Whereas by Crown grant dated the sixth day of November, Preamble. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto were granted to the Bishop of Christchurch and his successors in trust for a Native industrial school for aboriginal natives of New Zealand in connection with the Church of England: And whereas by "The Kaiapoi Native Industrial School Grant Act, 1870," it was provided that the Bishop of Christchurch might surrender the said lands to Her Majesty free and discharged of all trusts; and that if the said lands should be so surrendered the Governor might cause a Crown grant to a portion of the said land not exceeding sixteen acres to be made to the said Bishop and his successors in trust for a site for a church in connection with the branch of the Church of England in New Zealand, and for the benefit of those aboriginal natives for whose benefit the said recited grant was made, and as and for a site for a school, and a house for the use of the clergyman appointed to perform services in the said church, and for glebe land to be used and occupied with such house; and that the residue of the said lands should be vested in two or more trustees, to be nominated by the Governor under section eight of "The Native Schools Act, 1867," as a site for a Native school: And whereas no surrender has ever been made by the Bishop of Christchurch in terms of "The Kaiapoi Native Industrial School Grant Act, 1870": And whereas by Proclamation made in exercise of the powers vested in the Governor by "The Native Schools Act, 1867," and published in the Gazette on the sixth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, Henry James Tancred and the Reverend James West page 2Stack were nominated and appointed to be trustees of the land described in the First Schedule hereto: And whereas the said Proclamation was ultra cires as to a parcel of land not exceeding sixteen acres, portion of the lands described in the First Schedule hereto, and being the whole of the lands described in the Second Schedule hereto: And whereas "The Kaiapoi Native. Industrial School Grant Act, 1870," has since been repealed by "The Repeals Act, 1878": And whereas the Bishop of Christchurch for the time being is desirous that for the sake of convenience the lands set out and described in the Second Schedule hereto shall be vested in the Church Property Trustees instead of being vested in the Bishop of Christchurch and his successors, and it is expedient to give effect to such desire: