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(3.) To acquire, take over, and purchase the freehold or leaseholds of all that piece or parcel of land called or known as the Mokau-Mohakatino Block, as more particularly described in the first schedule of the said agreement, and with a view thereto to en'er into and carry into effect, with or without modification, the said agreement or such part 01 parts thereof as relate to the purchase of the said Mokau-Mohakatino Block, or in the alternative to acquire, take over, and purchase such piece or parcel of land, or any interest, right, or title therein, whether leasehold or freehold, and whether of the surface or mineral rights, upon such terms and conditions as may be decided upon by the company, and from such person or persons who may for the time being have the right to dispose of the same or any part or parts thereof. (4.) To acquire all or any of the properties, businesses, concerns, or assets mentioned in the preceding paragraphs numbered from (1) to (4) inclusive, or any other properties, businesses, concerns, or assets of a similar or like nature thereto, either solely or in partnership or conjunction or mutual arrangement with any other person or persons, or any other company or companies or association or associations. (5.) To carry on the trades or businesses of colliery-proprietors, coke-manufacturers, coalmerchants, ironmasters, steel-converters, smelters, cement-manufacturers, brickmakers, petroleum and oil producers, sawmillers, and timber-merchants in all their respective branches. (6.) To search for, get, work, raise, make merchantable, sell, and deal in coal, lignite, ironstone, iron, lime, cement, brick-earth, bricks, petroleum, oil, and other metals, minerals, and substances, and to manufacture and sell patent fuel and fuels of all kinds. (7.) To carry on all or any of the following businesses —that is to say, general carriers, railway and forwarding agents, warehousemen, bonded carmen, and common carmen, and any other businesses which can conveniently be carried on in connection with the above. (8.) To purchase, take in exchange, or otherwise acquire and hold ships and vessels, or any shares or interests in ships or vessels, and also shares, stocks, and securities of any companies possessed of or interested in any ships or vessels, and to maintain, repair, improve, alter, sell, exchange, or let out to hire or charter, or otherwise deal with and dispose of, any ships, vessels, or shares, or securities as aforesaid. (9.) To carry on all or any of the businesses of shipowners, ship brokers, insurance brokers, managers of shipping property, freight-contractors, carriers by land and sea, bargeowners, lightermen, forwarding agents, ice-merchants, refrigerating storekeepers, warehousemen, wharfingers, and general traders. (10.) To purchase, charter, hire, build, or otherwise acquire steam and other ships or vessels, and to employ the same in the conveyance of passengers, mails, and merchandise of all kinds, and to carry on the business of shipowners, barge-owners, and lightermen in all its branches. (11.) To insure with any other company or person against losses, damages, risks, and liabilities of all kinds which may affect this company, and also to carry on the business of marine insurance and marine accidental insurance in all its respective branches, and to effect reinsurance and counterinsurance. (12.) To carry on in New Zealand the business of farming, stock-raising, wool-growing, cropgrowing, dealers in general produce in all of its branches, and particularly— (a.) To carry on the business of importers of meat, live cattle, and sheep, and also that of dealers in cattle and sheep generally and in all blanches of such respective trades or businesses. (b.) To buy and sell by wholesale or retail, in the" Dominion of New Zealand or elsewhere, all kinds of meat, and generally to carry on the trade or business of a meatsalesman in all its branches. (c.) To acquire by purchase or otherwise sheep and cattle farms, and to carry on the trades or businesses of cattle-rearers and sheep-farmers, fellmongering, tanning, and warehousing generally, preserved-meat manufacturers, dealers in hides, fat, tallow, grease, offal, and other animal products. (d.) To erect and build abattoirs, freezing-houses, warehouses, sheds, and other buildings necessary or expedient for the purposes of the company. (13.) To purchase, lease, establish or otherwise acquire coal-mines, coal-yards, cement-works, ironworks, brickyards, sawmills, timberyards, sawpits, and all kinds of plant, machinery, and factories. (14.) To purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire any lands in the said Dominion or in the Austmlasian Colonies that may be necessary or convenient for the purposes of the company, and any rights or privileges in or over any land, stream, or other real or heritable property in any of the said locations, and to utilize any lands, tenements, or hereditaments belonging to or leased or enjoyed by the company, to purchase, lease, erect, or alter and maintain houses, factories, stores, and buildings, and either solely or jointly with other persons or companies to make, purchase, or lease roads, tramways, railways, and other works calculated directly or indirectly to further advance the interests of the company.

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