• Preamble

  WHEREAS the Canterbury Public Library is controlled by the Canterbury University College, and the assets of the library are vested in the College: And whereas it is now anticipated that considerable expenditure will be involved in the proper development of the Library, and it has been agreed by and between the Canterbury University College Council and the Christchurch City Council that it is desirable that the Library as a whole be transferred to the Corporation of the City of Christchurch:

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