Whereas the piece of land described in the Schedule to this Act was inter alia by letters patent dated the thirtieth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three under the public seal of the Colony and hand of Sir George Grey the Governor thereof granted to William Kirton and each succeeding Minister of the Established Church of Scotland in Wellington Robert Rodger Strang and his successors the attorney or attorneys for the time being of the Procurator of the General Assembly of the Established Church of Scotland in Wellington and to Kenneth Bethune Peter Morrison Hervey Charles William Schultze John McBeth and David Stark Durie and the survivors of them and the heirs and assigns of such survivors in trust to permit the same land to be for ever used and appropriated as and for a site for a place of public worship school- houses and other buildings for the Scotch Presbyterians of Wellington in connection with the Established Church of Scotland and for no other use trust intent or purpose whatsoever.

And whereas the said Kenneth Bethune and Peter Morrison Hervey are dead and whereas the said piece of land described in the Schedule to this Act being required for part of the site of the Supreme Court House and other buildings attached thereto in Wellington the said Robert Rodger Strang with the advice and consent of the surviving trustees agreed to sell and convey to the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington the said piece of land for public purposes on condition that the said Superintendent would grant to them the trustees of this land town rural or suburban land to the value of two hundred pounds in any part of the Province then or which might be thereafter open for selection in the Province of Wellington and such sale or arrangement has been duly approved of by the Procurator of the General Assembly and Colonial Scheme of the Church of Scotland And whereas it is expedient to have the sanction of the Legislature to carry such agreement into effect