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Of conveyances to new
Trustees.
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And whereas by three several deeds poll bearing date
respectively the twentieth day of April, 1854, and
endorsed on three said recited Crown Grants respectively, all those
same allotments or parcels of land were conveyed and assured
unto Robert Henry Wynyard, Superintendent of the Province
of Auckland, Frederick Whitaker, Daniel Pollen, John Ander-
son Gilfillan, and James Thomas Boylan, members of the
Executive Council of the said Province, and James O'Neill, and
Pataink Dignan, and unto the Superintendent and members of
the Executive Council of the said Province for the time being, To
hold the said allotments or parcels of lad, upon the Trusts and
with the powers by the said recited Crown Grants, expressed
and declared of and concerning the same
Recital of Grants to
Trustees of Reserves
for College and Gram-
mar Schools.
And whereas by four other Crown Grants bearing date re-
spectively the 24th day of October, 1850, the 28th day of Octo-
ber, 1850, the 14th day of April, 1851, and the 9th day of Decem-
ber, 1853, all those several allotments or parcels of land men-
tioned or described in the second Schedule to this Act annexed,
were granted to Andrew Sinclair, Esq., the Colonial Secretary,
William Swainson, Esq, the Attorney General, and Alexander
Shepherd, Esq., the Colonial Treasurer, or other the person or
persons for the time being respectively discharging the duties of
the said offices, upon trust as an endowment for or towards the
maintenance of a College and Grammar School or Schools as in
the said grants respectively mentioned and upon further trust to
convey the said allotments or parcels of land unto such other
person or persons, either jointly with themselves or otherwise as
the Governor of the Province of New Ulster, should from time to
time in writing under his hand direct and appoint, subject never-
theless to the Trusts, and with the powers in the said Grants re-
spectively declared and contained.
Of conveyances to new
Trustées.
And whereas by four several deeds poll endorsed
on the lastly recited Crown Grants, three of which endorsed
deeds bear date respectively the 20th day of April,
1854, and the fourth of which endorsed deeds bears date
the eighth day of May, 1854, all those same allotments
or parcels of land, were conveyed and assured unto Archibald
Clark, Laughlin O'Brien, William Connell, Thomas Russell,
David Nathan, John Anderson Gilfillan, and Frederick Ward
Merriman, To hold the same upon the Trusts and with the
powers by the said Crown Grants respectively expressed and
declared of and concerning the same.
Of doubts of validity
of Grants.
And whereas doubts have arisen as to the validity
and effect of the said recited Crown Grants and the said recited
conveyances, and the Trustees, by such conveyances appointed,
have not taken upon themselves the Trusts thereof. And
whereas in order to the due management and administration
of the said Trusts lands, it is expedient that the same should be
vested in the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland and
his successors, subject to the Provisions of an Act of the Gene-
ral Assembly of New Zealand entitled "The Public Reserves
Act, 1854."
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NZ Gazette 1856, No 32
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Auckland Hospital and Grammar School Reserves Act, 1856 (Recitals)
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration14 August 1856
Land conveyance, Deeds poll, Crown Grants, Trustees, Auckland Reserves, Public Reserves Act 1854
17 names identified
- Robert Henry Wynyard, Named as original Superintendent trustee
- Frederick Whitaker, Named as original Executive Council trustee
- Daniel Pollen, Named as original Executive Council trustee
- John Anderson Gilfillan, Named as original Executive Council trustee
- James Thomas Boylan, Named as original Executive Council trustee
- James O'Neill, Named as original trustee
- Pataink Dignan, Named as original trustee
- Andrew Sinclair (Esquire), Named as original endowment trustee
- William Swainson (Esquire), Named as original endowment trustee
- Alexander Shepherd (Esquire), Named as original endowment trustee
- Archibald Clark, Named as subsequent trustee
- Laughlin O'Brien, Named as subsequent trustee
- William Connell, Named as subsequent trustee
- Thomas Russell, Named as subsequent trustee
- David Nathan, Named as subsequent trustee
- John Anderson Gilfillan, Named as subsequent trustee
- Frederick Ward Merriman, Named as subsequent trustee