WHEREAS the Church Property Trustees is a body corporate constituted under and by virtue of certain Ordinances of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the late Province of Canterbury intituled respectively the Church Property Trust Ordinance Session II No. 3 and the Church Property Trust Amendment Ordinance 1867: And whereas the said body corporate holds certain real and personal property upon trust for the purposes set out in Part II of the Church Property Trust (Canterbury) Act 1879, which said real and personal property is described in the said Act and commonly known as the Bishopric estate: And whereas the said Part II of the said Act, after making provision for certain primary charges upon the income of the Bishopric estate as set out in sections 8 and 9 of the said Act, directs the Church Property Trustees to hold the estate and the income thereof upon trust to apply the said income or any part thereof towards all or any one or more of the objects, intents, and purposes thereafter declared in the said section 10, but nevertheless in accordance with the directions, resolutions, laws, enactments, or regulations of the Synod in such manner, in such proportions, in such sums, and at such times as the Synod may from time to time direct, Synod being the Synod of the Diocese of Christchurch as defined in the said Act: And whereas the objects set out in the several subsections of the said section 10 provide a number of purposes including the building and enlargement of the residence and outbuildings necessary thereto for the occupation of the Bishop and the upkeep and maintenance of the garden and grounds pertaining to the residence of the Bishop: And whereas it is considered desirable in the interests of the diocese and in particular in its selection of new Bishops from time to time to be in a position to provide furniture and furnishings for the residence of the Bishop so as to enable any suitable person selected for the office to accept appointment without regard to the possible heavy financial burden of furnishing the residence of the Bishop: And whereas it is considered that this is a reasonable and proper additional charge upon the income of the Bishopric estate: And whereas the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Christchurch has by resolution decided that in the best interests of the said diocese the powers hereinbefore mentioned should be conferred upon the Church Property Trustees and has approved of the introduction of a Bill to this end and the Church Property Trustees has approved of such desire: And whereas it is expedient that all costs, charges, and expenses of and incidental to the preparation, obtaining, and passing of this Act should be paid out of the income of the Bishopric estate: