• Preamble

  WHEREAS the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Otago constructed and maintained a Museum at Dunedin, in the Province of Otago: And whereas there is in Dunedin an Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute, incorporated by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Otago, No 329, intituled The Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute Ordinance 1870: And whereas it is desirable to provide for the maintenance of the said Museum at Dunedin: And whereas it is desirable to vest a portion of the reserve on which the present Museum is erected, and the said Museum and all the property connected therewith, in the Otago University, incorporated by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Otago, intituled The University of Otago Ordinance 1869, to be maintained and managed by the said Otago University: And whereas it is desirable to provide an endowment for the said Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—