A  recommendation  to  purchase  land  is  imperative,  and
avoids  the  gift.  Att.-Gen.  v.  Davies,  9  Ves.  546.  Aliter
where  there  is  an  option  to  invest  in  land  or  on  pure  per-
sonal estate  ( Grimmett  v.  Grimmett,  Arab.  210;  see  Denton
v.  Manners,  2  D.  &  J.  675;  Mayor  of  Faversham  v.  Ryder,
5  D.,  M.  &  G.  350 ;  Graham  v.  Paternoster,  31  Bea.  30 ;
He  Beaumont,  32  Bea.  191),  or  in  land  in  Ireland  or  else-
where where  the  Mortmain  Act  has  no  operation.  Univ.  of
London  v.  Yarrow,  1  D.  &  J.  72.  But  a  direction  to  place
out  money  on  mortgage  does  not  imply  an  option  to  invest
on  personalty  or  land  out  of  England,  and  the  bequest  is
void.  Baker  v.  Sutton,  1  Ke.  224.  A  direction  to  apply
the  money  in  personalty,  if  an  investment  in  land  cannot  be
conveniently  made,  is  not  equivalent  to  an  option,  and  a
bequest  in  such  terms  is  void.  Att.-Gen.  v.  Hodgson,  15
Sim.  146.  So  though  there  is  a  power  to  invest  on  personal
estate  until  the  purchase  of  land  is  made  (  Grieves  v.  Case,
4  B.  C.  C.  67;  Pritchard  v.  Arbouin,  3  Russ.  458).  And
although  there  may  be  no  express  direction  in  the  will  to
invest  in  land,  yet  if  from  the  nature  of  the  charity  that
result  is  inevitable  the  gift  is  void  (  Widmore  v.  fVood-
roofe,  Amb.  636  ;  Middleton  v.  Clitherow,  3  Ves.  734,  gift
to  Queen  Anne's  Bounty,  but  before  the  43  Geo.  3,  c.  107;
Denton  v.  Manners,  2  D.  &  J.  675  ;  Tatham  v.  Drum-
mond, 10  Jur.,  N.  S.  1087);  aliter  where  from  the  rules  of
the  charity  the  money  may  be  applied  in  some  way  not
contrary  to  the  act  {Church  Build.  Soc.  v.  Barlow,  3
D.,  M.  &  G.  120) ;  and  if  the  will  contain  no  direction  to
purchase  land  the  trust  will  be  good,  if  it  can  be  carried  out
without  purchasing  land,  as  where  it  is  "for  and  towards
establishing  a  school."   Att.-  Gen.  v.  Williams,  4  B.  C.  C.  526.
