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portion of land for the support thereof: And Avhereas it Avould promote the benevolent objects of tho said Church Missionary Society to set apart the said piece or parcel of land for the use and toAvards the maintenance and support of the said school: Now know ye, that Aye, for us, our heirs and successors, do hereby grant unto the A renerable AVilliam Williams, Archdeacon of AVhaiapu, tho Venerable 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 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 tho Province of AVellington, in the Islands of New Zealand, bounded towards the north by the Mangaponui Eiver, towards the east by a line bearing 315 degrees 58 minutes one thousand seven hundred and ten (1710) links, toAvards the south by a line bearing 91 degrees 14 minutes four hundred and forty-seven (447) links, being part of the northern boundary of a piece of land granted to the Church Missionary Society, towards the south-west by a line bearing 112 degrees 23 minutes one thousand one hundred and eightytwo (1182) links), being the north-eastern boundary of the said piece of land granted to the said Church Missionary Society, and being also the north-eastern boundary of a piece of land granted to tho Church Missionary School, toAvards the south-east by a line bearing 45 degrees nine hundred and sixty (960) links, being tho north-Avestern boundary of the said piece of land granted to the said Church Missionary School, and toAvards the Avest by the Mangaponui Eiver, the contents being thirty-three (33) acres and three (3) roods or thereabouts, and the boundaries being more particularly delineated on the plan drawn on tho margin of these presents, together with the rents, issues, and proceeds thereof, to hold unto tho said William 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 toAvards tho maintenance and support of the said school, so loug as religious education, industrial training, and instruction in the English language shall be given to tho youth educated therein or maintained thereat. In testimony thereof we have caused this our grant to be sealed Avith the seal of our said territory. AVitness our trusty and Avcll-beloved Sir George Grey, a Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our said Territory and its Dependencies, at AVellington, in Ncav Zealand aforesaid, this eighteenth day of June, in the sixteenth year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand and fifty-three. (1.5.) G. Grey. Entered on record this eighteenth day of June, 1553, in Eegister 1., folio 59. Alfred Domett, Civil Secretary and Eegistrar. No. 12. (N. M. Mis., No. 61.) Grant for a School at Otaki. Victoria, 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 Avhom these presents shall come, greeting : Whereas a School has been established at Otaki, in the Province of AVellington, New Zealand, under the superintendence of the Church Missionary Society, for the education of children of our subjects of all races, aud of children of other poor and destitute persons being inhabitants of islands in the Pacific Ocean, and the Native OAvners have given a portion of land • for the support thereof: And whereas it Avould promote the benevolent objects of the said Church Missionary Society to set apart the said piece or parcel of land for the use and toAvards tho maintenance and support of the said school: Noav know ye, that Aye, for us, our heirs and successors, do hereby grant unto the \ Tenerablo AVilliam AVilliams, Archdeacon of AVhaiapu, the A renerable 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 said Church Missionary Society appointed for that purpose, all that piece or parcel of land situate and being at Otaki, in the Province of Wellington, in the Islands of NeAV Zealand, containing sixty-two (62) acres or thereabouts, and is bounded toAvards the south-west by land granted to the Church Missionary Society three thousand one hundred and fifty-three (3153) links, toAvards the east by Native land a line bearing 345 degrees 58 minutes two thousand and sixty-six (2066) links, towards the south by the southern bauk of the Mangaponui Stream one thousand seven hundred and forty (1740) links, and towards the north by the Waitohu Stream, the said boundary being more particularly delineated on the plan draAvn in the margin of these presents, together with the rents, issues, and proceeds thereof, to hold unto the said AVilliam AVilliams, Octavius Hadfield, aud Eichard Taylor, or their successors, as appointed by the said Church Missionary Society, in trust nevertheless and for the use and towards the maintenance and support of the said school, so long as religious education, industrial training, and instruction in the English language shall be given to the youth educated therein or maintained thereat. In testimony whereat wo have caused this our grant to be sealed Avith tho seal of our said territory. AVitness our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over our said Colony of NeAV Zealand and its Dependencies, at AVellington, in Ncav Zealand aforesaid, this sixteenth day of July, in the seventeenth year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three. (1.5.) G. Grey. Entered on record this sixteenth day of July, 1853, in Eegister 1., folio 66. Alfred Domett, Civil Secretary and Eegistrar.

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BODIES IN THE PROVINCE OP WELLINGTON.