WHEREAS by deed bearing date the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, registered in the District Registry Office at Wellington, number 4917, and expressed to be made between William Reeves of the one part and Henry Taylor and Robert Bould of the other part, all that parcel of land described in the Schedule to this Act was conveyed and assured by the said William Reeves to the said Henry Taylor and Robert Bould: And whereas by a declaration indorsed upon the said conveyance the said Henry Taylor and Robert Bould declared that the said parcel of land was held by them upon trust for the purposes of the common school at Johnsonville, subject to all laws and regulations relating to such schools in the Provincial District of Wellington: And whereas by an order of the Supreme Court of New Zealand made on Tuesday, the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, it was ordered that Robert Bould, son of the said Robert Bould, who had lately died, Frank Albert Orbell, and Justinian Powell should be the trustees for the purposes aforesaid: And whereas since the date of the said order the said Frank Albert Orbell has died, and the said Robert Bould and Justinian Powell are desirous of retiring from the said trust, and it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the local body having authority in Johnsonville aforesaid: