• Preamble

  WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto were set apart as educational endowments under the authority of The Otago Reserves Act 1874 [Repealed], and it was a special condition that, notwithstanding such reservation, the said lands should be available for settlement: And whereas the said lands are now vested in certain corporate bodies hereinafter mentioned, and it is expedient to make provision whereby a part of the said lands may be declared open for lease and settlement upon special conditions:

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