It involves a consideration which must not, and jcannot longer be overlooked, namely, whether the administration of these Trusts has not hitherto been of such a character as to suggest the propriety of some other and better provision to that end being made. And it must be borne in mind that other religious bodies besides those who now manage these Trust estates, are interested ; and those who are of no religion in particular, but belong to the wide family of mankind, wherever their home, or whatever their circumstances in the islands of the Pacific. Through the wise and benevolent foresight of his Excellency Sir George Grey, these Trusts were set apart for the purposes named ; and , they were to continue in the hands of the original grantees so long as these objects were carried out, and] no longer. Have the trus tees fulfilled, in spirit, or even nominally, ;the conditions of the Trusts? Have these estates not been regarded primarily as endow ments for the education of Maori children, and in the second part, as endowments for the dissemination ojt particular doctrines in connection with certain sects of the Christian Church? Take St. Mary's. It has been stated publicly, and it is not denied, that a consider able annual revenue is derived from that Trust ; and it does not appear that any of it is expended in the maintenance of the school in accordance with the terms of the convey ance. On the contrary, £10 per annum is paid by the province for the support and maintenance of each one of the destitute European children in St. Mary's ; and it is a fact, that when the Provincial Government withdrew the payment of £10 per head yearly, for destitute children over twelve years of age, they were all turned out of doors to starve, or beg, or steal, as necessity or inclination prompted them. These are facts ; and they prove prima facie that the St. Mary's Trust has not been rightly adminis tered. The St. Stephen's estate, on the other hand, has not been managed at all. It returns no revenue, although in 1863 it might have been cut up into building sites, and leased for suburban residences, on very good terms for the Trust. In fact, St. 