WHEREAS sections numbered 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, and 175, in the Township of Huirangi, in the Taranaki County, Taranaki Provincial District, were reserved for public recreation by Gazette notice on the seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight: And whereas the Governor’s powers under “The Domains Act, 1860,” were delegated to the Huirangi Domain Board by Order in Council dated the fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine: And whereas the Huirangi Institute was incorporated under “The Public Libraries Powers Act, 1875,” and “The Public Libraries Subsidies Act, 1877,” for the purpose of providing a library and public hall: And whereas the Trustees have purchased section numbered 80, in the Township of Huirangi, and have established thereon a public hall and library: And whereas the Trustees of the said institute have agreed to vest the land and property held by them in the Domain Board, and the Domain Board has agreed to accept the trust and hold the said land and property for public purposes: And whereas it is deemed by both bodies desirable that the two institutions should be united and the funds from both dealt with by the Domain Board for the mutual benefit of both trusts, and a common fund established: