WHEREAS by The Auckland Improvement Commissioners' Transfer of Powers Act 1879, certain lands including the land comprised in Schedule 1 hereto were vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Auckland on the terms and conditions named in the said Act: And whereas by grant from the Crown dated the thirteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, the land comprised in Schedule 2 hereto was vested in Charles Davis and Philip Aaron Phillips, in trust for the members of the Hebrew congregation of the City of Auckland, as a site for a synagogue: And whereas the said Charles Davis is now deceased, and the said Philip Aaron Phillips is now the sole acting trustee under the said grant: And whereas it has been considered advisable, and is now agreed upon, that the land vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Auckland, described in Schedule 1 hereto, should be exchanged for the land comprised in Schedule 2: And whereas the lands described in Schedule 3 to this Act were, under The Auckland City Endowments and Reserves Act 1875, vested for an estate in fee-simple in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Auckland and their successors, as an endowment for the improvement and benefit of the City of Auckland: And whereas by the said Auckland City Endowments and Reserves Act 1875, it is enacted that in respect of the land described in Schedule 2 to the said Act, portion whereof is described in Schedule 3 hereto, and is intended to be hereby affected, that the said Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Auckland may, inter alia, from time to time at their discretion, enclose, lay out, and plant the said land, and erect buildings for ornamental purposes, but not for making a profit therefrom: And whereas the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Auckland desire to use the land so vested in them as aforesaid, described in the said Schedule 3 hereto, as a site for a Town Hall and other buildings for municipal purposes, and it is expedient that they should be empowered so to do: