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state of the country and depression of the times, added to the expenses of the building, and finishing and furnishing thereof, have prevented further progress for the present. There are, besides the Saint Joseph Providence Institution, three other Catholic schools open to children of persons of all denominations. A ladies' school, having thirty scholars, some being boarders and some day scholars, under an English lady teacher; a middle-class girls' school, having upon an average sixty scholars, with two English lady teachers. There is in connection with the ladies' school what we call an ouvreoir, an apartment in which dressmaking and fancy work are taught. There is a boys' school also, attended by about fifty boys, open to all denominations. In our institutions, when we desire religious instruction to the children of Catholics, the other children are dismissed. Including the whole of these institutions, the average attendance is 150.

APPENDIX TO EVIDENCE TAKEN AT NAPIEE. No. 1. Grant of 593 acres, Poverty Hay — Church of England Native and Half-caste School. (No. 128 of Eeg. No. 4a.) Victoeia, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen: To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: Kxow te that for good considerations us thereunto moving, we for us, our heirs and successors, do hereby grant unto the Might Reverend Father in God, William, Bishop of Waiapu, and his successors, all that piece or parcel of land in the Province of Auckland, in our Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement five hundred and ninety-three acres three roods, more or less, bounded by a line commencing at its northwesternmost angle at Hurikitahawai, and running thence N. 79° E. eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-one links to Otarewa, and four hundred and fifty links to the Makakahi stream, thence up that stream S. 146° 30' E. three hundred links in a straight l;ne to Umuinanga, thence S. 236° 30' W. four thousand three hundred and thirty links, thence S. 223° W. three thousand and sixty-four links to Tarewapatuiwi, thence S. 221° W. two thousand and thirty-one links, thence N. 278° W. one thousand and ninety-two links to a kahikatea tree to Motumanawawai, thence N. 294° W. three thousand four hundred and seventy-seven links to Mataaniho, thence N. 4° 30' E. five thousand four hundred and ninety-nine links to Hurikitahawai aforesaid, as the same is delineated on the plan drawn in the margin hereof, with all the rights and appurtenances thereto belonging, to hold unto the said Right Reverend Father in God, William, Bishop of Waiapu, and his successors for ever upon trust for a site and endoimnent for a school for Natives and Halfcastes, in connection with the United Church of England and Ireland, and upon further trust to convey the same to such Trustees as may be nominated in that behalf by or by authority of the General Synod of the United Church of England and Ireland in New Zealand, to be by them held upon the trust and for the purposes aforesaid: Provided always that some of the said Trustees be of the aboriginal tribe called Te Whauau o Taupara. In testimony whereof we have caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our said Colony of New Zealand. Witness our trusty and well-beloved Thomas Gore Browne, C.8., Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand, at Auckland, this seventh day of May, in the twenty-third year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty. Thomas Goee Beowxe. Entered on record this third day of September, 1860. W. Gisboene, For the Colonial Secretary and Eegistrar. With the advice and consent of the Executive Council. Eredk. Whitaker Henry John Tancred.

No. 2. Foue Geants for Te Aute School. (No. 4 of Eeg. No. 14.) Victoeia, by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen: To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting : Know te that for good considerations us thereunto moving, we for us, our heirs and successors, do hereby grant unto the Right Jicvcrcnd George Augustus, Lord Bishop of New Zealand, and his successors, all that parcel of land in our Province of Wellington, in our Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement one thousand seven hundred and forty-five acres (more or less), situate in the District of Ahuriri, and whereof the boundary begins at Te Koto Akiwa and runs in the Wai o Pakini stream to Te Eoto Atara, and follows the edge of the swamp till it reaches Ohinemauwhiri, and goes along the