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RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, AND

Waitemata, Suburbs of Auckland, 40 acres ; St. Stephen's School, IS acres : Suburbs, 9 acres 2 roods 5 perches. Schools for education of children of both races. (E. 7, 1565.) Free grants. St. Stephen's School —The amount of Government aid to the school was, in ISSO, £200 ; 1851, £220 ; 1852, £200. (Deputy-Auditor, A. 5, 1569.) Government grants. 31st March, 1869, to 31st March, 1862, £1,187. (E. 9,1863.) Total sums received from Colonial Treasurer, from Ist July, 1858, to 30th June, 1865, £11,537 14s. 3d. (Bishop of New Zealand, E. 3b, 1865.) Present income, when most flourishing—" A dwelling-house on a portion of the land, held on lease for twenty-one years at a ground rent of £4 per annum ; two small cottages, built by Bishop of New Zealand, let at ss. and 4s. per week respectively; a stone house, occupied by Mr. Kissling, at a rent of £30 per annum." 1854-5, "thirty-five scholars on books, all Natives." (A. 5, 1869.) St. Stephen's School, 1863, twenty-one on roll: —Six married men, six married women, one widower (a Native Deacon), two unmarried men, one woman, and two girls, three Half-caste children (one boy and two girls) ; total, twenty-one. (E. 9,1863.) 1865, 1055. (E. 3b, 1865.) " Since the withdrawal of Government aid, at the end of 1868, the school has been maintained from private funds. The present number of male scholars is seven Natives and Half-castes." (Sir W. Martin, A. 5, 1869.) " Orphan home, eighteen boys, nineteen girls, mostly Europeans and Half-castes." (A. 5, 16C9.) " Land all fenced, and has been in grass, but is exceedingly poor,and is now grown over with manuka scrub." (A. 5, 1869.) " The selling value of the estate is probably about £100 per annum." (A. 5, 1869.)

Province of Hawkes' Bay. Te Aute. —7,779 acres. Endowment of school at Te Aute for aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand. (E. 7, 1865.) Present income—July, 1868—Number of sheep at last shearing : ewes, 3,300 ; wethers, 1,029 ; rams, 201; lambs, 1,808 ; total, 6,338. " School was opened in temporary buildings in 1854, and closed in March, 1859." (Rev. S. Williams, A. sa, 1869.) No permanent school buildings erected. (A. sa, 1869.) In 1854 (three months only), twelve scholars ; 1855, ten scholars ; 1856, fifteen scholars; 1857, thirteen scholars; 1858, eight scholars ; 1859, four scholars. All the land, with exception of detached block of 1,748 acres, is enclosed. A large quantity of English grass is sown over the run. In 1869, fences and buildings in good order. Present value of estate (1869), if country in peace, about from £500 to £600 per annum. " Since 1859, there has been no school or scholars on the estate." (Rev. S. Williams, A. sa, 1869.)

Province of Wellington. Wanganui. —250 acres 32 perches. School for both races. Crown land. Money grant, in February, 1853, £700, —£400 for expenses of building, and £300 for fencing and improving the land. (A. 3,1870.) Rent of estate, £247 ss. per annum: most of the leases are dated in 1856, and will expire in 1877. School-house erected in 1853 ; opened in 1854. No Maoris offered themselves, consequently European children were taken in. " First Native scholars received on 7th February (no year mentioned) ; from that time, until near the end of 1859, Maori pupils were coming and going, receiving food and clothing, and continually absconding with whatever clothing they could take with them." (Rev. C. H. S. Nichols, A. 3, 1870.) Sometimes six months would elapse without any Maori pupil being in the school. Greatest number of Maori pupils at one time, about thirteen. When the house of the Rev. Mr. Nichols was burnt, and the school had ceased to exist, the funds commenced to accumulate, and continued to do so until the building of the residence for a schoolmaster, which cost about £450, and the alterations and repair to the buildings used as a school-house cost £150. No portion of the land is unlet, except the 5 acres attached to the school. The land is of the best description. The income is expended in defraying the expenses of the school. Two Maori boys were maintained at the Te Aro School, at the expense of this Trust, but funds have not sufficed for more than one since the Grammar School was established. The Wanganui Collegiate School, conducted by H. H. Godwin, was, about October, 1866, erected on the estate. No Maoris in the school. European boys-— boarders, 5 ; day scholars, 38 ; total, 43. Fees charged—£6 per annum under eleven years of age ; £7 per annum over eleven years of age. (A. 3, 1870.) " Looking at the terms of the grant, the fees charged for the pupils of this school are such as preclude the objects of the grant from receiving the benefit of it." (Hutchison, A. 3, 1870.) Porirua Harbour. —soo acres. School for education of both races. (E. 7, 1865.) Ceded by Natives. (D. 16, 1866.) "It has been let to Mr. Richards for some years, for a term which has about a year to run. The rent, I believe, is about £100 a year, payable half yearly. The Otaki School, at present, receives £75 a year, . . . the remaining balance is accumulating." (Archdeacon Hadfield, A. 3, 1870.) No school has been established at Porirua out of the proceeds of this land. Otaki. —62 acres ; 33 acres ; 396 acres 2 roods 30 perches ;68 acres 2 roods 35 perches. Church missionary objects : used for educational purposes. Ceded by Natives. " From the Ist January, 1858, to Ist July, 1868,1 think there was no assistance from Government at all. It was certainly about ten years. For the four years previous to 1858 there was considerable Government assistance. .. . For one year from same date in 1867, I received a capitation, fixed, of £5 per head for the boys and girls, and a bonus of £100." Land all fenced, improved and farmed; proceeds devoted to the support of a boarding-school from January, 1854, to end of July, 1868. Since then, it has not been a boarding-school. " The number of children varied from 1854 to 1868; the average number (boys and girls), I should say, roughly, was forty. We are now, and for the last year have been, carrying on a day school only. " I counted thirty-two scholars the last time I attended,—about equal boys and girls. I am now advertizing to let the land, with the buildings ; it ought to let for £250. The buildings consist of three labourers'cottages, a good barn, and outbuildings." (Archdeacon Hadfield, A. 3,1870.) Wairarapa. —190 acres; 400 acres. College for both races. (E. 7,1865.) Ceded by Natives. (D. 16,1866.) Papawai Native school, 1862.. Fourteen scholars. (E. 9, 1863.)