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Report op Hukarere School. During the three years ending 30th June, 1903, the Hukarere School for Native girls has continued to be ably conducted by the head mistress, Miss Bulstrode, and her staff. Since the establishment of the much-needed Queen Victoria School, the northern girls, who formerly had to travel a great distance if they wished for higher education, have naturally attended the new school, and thus we have been enabled to receive more children from our own part of the Island. The average number of pupils during the three years has been fifty-six. Of those who have passed through the school, many are married, some are in domestic service near their own homes, or working as dressmakers, while six are at the present time engaged as schoolteachers in different parts of the country, besides others who worked as teachers before their marriage. Three former pupils have been receiving training as nurses in the Napier Hospital, having had hospital scholarships from the Education Department. One of these young women, now at her own home, has been able to do a great deal for the sick and suffering around her, and is consequently much looked up to by her own people. Considerable additions and improvements have been made to the buildings and grounds, which enable the work of the whole establishment to be carried on with greater efficiency. For these improvements the school is mainly indebted to the liberality of Archdeacon Williams. In his report for 1902 Mr. Pope says, " The results of the inspection are decidedly favouiablc. There is a good strong staff working in the best kind of spirit. We may hope for very good results at the end of the year." The inspection took place in March. His report for 1903 has not yet been received. A. M. Williams, Principal.

EXHIBIT No. 3. Victoria 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 ye that for good considerations us thereunto moving we for us our heirs and successors do hereby grant unto the Right Reverend George Augustus Lord Bishop of New Zealand all that parcel of land in the Province of Wellington Colony of New Zealand containing by admeasurement four thousand two hundred and forty-four acres (more or less) situated in the District of Ahuriri and bounded on the north by land granted to the Bishop of New Zealand upon trust as an endowment for a school 137 chains on the east by the Roto Atara Swamp and by a line bearing 183° 29 chains on the south by a line bearing 282° 239 chains on the west by a line bearing 17° 30' 21 chains thence by a line bearing 28° 20' 92 chains thence by a line bearing 23° 50' 47 chains 50 links thence by a line bearing 16° 15' 67 chains to its intersection with the southern boundary of the land granted to the Bishop of New Zealand as aforesaid excepting so much of the hereinbefore-described land as may be necessary for the making of a road not exceeding sixty-six feet in width in through or over the said parcel of land and which said parcel of land hereby granted is delineated on the plan drawn in the margin hereof, with all the rights and appurtenances thereto belonging To hold unto the said George Augustus Lord Bishop of New Zealand and his successors for ever upon trust as an endowment for a school to be maintained in the district of Ahuriri aforesaid for the education of children of our subjects of both races in New Zealand. In testimony whereof we have caused this our grant to be sealed with the Seal of our Colony of New Zealand. Witness our trusty and well-beloved Thomas Gore Browne C.B. Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over our Colony of New Zealand at Auckland this seventh day of July in the twenty-first year of our reign and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. Thomas Gore Browne.

EXHIBIT No. 4. Victoria by the 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. Know ye that for good considerations us thereunto moving we for us our heirs and successors do hereby grant unto The Right Reverend George Augustus Lord Bishop of New Zealand and his successors all that parcel of land in the 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 Roto Akiwa and runs in the Wai-o-Poekeni Stream to Te Roto Atara and follows the edge of the swamp till it reaches Ohinemauwhiri and goes along the bill till it reaches Whatupungapunga thence to Waipapa thence to Te Horo thence to Oreke thence to Te Kohai where it breaks off and runs to Te Raroa and follows the gully down to Te Roto Akiwa 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 George Augustus Lord Bishop of New Zealand and his successors for ever upon trust as an endowment for a school to be maintained at Te Aute in the district of Ahuriri aforesaid for the benefit of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand. In testimony whereof we have caused this our grant to be sealed with the Seal of our said Colony. Witness our trusty and well-beloved Thomas Gore Browne C.B. Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand at Auckland this tenth day of June in the twentieth year of our reign and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. Thomas Gore Browne! With the advice and consent of the Executive Council—R. H. Wynyard E. W. Stafford Fredk. Whitaker C. W. Richmond.

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