Whereas by an Act of the Provincial Council of the Province of Auckland intituled the “Immigration Certificate Act 1858” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to issue a certificate in the form in the Schedule to the said Act annexed to any person or persons whomsoever who should prove to the satisfaction of the said Provincial Council that he or they had emigrated from the United Kingdom under the belief that he or they would be entitled to select land under the terms contained in the “Auckland Waste Lands Act 1858” or terms similar thereto upon receiving an address from the said Provincial Council to that effect And whereas it is expedient to repeal the before recited enactment and to make other provision in lieu thereof