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ton (save and except such part of the said land, being portion of the 

 section numbered 117 in the Taratahi Plain Block, as is hereinafter 

 devised to my trustee for the purposes hereinafter appearing), and direct 

 that my Trustee shall stand possessed of the same lands upon trust, to 

 let and manage the same, and to pav and apply the rents and annual 

 income in manner following, namely : — 



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And as to all the residue and remainder (if any) of the said net pro- 

 ceeds of the sale, conversion, and getting-in of my estate as aforesaid, 

 my trustee shall transfer the same to the Governors for the time being of 

 the New Zealand Institute at Wellington, to form the nucleus of a fund 

 for the erection in or near Wellington aforesaid, and the endowment of 

 a Professor and staff, of an Astronomic Observatory fitted with telescope 

 and other suitable instruments for the public use and benefit of the 

 colony, and in the hope that such fund may be augmented by gifts from 

 private donors, and that the Observatory may be subsidized by the 

 Colonial Government; and without imposing any duty or obligation in 

 regard thereto I would indicate my wish that the telescope may be ob- 

 tained from the factory of Sir H. Grubb, in Dublin, Ireland. 



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