fifteen (515) links to the starting point A, and the boundaries being more particularly delineated in the plan drawn in tho margin of these presents, together with the rents, issues, aud proceeds thereof; to hold unto the said AVilliam Williams, Octavius Hadfield, and Eichard Taylor, or their successors, as appointed by the said Church Missionary Society, in trust nevertheless and for the use and toward the maintenance of the said mission station, or for the promotion of the missionary and religious objects of the said Church Missionary Society. In testimony Avhereof avc have caused this our grant to bo sealed with the seal of our said Province of Ncav Munster. AVitness our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of tho Most Honorable Order of the Bath. Governor and Commander in Chief of our said territory and its Dependencies, and Governor of our Province of New Munster, at AVelliugton, in New Zealand aforesaid, this twenty-eighth day of May, in tho fifteenth 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 twenty-ninth day of May, 1552. Ecgister I, folio 39. Alfred Domett, Colonial Secretary and Eegistrar. No. 7. (N. M. Mis., No. 45.) Grant for Industrial School at AVanganui. A 7ietoria, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great? Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and so forth: To all to Avhom these presents shall come, greeting : Whereas a School is about to be established at AVanganui, in the Province of Noav Munster, New Zealand, under the superintendence of the Eight Eeverend George Augustus, Lord Bishop of New Zealand, for the education of children of other poor and destitute persons being inhabitants of islands in the Pacific Ocean: And Avhercas 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: Now knoAV ye, that AA re, for us, our heirs and successors, do hereby grant unto the said George Augustus, Bishop of New Zealand, all that piece or parcel of land situated and being in the District of Wanganui, in the Province of Ncav Munster, New Zealand, and bounded towards the north-Avcst by London Street five thousand three hundred (5300) links, toAvards the northeast by A^ictoria Avenue five thousand four hundred (5400) links, towards the south-east by Ingestre Street three thousand two hundred (3200) links, and towards the south and south-west by Asylum Eoad tAvo thousand (2000) links and four thousand (4000) links respectively, the contents being two hundred and fifty (250) acres and thi rty-t wo (32) perches or thereabouts, and the boundaries being more particularly delineated on the plan drawn in the margin of these presents, together Avith the rents, issues, and proceeds thereof; to hold unto the said George Augustus, Bishop of New Zealand, and his successors, in trust nevertheless and for the use and towards tho maintenance of the said school so long as religious education, industrial training, and instruction in the English language shall bo given to the youth educated therein or maintained thereat. In testimony whereof avo have caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our Province of New Munster, in our said territory.

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CROWN GRANTS OP LAND TO RELIGIOUS