34 CROWN GRANT OP RECREATION GROUND.
COPY OF CROWN GRANT OF THE RECREATION GROUND.
Entered in tho Register Book, vol. 898, fol. 1794H3.
(Signed) RlCHD. GlBBS,
Registrar of Titles.
VICTORIA l/y the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great B r i t a i n and Ireland Queen Defender of the F a i t h and so forth To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting :
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HEREAS the Crown land hereinafter described has since the commencement ot the Act of the Parliament of Our Colony ot Victoria numbered 368 (being the *' Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Sale and Occupation of Crown Lands") been lawfully permanently reserved from sale by the Governor of Our said Colony with the advice ot the Executive Council of the same for the pur- poses hereinafter appearing and possession of such land has been given Now know ye that in order to provide a site in the City ot Melbourne at Carlton in Our said Colony for a Recreation Ground for the members of the University of Melbourne and of the affiliated colleges and for the under- graduates and students of such University We of Our own special grace have granted for Us Our heirs and successors do hereby grant unto the University of Melbourne incorporated under and by virtue of an Act of the Lieutenant- Governor and Legislative Council of Our said Colony made and passed in the sixteenth year of Our reign numbered 34 intituled " An Act to incorporate and endow the Univer- sity of Melbourne" and to its successors All that piece of land in the said Colony containing Sixteen acres and twenty-seven perches more or less at Carlton in the city of Melbourne Parish of Jika Jika County of Bourke delineated with the measurements and abnttals thereof in the map drawn in the margin . of these presents and therein colored yellow Together with all the rights members privileges and appurtenances whatsoever to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining Reserving and excepting unto Us Our heirs and successors the use of all such parts of the said land as shall be required for makingCROWN GRANT OF RECREATION GROUND. 35
railways canals watercourses reservoirs drains or sewers over in upon or through the same with full and free liberty of in- gress egress and regress into out of and upon the said land for. such purpose To have and to hold the said land and pre- mises unto the University of Melbourne and its successors Provided nevertheless and We do hereby expressly declare that this Our Royal Grant is and shall be subject to the conditions provisions and declarations hcreaintter mentioned (that is to say) That the said land hereby granted and the building for the time being thereon shall be at all times hereafter main- tained and used as and for a Recreation Ground for the members of the University of Melbourne and of the affiliated colleges and for the undgraduates and students of such University and offices and conveniences connected therewith under and in accordance with the said Act and with such Statutes and regulations as shall from time to time be made by the Council of the said University pursuant to the said Act'and for no other purpose whatsoever Provided also and We do hereby further declare that if the Body Politic and Corporate of the said University shall be dissolved or by any means become extinct and be no longer existent or shall permit or suffer the said land and premises or any part thereof to be used for or applied to any other than the purpose aforesaid or shall alienate or attempt to alienate in fee-simple or for any less estate or interest the said land and premises or any part thereof save and except under and in pursuance of same law now or hereafter to be in force within the said Colony it shall be lawful tor Us Our heirs and successors by any person or persons duly authorized in that behalf by the Governor or other officer for the time being administering the government ot Our said Colony to re-enter upon the said land or any part thereof and to hold possess and enjoy the same as folly and effectually to all intents and purposes as it this Grant had not been made I N TESTIMONY whereof we have caused this Our Grant to be sealed with the seal of Our said Colony.
W I T N E S S Our trusty and. well-beloved Sir G E O R G E F E R - GUSON BOWEN Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Com- mander-in-Chief of Our said Colony of Victoria and its De- pendencies at Melbourne in Victoria aforesaid this .twenty- third day of March in the thirty-seventh year of Our reign and in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.
(Signed) , . , G, F . BOWEN.
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