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EXHIBIT No. 5. . 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 and his successors all that parcel of land in the Province of Wellington in our Colony of New Zealand containing by admeasurement one thousand four hundred and eight acres (more or less) situate in the District of Ahuriri and whereof the boundary begins at Te Arauhata o Makomako and runs to Korakonui thence to Tarewatanga o te Ruatititi thence to Te Truiga a Kura thence to Matatuawhiro thence to Takangaoramakura thence to Ngapunaamauiairangi thence to Korora thence to Te Pakihiniomutu crossing the Mangaotai and thence to Maramatitaha thence-to Te Ruakaka thence to Te Ahitara ote Haukura where it turns and runs on to the boundary of the land sold to the Qu3en and follows the said boundary back to the commencement at Arawhataoruakomako 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 aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand. In testimony whereof we have caused this our grant to be sealed with the Seal of our Colony. 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 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.

EXHIBIT No. 6. 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 Charles John Bishop of Wellington the Venerable Octavius Hadfield Archdeacon of Kapiti William McLeod Bannantyne George Hunter and Robert Stokes all of Wellington Esquires trustees appointed by the General Synod of the branch of the United Church of England and Ireland in New Zealand all that parcel of land in the Province of Hawkes' Bay in our Colony of New Zealand containing by admeasurement three hundred and eighty-two (382) acres (more or less) being the section numbered 19 R situated at Te Aute bounded towards the north by land granted to the Bishop of New Zealand upon trust as an endowment for a school twenty-three thousand nine hundred (23900) links towards the east by Native land consisting of an irregular line of a swamp and a line bearing 54° 0' one thousand two hundred (1200) links towards the south by a line bearing 282° 0' a distance of twenty-four thousand two hundred and seventy-eight (24278) links and towards the west partly by a line bearing 17° 30' a distance of one thousand four hundred and ninety-two (1492) links and partly by a fine bearing 183° 0' a distance of two thousand two hundred and forty (2240) links 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 Charles John Bishop of Wellington Archdeacon Octavius Hadfield William McLeod Bannatyne George Hunter and Robert Stokes for ever upon trust as an endowment for a school to be in the district of Ahuriri 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 Sir George Grey K.C.B. Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of New Zealand at Wellington this twenty-eighth day of November in the thirtieth year of our reign and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. G. Grey.

EXHIBIT No. 7.

Certificate op Title under Land Transfer Act. This certificate dated -the tenth day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three under the hand and seal of the District Land Registrar of the Land Registration District of Hawke's Bay witnesseth that the Right Reverend Edward Craig Stuart of Napier Bishop of Waiapu William Russell Russell of Flaxmere sheep-farmer Arthur James Cotterill of Napier solicitor James Nelson Williams of Frimley sheep-farmer and John Beckett Fielder of Napier accountant are seised of an estate in feesimple (subject to such reservations restrictions encumbrances liens and interests as are notified by