28 CROWN GRANT OP RECREATION GROUND.
COPY OF CROWN GRANT OF THE RECREATION GROUND.
Entered in the Register Book vol. 898 fol. 179493.
(Signed) R I C U D . GIBBS,
Registrar of Titles.
V I C T O R I A hy the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great B r i t a i n and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith and so forth To all to whom these presents shall come greeting:
W
H E R E A S the Crown land hereinafter described has since the commencement of the Act of the Parliament of Our Colony of Victoria numbered 360 (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 of 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 of 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 and for Us Our heirs and successors do nereby 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 thirty- four intituled " An Act to Incorporate and Endow the University 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 J i k a J i k a County of Bourke delineated with the measurements and abuttals thereof in the map drawn iu the margin of these presents and therein coloured 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. 29 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 tor such purposes To have and to hold the said land and .premises unto the University of Melbourne and its successors Provided nevertheless and W e do hereby expressly declare that this Our Royal Grant is and shall be subject to the con- ditions provisions and declarations hereinafter mentioned (that is to say) That the said land hereby granted and the buildings for the time being thereon shall be a t all times here- after maintained and used as and for a Recreation Ground for the members of the University of Melbourne and of the affiliated colleges and for t h e undergraduates and students of such University and offices and conveniences connected there- with 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 W e 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 pur- pose 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 some law now or hereafter to be in force within the said Colony it shall be lawful for Us Our heirs and suc- cessors by any person or persons duly authorized in that behalf by the Governor or other officer for the time being administering the government of Our said Colony to re-enter upon the said land or any part thereof and to hold possess and enjoy the same as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as if 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.
WITNESS Our trusty and well-beloved Sir GEORGE F E R . GUSON BOWEN Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief ot Our said Colony of Victoria and its Dependencies 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.
