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EXHIBIT No. 34. To all to whom these presents shall come We the Right Reverend Edward Craig Stuart of Napier in the Provincial. District of Hawke's Bay Bishop of Waiapu William Russell Russell of Flaxmere in the said Provincial District sheep-farmer Arthur James Cotterill of Napier aforesaid solicitor James Nelson Williams of Frimley in the said Provincial District of Hawke's Bay sheep-farmer and John Beckett Fielder of Napier aforesaid accountant send greeting. Whereas we are the present trustees of certain lands in Hawke's Bay upon trust as an endowment for a school to be maintained at Te Aute in the District of Ahuriri for the benefit of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand And whereas by "" The Hukarere Native Girls' School Act 1892 " it was provided that when certain lands namely one acre three perches and eight-tenths of a perch at Hukarere in the Town of Napier should be conveyed to us upon trust as a site for a school to be maintained for the education of Native girls in connection with the Te Aute College trust it should be lawful for the trustees for the time being of the Te Aute College trust from time to time to apply so much of the funds arising from the endowment aforesaid as they may deem expedient towards the maintenance of the said school at Hukarere And whereas by memorandum of transfer bearing even date herewith the trustees of the said Hukarere Native Girls' School site did transfer to us the fee-simple of the said site (being the lands hereinafter described) And whereas the Land Transfer Act forbidding the disclosure of any trust we have agreed to execute these presents for the purpose of declaring the trust upon which we hold the said lands: Now therefore these presents witness that we the said Edward Craig Stuart William Russell Russell Arthur James Cotterill James Nelson Williams and John Beckett Fielder do and each of us doth hereby acknowledge and declare that the lands transferred to us by the Venerable William Leonard Williams and the Venerable Samuel Williams under the hereinbefore mentioned memorandum of transfer being all that parcel of land situate at Hukarere in the Town of Napier containing one acre three perches and eight-tenths of a perch comprising lot four on deposited plan number one hundred and twenty-five ot part of suburban section eighty-four Napier and being part of the land in certificate ot title volume 11 folio 2 are held by us jointly upon trust as a site for a school to be maintained for the education of the Native girls in connection with the Te Aute College trust and for no other purpose. In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seals the day and year hereunder written. Signed and sealed 20th January 1893.

EXHIBIT No. 35. CONSTITUTION OF TE AUTE COLLEGE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION. Article I. —Name. This organization shall be called " Te Aute College Students' Association." , ;•■•;. Article ll.—Objects. The objects of this association shall be : — 1. To keep up communication between past and present students of Te Aute College. 2. To aid in the amelioration of the condition of the Maori race physically, intellectually, socially, and spiritually. Article lll.—Constitution and Membership. 1. The association shall consist of a President and general committee, and of ordinary and honorary members. When members are referred to without qualifying words it is to be understood that ordinary members are referred to. 2. The ordinary members shall consist of past and present students of Te Aute College, and of the teachers of Te Aute College for the time being. Only ordinary members shall vote or hold office. 3. Honorary members may be elected at the first conference of the association, and at each subsequent conference on the recommendation of the general committee. Such election shall be by a majority of members present or represented at any such conference. Honorary members shall be entitled to attend the conference of the association. They shall be life members, and not liable to pay any subscription. 4. The President shall be elected by a majority of members present or represented at the annual conference of the association, and shall hold office from such election until the election of his successor, which shall take place at the next conference of the Association. He shall be eligible for re-election. He shall be a member ex officio of the general committee. 5. The headquarters of the association shall be at Te Aute College. Article IV.—The General Committee. 1. The general committee shall be the executive of the association. 2. It shall consist of— (a.) The teachers of Te Aute College for the time being. (6.) Six past students of Te Aute College, to be elected by a majority of past students present or represented at the annual conference of the association, (c.) Five present students of Te Aute College, to be elected by present students. (d.) The President of the association. 3. The members of the general committee shall hold office from their election until the election of their successors. Members shall be eligible for re-election.

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