WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867,” an institution for the advancement of science and art, called “The New Zealand Institute,” was established and incorporated, and provision was made for the incorporation therewith of branch societies in manner therein mentioned: And whereas a Society in the Province of Auckland known as “The Auckland Institute” has been and continues to be incorporated with the said New Zealand Institute: And whereas by Crown grant dated the twentieth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, “all that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland, in our Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement one rood and seven perches more or less, situated in the Parish of Waitemata, in the County of Eden, and being allotment number one, of section number seven, of the City of Auckland, bounded on the North by Eden Crescent, two hundred links; on the East by allotment number sixteen, one hundred and forty-five links; on the South by allotment number two, two hundred links; and on the West by Princes Street, one hundred and forty-five links,”—was granted under “The Public Reserves Act, 1854,” to the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland and his successors, Superintendents of the said Province, in trust as a site for an Auckland Institute: And whereas the said Society, known as the Auckland Institute, have established a public museum and library on the said site, and are desirous of building thereon suitable permanent buildings for such museum and library: And whereas the said Society have raised by private subscription for the said purpose nearly two thousand pounds, but require further funds to enable them to complete and fit up the said building as a public museum and library, and in order to raise such funds it is desirable to enable the said site and building to be mortgaged in manner hereinafter mentioned: