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In witness whereof the said Alexander Donald Crawford and Charles John Crawford have hereunto set their hands and seals, and the Corporation has hereunto caused its common seal to be affixed the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed, and delivered by the named Alexander Donald Crawford (by his attorney, Charles John Crawford) and by Alexandee Donald Ceawfobd the said Charles John Crawford, in the V (by his attorney, C. J. Crawford). (Seal.) presence of — C. J. Ceawfobd. (Seal.) A. de B. Beandon, Barrister-at-law, Wellington. J The Common Seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington was affixed to the above-written deed at the offices of, and pursuant to a resolution of, the City Council, in the presence of — John G. W. Aitken, Mayor. B. M. Tolhuest, Councillor. (Seal.) B. Tait, Acting Town Clerk.

I, Chaeees John Ceawfobd, of Miramar, near the City of Wellington, gentleman, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have executed the above-written deed in the name and on behalf of Alexander Donald Crawford, the person named therein, under and by virtue of a power of attorney dated the 27th day of February, 1900, under the hand and seal of the said Alexander Donald Crawford; and that I have not received any notice or information of the revocation of such power of attorney by death or otherwise. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled " The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882." C. J. Ceawfobd. •Declared at the City of Wellington this 14th day of May, 1901, before me—A. de B. Beandon, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

This deed, made the thirteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one, between the within-named Alexander Donald Crawford and Charles John Crawford of the one part, and the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington (hereinafter called " the Corporation ") of the other part, witnesseth that, for mutual advantage, it is hereby agreed and declared that the time within which the Corporation is to submit the proposals contained in the within-written deed to a poll is hereby extended to the fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and one ; and that all consequential alterations in the periods of time mentioned in the within-written deed shall be deemed to be made accordingly : Provided always that these presents are not to be taken as altering or affecting the provisions of the within-written deed further than is hereinbefore expressely declared. In witness whereof the said Alexander Donald Crawford and Charles John Crawford have hereunto set their hands and seals, and the Corporation has hereunto caused its common seal to be affixed the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above-\ named Alexander Donald Crawford (by his attorney, Charles John Crawford), and by A. D. Ceawfobd the said Charles John Crawford, in the)- (by his attorney, C. J. Crawford). (Seal.) presence of— C. J. Ceawfobd. (Seal.) A. de B. Beandon, Barrister-at-law, Wellington. The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington was affixed to the above written deed at the offices of, and pursuant to a resolution of, the City Council in the presence of — John G. W. Aitken, Mayor. B. M. Tolhuest, Councillor. (Seal.) B. Tait, Acting Town Clerk.

This deed, made the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one, witnesseth that the words " the expiration of two calendar months from and after the close of the ensuing session of Parliament" are hereby substituted in the foregoing deed of the thirteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one, for the words " the fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and one." Signed, sealed, and delivered by the above- \ named, Alexander Donald Crawford (by his attorney, the above-named Charles John A. D. Cbawfoed Crawford), and by the above-named Charles \ (by his attorney, C. J. Crawford). (Seal.) John Crawford, in the presence of— C. J. Cbawfoed. (Seal.) A. de B. Beandon, Barrister-at-law, Wellington. / Sealed by the above-named Corporation in the presence of— John G. W. Aitken, Mayor. John Smith, Jun., Councillor. (Seal.) B. Tait, Acting Town Clerk.

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