Tlie Carter Bequest. 671 



THE CARTER BEQUEST. 



Extracts from the Will of Charles Rooking Carter. 



This is the last will and testament of me, Charles Rooking Carter, of 

 Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, gentleman. 



1 revoke all wills and testamentary dispositions heretofore made by 

 me, and declare this to be my last will and testament. 



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I give to the Colonial Museum in Wellington the large framed 

 photographs of the members of the General Assembly in the House of 

 Representatives in the year 1860, and the framed pencil sketch of the 

 old House of Commons, and the framed invitation-card to the Lord 

 Mayor's dinner. 



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As regards the following books, of which I am the author, and which 

 are now stored in three boxes — namely, (1) " The Life and Recollections 

 of a New Zealand Colonist," (2) "A Historical Sketch of New Zealand 

 Loans," and (3) "Round the World Leisurely" — I direct that my 

 executor shall retain possession of the same for a period of seven years, 

 commencing from the date of my death, and that at the end of such 

 period my executor shall place the same in the hands of Messrs. Whit- 

 combe and Tombs (Limited) or some other capable and responsible book- 

 sellers in the City of Wellington, for sale, and so that the same shall 

 be sold at such a price as will yield to my estate not less than six shillings 

 per volume in respect of the first-named and second-named, and two 

 shillings and sixpence in respect of the last-named works; and I further 

 authorize my executor to sell and dispose of the copyright or right to 

 reprint such works; and I direct that the moneys to be derived from 

 the sale of such works and the privileges connected therewith shall be 

 added to the sum provided for the purchase of a telescope as hereinafter 

 mentioned. 



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I direct my executor to subscribe the sum of fifty pounds towards the 

 erection of a suitable brick room in which to house the priceless collec- 

 tion of books on New Zealand some time since given by me to the 

 Colonial Museum and the New Zealand Institute. 



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I give and devise unto the Public Trustee appointed under and in 

 pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled 

 the Public Trust Office Act. 1894 (hereinafter called "my trustee"), 

 all the rest, residue, and remainder of ray property whatsoever and 

 wheresoever situate, both real and personal, and whether in possession, 

 reversion, expectancy, or remainder, upon trust, as to my freehold pro- 

 perty at East Taratahi, containing by admeasurement two thousand one 

 hundred and seventy-two acres, and being and comprising the whole of 

 the land included in certificate of title, volume 51, folio 79, of the books 

 of the District Land Registrar for the Registration District of Welling- 



