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same in trust as an endowment for or towards the maintenance of such college and grammar school or schools, or as an endowment for or towards the maintenance and support of such grammar school or schools as aforesaid, and to pay and apply the rents, issues, and profits of the allotments or parcels of land hereinbefore named, for or towards the maintenance of such college or grammar schools; and upon further trust to convey the said allotments or parcels of land unto such other person or persons, either jointly with themselves or otherwise, as the Governor of the Province of New Ulster shall from time to time, in writing under his hand, nominate, direct, ajad appoint, subject nevertheless to the trusts and with the powers herein .expressed and declared of and concerning the same, and with full power and authority to lease tho said allotments or parcels of land, or any part or parts thereof, for any term not exceeding twenty-one years, upon such terms and conditions and in such manner in all respects as to the trustees for the time being shall seem best fitted to promote the efficient maintenance of such college and grammar schools. In testimony whereof, We have caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our Province of New Ulster. Witness our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Grey, K.C.8., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of our said province and its dependencies, at Government House, Auckland, in New Ulster aforesaid, this twenty-fourth day of October, in the fourteenth year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty. G. Grey.

IV.—Educational Endowment..

INDUSTEIAL SCHOOL, WELLINGTON. Victobia, by tho 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: Whereas a school is about to bo established at Wellington, in the Province of New Munster, New Zealand, under the superintendence of the Reverend James Watkin, Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions, for that province of New Zealand in which the Town of Wellington is situated, 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 whereas it would 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 know ye that We, for Us, our heirs and successors, do hereby grant unto the said James Watkin,. Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions as aforesaid, all that piece or parcel of land situate and being in the Town of Wellington, in the Province of New Munster, New Zealand, and bounded towards the North-west, South-west, and South in an irregular line by the Karori Eoad two hundred and forty (240) links and two hundred and sixty-six (266) links, by the Botanical Gardens three hundred and thirty-nine (339) links and two thousand eight hundred and sixty-five (2865) links, and by No. 28, Karori District, one thousand nine hundred and three (1903) links, one thousand one hundred and fifteen (1115) links, and two hundred and eighty-five (285) links; towards the East, South-east, North-east, and North by a branch of the Kumitoto Stream, and an irregular line forming the boundary of the Town Belt, six hundred (600) links, five hundred and thirty-nine (539) links, three hundred and thirty-five (335) links, three hundred and thirty-five (335) links, and one hundred and seventy-four (174) links, and by the Wesley Eoad one thousand and eighty-eight (1088) links and one thousand one hundred and thirteen (1113) links : the contents being seventy-three (73) acres one (1) rood and twentytwo (22) perches, or thereabouts, and the boundaries being more particularly delineated on the plan drawn in the margin of these presents : together with the rents, issues, and proceeds thereof: to hold unto the said James Watkin, Superintendent of Wesleyan Missions for that province of New Zealand in which the Town of Wellington is situated, and his successors in such office, in trust, nevertheless, and for the use and for the maintenance 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 whereof, We have caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our Province of New Munster, in our said territory. Witness our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Grey, a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor-in-Chief and Cominandcr-in-Chief of our said territory and its dependencies, and Governor of our Province of New Munster, at Wellington, in New Zealand aforesaid, this twenty-seventh day of October, in the sixteenth year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. G. Grey.

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