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EXHIBIT No. 24. This deed made the fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight between the Right Reverend Charles John Bishop of Wellington the Venerable Octavius Hadfield Archdeacon of Kapiti William McLeod Bannatyne 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 of the one part and the said Robert Stokes in his own right of the other part Whereas the said trustees are seised of certain land commonly called College land situate in the District of Te Aute in the Province of Hawke's Bay formerly part of the Province of Wellington And whereas the said Robert Stokes in his own right is seised of certain lands abutting on portions of the said College land And whereas the said parties to this deed have caused a dividing fence to be erected between their respective properties "in the most convenient direction for their mutual benefit And whereas the said parties hereto have agreed to a diversion of the present boundary line between their respective properties so as to correspond with the fence now erected And whereas in order to carry out such diversion it has been agreed between the said parties hereto that thirty-nine acres and three roods of land as hereinafter specified now vested in the said trustees shall be conveyed to the said Robert Stokes in his own right and that by deed of even date herewith the said Robert Stokes shall convey to the said trustees an equal extent of land abutting on the land hereinafter expressed to be conveyed. Now this deed witnesseth that in consideration of the conveyance by deed of even date herewith by the said Robert Stokes unto the said trustees and their heirs of thirty-nine acres and three roods of land being the portion of block numbered one hundred and forty-three (143) on the plan of Ruataniwha which is delineated and coloured on the plan drawn in the inMgi ll hereof they the said Charles John Bishop of Wellington Venerable Octavius Hadfield William McLeod Bannatyne George Hunter and Robert Stokes do and every of them doth convey and assure unto the said Robert Stokes and his heirs all that parcel of land containing thirty-nine (39) acres and three (3) roods more or less situate in the Province of Hawke's Bay being portion of the College land in the district of Te Aute bounded on the north and east by other portion of the said College land on the west by block number 143 of the Ruataniwha District and on the south by block number 14 Ruataniwha District as the same land is more particularly delineated and coloured green on the plan drawn in the margin hereof together with all the rights easements and appurtenances to the premises belonging Provided always that the covenants for title implied in this desd shall be modified and restricted to the personal acts and defaults of the covenantors. In witness whereof the said parties hereto of the first part have hereunto set their hands C. Wellington Bishop Octavius Hadfield W. M. Bannatyne Geo. Hunter Robt. Stokes. Signed by the said C. Wellington Bishop W. M. Bannatyne Geo. Hunter and Robt. Stokes in the presence of—H. W. St. Hill Clerk in Holy Orders Wellington. Signed by the said Octavius Hadfield in the presence of—G. Dixon Aerated Water Manager Wellington.

- EXHIBIT No. 25. EXTRACTS FROM TRUSTEES' MINUTE-BOOK, KEPT BY MR. FIELDER. Te Aute College Trust. Minutes of Proceedings. Present: Messrs. Russell, J. N. Williams, Fielder, and Cotterill. At Mr. CotterilPs office, Napier. Proposal for exchange of part of the property of estate for portion of the Poupoutahi Block, the property of the Yen. Archdeacon Williams, considered. Captain Russell had inspected the properties proposed to be exchanged and reported in favour proposal. It was resolved that Mr. Horace Baker be employed to survey the properties and value the same, and, subject to his valuation bearing out the report of Captain Russell, the trustees recommend the Diocesan and General Synods to sanction the exchange. Russell. FIELDER.j Williams. Napier, 4th May, 1900. Cotterill.

Meeting of Trustees of Te Aute Trust at Mr. Fielder's Office, Napier, Bth June, 1900. Present: Right Rev. the Bishop of Waiapu (in the chair), Captain Russell, and Messrs. Cotterill and Fielder. Apology from Mr. Williams. At the request of the trustees the Yen. Archdeacon Samuel Williams attended.