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Ball Street four hundred (400) links, towards the south-east by Cameron Terrace tAA ro hundred and fifty (250) links, and by ToAvn Sections numbers 137 and 140, two hundred and fifty (250) links, toAvards the south-Avest by Toavu Section number 137, tAvo hundred (200) links, and by Campbell Street two hundred (200) links, and toAvards the north-Avest by Greyton Street five hundred (500) links; also all that piece or parcel of land situated in tho District of AVanganui, in the IWn of AVellington aforesaid, containing four (4) acres and three (3) roods more or less, being Suburban Section numbered 3 on the plan of the said district, bounded toAvards the north-east by Tongariro Quay, tAvo hundred and thirty (230) links, and tAvo hundred and sixty (260) links, toAvards the south-east by Sydney Place nine hundred and forty-five (945) links, toAvards the south-Avest by Ball Street four hundred and forty (440) links, and toAvards the north-Avest by Liverpool Street one thousand one hundred (1100) links ; and also all that piece or parcel of land situated in the said District of AVanganui, containing three (3) acres and one (1) rood more or less, being Suburban Section numbered thirty-four on the plan of the said district, bounded toAA-ards tho north-east and south-east by Tongariro Quay, five hundred and forty-five (545) links, and five hundred and sixty (560) links respectively, towards the south-Avest by Ball Street four hundred and sixty (460) links, and toAvards the northwest by Sydney Place, eight hundred and sixty-fiA-e (865) links, the Avhole of the said boundaries being more particularly delineated in the plans draAvn in the margin of these presents, to hold unto the said trustees and their successors so to be appointed as aforesaid, in trust as an endoAvment for such hospital as aforesaid, and to pay and apply the rents, issues, and profits of the same for aud towards the maintenance and support of the said hospital, and with full poAA'er and authority to lease the said allotments or parcels of land or any part or parts thereof for any term not exceeding tAventy-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 the said institution. In testimony Avhereof avo have caused this our graut to be sealed with the seal of our said territory. AVitness our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Grey, a Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over our said Colony of Ncav Zealand and its Dependencies, at AVellington, in NeAV Zealand aforesaid, this sixth day of October, 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 sixth day of October, 1853, in Eegister 1., folio 94. Alered Domett, Civil Secretary and Eegistrar. No. 17. (N. M. Mis., No. 85.) Grant for College or School or Schools at Wellington. A rictoria, 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 Avhom these presents shall come, greeting : AVhereas the allotment or parcels of land herein after particularly described and intended to be hereby granted and conveyed have been marked out and distinguished on the charts of the New Zealand Islands as College and Grammar School, lands reserved as an endowment for or towards the maintenance and support of a College or Grammar School or Schools in the Province of AVellington, if tho funds suffice, or otherwise as an endoAvment for or towards the maintenance and support of such Grammar school or schools alone which college or schools are to be conducted ahvays on the folloAving principles : First, in addition to the usual course of education in the English language and mathematics, and in such other branches of learning as the trustees for the time being may direct, all students attending such college or school shall if they desire it receive instruction in tho Greek and Latin languages. Second, any Grammar Schools to be maintained or supported from this endoAvment upon all school days not being half holidays, shall so soon as tho necessary funds can be procured to defray the extra expenses consequeut upon such an arrangement be kept open for the purposes of instruction for such tAvo hours in the evening between the hours of six o'clock p.m. and ten o'clock p.m., as the trustees for the time being may direct. Third, persons of all classes or races Avho may inhabit this colony are to bo equally admitted to such college or schools. Fourth, such proportions of the students or scholars in the college or schools maintained or supported under this endoAvment shall be free scholars, as the trustees for the time being may deem compatible with the state of the funds of the trust: And Avhereas for the better management of the said College or Grammar School, reserved funds for the training of rules and regulations for tho management of the college or schools to be maintained or supported nnder this endoAvment, for the appointment of a visitor or visitors, for the appointment'or removal if they deem it requisite of a master or masters and other officers, and for other like purposes it is expedient, that the same be vested in trustees to be appointed and empoAvered in manner hereinafter mentioned, that is to say, First, one trustee shall be appointed by the Governor of Ncav Zealand, one by tho Superintendent of the Province of AVellington, one by the members of the Executive Council of New Zealand, one by the Speaker of the Provincial Council of the said Province of AVellington, and one by the Mayor of any future Corporation of Wellington, Avhenever such Corporation shall be established, and in tho meantime by the Superintendent of the Province of AVellington, all such appointments to be made by the said officers or other persons laAvfully acting in the same capacity and their successors in the offices aforesaid respectively. Second, the term of office of such trustee shall be ten years from the date of appointment of such trustee respeectively. Third, such trustees shall in all cases be eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of their respective terms of office. Fourth, in theeA'ent of any vacancy occurring in the office of any trustees from death, absence, incapacity, resignation, or refusal to act, such vacancy shall be filled up by the person

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