Methodist Union Act, 1905 (5 Edw VII) (Qld)

LOCAL AND PRIVATE ACTS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF QUEENSLAND, 50 EDWAR,DI VII. ALBERT RIVER, BURXETOWN, AND LILYDALE TRAMWAY. See RAILWAYS AND TRAMWA.YS. BRISBANE TRAFFIC. See LOCAL GOVERNMENT. BRISBANE WATER SUPPLY. See WATER SUPPLY. CAIRNS HARBOUR BOARD. See HARBOURS AND RIVERS. CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. An Act to Confirm the Union in Queensland of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Queensland and the Primitive Methodist Connexion in Queensland, under the name of "The Methodist Church of Australasia " ; to deal with the Property in Queensland of the said Uniting Churches, and to assimilate the Trusts thereof; to Amend "The Wesleyan Methodist Church Property Trust Act, 1893 " ; and for other purposes connected with or incidental to the aforesaid objects, 5 Edw. VII. THE METHODIST UNION ACT OP 1905. [ASSENTED TO 20TH DECEMBER, 1905.] HEREAS the General Conference of the Austral- Preamble. asian Wesleyan Methodist Church, held at Adelaide, in South Australia, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, empowered and authorised each Annual Conference of the said Church to carry into

8970 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. Methodist Union Act. 5 EDW. VII., effect within its own bounds union with any or all of the other Methodist Churches within its bounds on the consti- tutional basis defined by the said General Conference and set forth in the, printed minutes of such General Confer- ence of the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety- four, but subject to a provision that until Methodist Union had become general throughout Australasia the name of such Uniting Churches should, when united, be "The Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church," and that there- after the United Church should be denominated "The Methodist Church of Australasia": And whereas there was established in Queensland a religious denomination, community, or church known as the Primitive Methodist Connexion forming part of the Connexion established in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and known as the Primitive Methodist Connexion: And whereas, by and with the authority and consent both of the Fifth Queensland Conference held. at Brisbane, in Queensland, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven (being a Queensland Conference within the meaning of" The Wesleyan 3fethodist Church _Property Trust Act, 1893"),* and of the Annual Conference of the said Primitive Methodist Connexion in Queensland, held at Brisbane aforesaid in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven (being the governing body of the said Primitive Methodist Connexion in Queensland, and duly empowered to give such authority and consent, subject, however, to the approval of the general governing body of the said Connexion, namely, the British Conference of the said Connexion), an agreement was duly made between the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Queensland and the Primitive Methodist Connexion in Queensland, hereinafter called the " Uniting Churches," to enter into an organic union as one Church under the name of "The Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church," as from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, on the said constitutional basis and in terms of a plan of union agreed to, which said plan of union is fully set forth in the printed minutes of the Sixth Queensland Conference, held at Brisbane aforesaid in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, it being agreed that when Methodist Union had become general throughout Aus- tralasia the United Church should be denominated "The Methodist Church of Australasia": * 57 Vic., supra, page 4900.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 1005. Methodist Union Act. And whereas the Union of the said Primitive Methodist Connexion in Queensland with the said Wesleyan Methodist Church in Queensland, as from the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, on the said constitutional basis and in terms of the said plan of union, was duly approved by the said British Conference of the said Primitive Methodist Con- nexion held at Grimsby, in the said United Kingdom, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, which said Conference, and each succeeding British Conference of the said Connexion, empowered its general committee to authorise and direct that all property, lands, buildings, hereditaments, and premises of every description and tenure of or belonging to, or used in connection with or for. the purposes of, or held upon trust for or on behalf of, and within the jurisdiction of, the said Primitive Methodist Con- nexion. in Queensland, and whether standing in the name of a corporation or in the names of individual trustees or otherwise, should be sold or be transferred to and vested in trustees for and on behalf of "The Methodist Church of Australasia" in Queensland in such manner and upon such trusts as the Queensland Annual Conference of the said Methodist Church should or might from time to time direct, authorise, or appoint, with full liberty to the said Queensland Annual Conference to secure the passing of such legislative enactments by the Parliament of Queens- land as might be considered necessary or advisable for the purpose of giving complete effect to the Union of the said Churches and to any resolutions of the said Queensland Annual Conference relating to or dealing with the pro- perties, land, buildings, hdreditaments, and premises held upon trust for or on behalf of the said Primitive Methodist Connexion in Queensland as aforesaid; and further empowered its said general committee to instruct the president and secretary for the time being of the British Conference of the said Primitive Methodist Connexion to sign all documents necessary for the purpose of giving full effect to and authenticating the exercise of the aforesaid powers of the said general committee: And whereas the said general committee, in pur- suance of the aforesaid powers, did by an instrument in writing, dated the fourteenth day of September, one thou- sand nine hundred and three, authorise and direct that the lands and premises mentioned and described in the First Schedule to this Act and all other the property, lands,, 8971

8972 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. .Methodist Union Act. 5 EDW. VII., buildings, hereditaments, and premises of every description and tenure of or belonging to, or used in connection with or for the purposes of, or held upon trust for or on behalf of, and within the jurisdiction of, the said Primitive Methodist Connexion in Queensland, and whether standing in the name of a corporation or in the names of individual trustees or otherwise, should be sold or be transferred to and vested in trustees for and on behalf of "The Methodist Church of Australasia" in Queensland in such manner and upon such trusts as the Queensland Annual Conference of the said Methodist Church should or might from time to time direct, authorise, or appoint, with full liberty to the said Queensland Annual Conference to secure the passing of such legislative enactments by the Parliament of Queens- land as might be considered necessary or advisable for the purpose of giving complete effect to the Union of the said Churches and to any resolutions of the said Queensland Annual Conference relating to or dealing with the pro- perties, lands, buildings, hereditanaents, and premises held upon trust for or on behalf of the said Primitive Metho- dist Connexion in Queensland as aforesaid; and, for the purpose of giving full effect to and authenticating the exercise of the aforesaid powers, did instruct Thomas Hankey Hunt, the president, and John Day Thompson, the secretary of the British Conference of the said Primi- tive Methodist Connexion, held at Newcastle-on-Tyne, in the said United Kingdom, in the year one thousand nine hundred and three, to sign the said instrument on behalf of the said. general committee: And whereas the said instrument was duly signed by the said Thomas Hankey Hunt and John Day Thompson, in pursuance of the aforesaid instructions of the said general committee, and also by Robert Bryant, the chair- man, and John Hallam, the secretary of the said general committee, on the said fourteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and three: And whereas pursuant to the agreement aforesaid the Uniting Churches did, on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, enter into an organic Union as one Church, under the name of "The Australasian Methodist Church," on the said constitutional basis and in terms of the said plan of union: And whereas Methodist Union became general through- out Australasia on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and two:

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 1905. Methodist Union Act. And whereas the successive Queensland Annual Con- ferences of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church held in the years one thousand eight hundred and ninety- eight, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, one thousand nine hundred, and one thousand nine hundred and one, and of the Methodist Church of Australasia held in the years one thousand nine hundred and two, one thousand nine hundred and three, one thousand nine hundred and four, and one thousand nine hundred and five, have included ministerial and lay representatives of both the Uniting Churches, and have held, made, and passed certain elections, appointments, resolutions, and orders on the said constitutional basis and in pursuance of the said plan of union: And whereas the Church named in the said constitu- tional basis is throughout such basis called "The Australasian Methodist Church," and the Missionary Society named therein is called "The Australasian Methodist Missionary Society," and by reason of the fact that Methodist Union has become general throughout Australasia, it has become necessary to alter the denomina- tion of the said Church and Society: And whereas under " The Wesleyan Methodist Church Property Trust Act, 1893,"* all Church lands within Queensland of the Wesleyan Methodist Church are held upon the trusts and subject to the provisions of "The Wesleyan Methodist Model Deed of Queensland, 1892 " : And whereas the Church lands within Queensland of the Primitive Methodist Connexion are held on various trusts for the pu.rpoSes of the said denomination, and it is desirable, in order fully to consummate the Union and in order to attain uniformity in the trusts, that these Church lands and all other Church lands hereafter to be acquired within Queensland should be held on the trusts and subject to the provisions of the said Model Deed: And whereas the General Conference of the Austral- asian Wesleyan Methodist Church (now denominated the Methodist Church of Australasia) has duly empowered each Annual Conference of the said Church hhaavviinncg, jurisdiction within each State of the Commonwealth of to obtain such legislative enactments as may be necessary to give effect to such Union: And whereas legislative authority has been obtained by Acts of Parliament of the States of New South Wales, Victoria South Australia and Tasmania confirmina. the 57 Tics., siipitc, page 4900. 8973

8974 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. • Methodist Union Act. 5 EDW. VII., Union of the said. Uniting Churches within those States respectively, and declaring the trusts upon which the real and personal property therein of the said Uniting Churches should thenceforth be held: And whereas it is necessary and desirable to obtain legislative authority to confirm the Union within Queens- land of the Uniting Churches, and to declare the trusts upon which all real and personal property in Queensland now held or hereafter to be held in trust for or in anywise belonging to the Uniting Churches—namely, the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Queensland and the Primitive Methodist Connexion in Queensland—shall henceforth be held, and to amend certain provisions of "The Wesleyan Methodist Church Property Trust Act, 1893,"* and to provide for other matters appertaining to the Uniting Churches: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent . Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queens- land in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— S co h o o fl r a t tteirttlretioannd Act, 1 1 . 90T5h, i"saAndctshmaallybbeerecaitdedasaosn" e T w h i e th M " eTthhoedWiset sUlenyiaonn Methodist Church Property Trust Act, 1893,"* hereinafter called the Principal Act. That Act and this Act may be cited together as " The Methodist Church Property Acts, 1893-1905." Interpreta- 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates, tion. the following terms have the meanings assigned to them respectively, that is to say :— "Constitutional basis"—The constitutional basis defined by the General Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church held at Adelaide, in South Australia, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety- four, as set forth in the printed minutes of such conference; "Model Deed "—" The Wesleyan Methodist Model Deed of Queensland, 1892," referred to in the Principal Act, and hereinafter referred to as "The Methodist Model Deed of Queensland," and any duly authorised alteration or modifica- tion thereof, and any revised Model Deed pre- pared and adopted in substitution therefor as provided by this Act; * 57 Vie., supra, page 4900.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 89175 1905. Methodist Union Act. "Plan of union"—The plan of union of the Wes- leyan Methodist Church and of the Primitive Methodist Church agreed to by the Fifth Queensland. Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church held at Brisbane, in Queensland, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and by the Annual Conference of the Primitive Methodist Church held at Brisbane aforesaid in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven (being the governing body of the Primitive Methodist Church), as set forth in the printed minutes of the Sixth Queensland Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church ; "Primitive Methodists"—The members of the religious community commonly known by that name. The term includes the people in Queensland on the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, connected in religious fellowship and church government, and called by that name and forming part of the Connexion established in the United KingdQm. of Great Britain and Ireland and known as the Primitive Methodist Connexion; "Primitive Methodist Church"— The Church, Connexion, Society, religious denomination, or community of the Primitive Methodists in Queensland; "Register of Trustees"—The Methodist Church Register of Trustees for Queensland; "Uniting Churches"—The Wesleyan Methodist Church and the Primitive Methodist Church; "Wesleyan Methodist Church"—The Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church in Queensland. 3. The Union of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and confirmation - the Primitive Methodist Church on the constitutional basis °I union' and. plan of union on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, is hereby •confirmed. deno 4 m . in (1 at . e ) dT" hTeheCMhuertchhodfoisrtmCehdubrcyhsoufcAh uusntiroalnassihaa." ll be NChamurecho,f& c. (2.) The constitutional basis shall be read and con- strued as if the words "The Methodist Church of Aus- tralasia" were inserted in place of the words "The

8976 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. Methodist Union Act. 5 EDW. VII., Australasian Methodist Church," wherever such words occur, and as if the words "The Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia" were inserted in place of the words "The Australasian Methodist Missionary Society," where- ever such words occur. (3.) The Methodist Church of Australasia shall, on and from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, be deemed to have been and to be the Wesleyan Methodist Church within the meaning of and for all purposes under the provisions of the Principal Act. (4.) Every General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia held before the passing of this Act shall be deemed to have been a General Conference within the meaning of and for all purposes under the provisions of the Principal Act; and every such General Conference hereafter to be held shall be deemed to be a General Con- ference within the meaning of and for all purposes under "The Methodist Church Property Acts, 1893-1905." (5.) The Model Deed shall, after the passing of this Act, be known, referred to, and cited as "The Methodist Model Deed of Queensland." (6.) The Wesleyan Methodist Church Register of Trustees for Queensland, referred to in the Principal Act, shall, after the passing of this Act, be called and inscribed "The Methodist Church Register of Trustees for Queens- land." (7.) The Queensland Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia and the president for the time being thereof shall have and possess, and are hereby invested with, the like powers to consent and to approve of all matters and things which, at the time of the passing of this Act, were had or possessed by the Queensland Confer- ence of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church and the president thereof, respectively. (8.) Whenever any act, matter, or thing is required to be done, authenticated, testified to, or certified by the president or other like officer of the Conference of either of the -Uniting Churches, such act, matter, or thing may be done, authenticated, testified to, or certified by the president for the time being of the Queensland Conference of the Methodist Church or Australasia. Confirmation 5. The Queensland Conferences of the Australasian of Conference, Wesleyan Methodist Church held at Brisbane in the years appointments, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, one thou- sand eight hundred and ninety-nine, one thousand nine

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 8977 1905. Methodist Union Act. hundred, and one thousand nine hundred and one, which included ministerial and lay representatives of the Uniting Churches, and the Queensland Conferences of the Methodist Church of Australasia held at Brisbane in the years one thousand nine hundred and two, one thousand nine hundred and three, one thousand nine hundred and four, and one thousand nine hundred and five, which included ministerial and lay representatives of the Uniting Churches, and all elections, appointments, resolutions, and orders held, made, and passed by all such Conferences, and all dealings with the property, whether real or personal, of the Uniting Churches or either of them, had or commenced in pursu- ance of any resolution or order of any of such Conferences, are hereby confirmed and declared to be valid for all purposes, and all such dealings not completed at the passing of this Act may be continued and completed in conformity with such resolution or order. The said Queensland Conferences shall be deemed to have been Queensland Conferences within the meaning of and for all purposes under the Principal Act. Every Queensland Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia hereafter to be held shall he deemed to be a Queensland Conference within the meaning of and for all purposes under " The Methodist Church Property Acts, 1893-1905." 6. (1.) And whereas doubts have arisen whether the Extension of term "Church lands" as defined by the Principal Act ecfl= of includes certain lands and premises held upon tenures lands." peculiar to goldfields and mineral fields, and it is desirable to set all such doubts at rest and to make better provision for the registration of the title to such lands and premises, it is hereby declared and enacted that for all purposes under " The Methodist Church Property Acts, 1893-1905," and notwithstanding anything contained in " The Mining Act or 1898 "* or any Act amending or in substitution for that Act, the term "Church lands" as defined by the Principal Act includes all lands, premises, claims, areas, leaseholds, tenements, and interests which are now held, possessed, or occupied, or which may at any time hereafter be acquired and . held, possessed, or occupied, under any right, lease, license, authority, or tenure peculiar to goldfields or mineral fields, upon or subject to any of the trusts upon which Church lands as defined by the Principal Act are held or may be acquired and held, and that all the provisions of "The Methodist Church Property Acts, 1893-1905," * 62 Vie. No. 24, supra, page 6609.

897'8 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. Methodist Union Act. 5 EDW. VII., accordingly apply to all such lands, premises, claims, areas, leaseholds, tenements, and interests now held, possessed, or occupied, or hereafter to be acquired and held, possessed, or ot•cupied as last aforesaid. Registration (2.) Moreover, in the case of Church lands held, olafnCdhsuurncdher possessed, or occupied, or hereafter to be acquired and held, mining possessed, or occupied as last aforesaid, the warden of the tenures. goldfield or mineral field in which the same are situated is hereby authorised and required, upon the production to him of an extract purporting to be an extract from the Register of Trustees relating to such lands in the form and certified in the manner prescribed by section ten of the Principal Act, to register the holders or lessees thereof for the time being, and to issue a certificate or certificates of registration in their names "As Trustees under the provisions of the Methodist Model Deed of Queensland." Trusts upon 7. (1.) All Church lands which, at the time of the wWheisclheyan passing of this Act, are held upon the trusts of the Model Methodist Deed, or are otherwise held on behalf of or in trust for the aCrheutrochbe hlaenldds. W esleyan Methodist Church, shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be held for the Methodist Church of Australasia upon the trusts stated in and subject to the provisions of the Model Deed, and subject to " The Methodist Church Properly Acts, 1893-1905, but without prejudice to any transfer, mortgage, charge, encumbrance, lien, lease, agreement, or other transaction affecting the same, and upon and subject to no former or other trusts or provisions whatsoever. Trusts upon (2.) The lands and premises mentioned and described wofhPircihmliatnivdse in the First Schedule to this Act, and all other lands and Methodist premises of whatever tenure (including all chattels real and tCohbuerchheladre `-'" lands, premises, claims, areas, leaseholds, tenements, and interests held, possessed, or occupied under any right, lease, license, authority, or tenure peculiar to goldfields or mineral fields), together with all rights, easements, and appurtenances, whether relating thereto or therewith usually held or enjoyed, which, at the time of the passing of this Act, are held upon or subject to any trusts for the Primitive Methodist Church or the Primitive Methodists, and whether standing in the name of a corporation or in the names of individual trustees or otherwise, shall, from and after the passing of this Act, without any other conveyance than this Act, be transferred to and become and be vested in the following persons, namely, Reverend Henry Youngman, Reverend William Powell, Reverend Isaac Castlehow, George Down, accountant,

CHURCHES AND C FIAPELS. 89'79 1905. Methodist Union Act. And Eugene Chapple, contractor, all of Brisbane afore- said; and shall be held by such persons as trustees for the Methodist Church of Australasia upon the trusts stated in and subject to the provisions of the Model Deed, but without prejudice to any transfer, mortgage, charge, encumbrance, lien, lease, agreement, or other transaction affecting the same, and upon and subject to no former or other trusts or provisions whatsoever; and all such lands and premises shall, for all purposes, be and be deemed to be Church lands; and all the provisions of" The Methodist Church Property Acts, 1893-7.905," and of the Model Deed shall accordingly apply to all such lands and premises and to the above-mentioned persons as the trustees thereof: Provided that nothing in this Act contained shall impose upon the above-mentioned persons, or any of them., or any of their successors in interest, any personal liability or responsibility, whether by way of indemnity or other- wise, for or in respect of any transfer, mortgage, charge, encumbrance, lien, lease, agreement, or obligation created or contracted in respect of any of the aforesaid lands or premises. 8. When by any will, deed, or other document, Devises, executed prior to the passing of this Act, any property bequests, &e. has been or shall be devised, bequeathed, given, granted, released, conveyed, or appointed to, or has been or shall be declared or directed to be held, upon trust for the benefit of, the Wesleyan Methodist Church or the Primitive Methodist Church, or intended so to be, or to or for the benefit of any church, chapel, school, fund, institution, society, or auxiliary in connection with either of the said Churches, or intended so to be, or is or shall be or become receivable by or payable to any such church, chapel, school, fund, institution, society, or auxiliary, or receivable by or payable to any officer thereof, and when by any will, deed, or other document, executed prior to the passing of this Act, any power, authority, discretion, or power to consent is given to or becomes exer- cisable by or is required from the Wesleyan Methodist Church or the Primitive Methodist Church, or any con- ference, district committee, district meeting, or district synod of either of the said Churches, or the president, chairman, secretary, or other officer, or any minister thereof in his official capacity, every such will, deed, or other document, and every devise, bequest, legacy, testa- mentary disposition, gift, grant, conveyance, transfer,

8980 CHURC HES AND CHAPELS. Methodist Union Act, 5 EDW. VII.,. assignment, appointment, declaration of trust, power, authority, discretion, and consent therein contained or referred to, or intended so to be, shall be read and con- strued and operate and take effect as if— (a) The Methodist Church of Australasia had been named or referred to therein in place of the Uniting Church named or referred to, or intended so to be; (b) The Queensland Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia had been named or referred to therein in place of the Conference of the Uniting Church named or referred to„ or intended so to be; (c) The district meeting, or district synod, or corres- ponding church court or committee of the Methodist Church of Australasia had been named or referred to therein in place of the district committee, district meeting, or district synod named or referred to, or intended so to be; (d) The president or secretary of the Queensland Conference of the Methodist Church of Aus- tralasia had been named or referred to in place of the president or secretary named or referred to, or intended so to be; and (e) The chairman, minister, officer, church, chapel, school, fund, institution, society, or auxiliary of the Uniting Church named or referred to, or intended so to be, had been named or referred to as a chairman, minister, officer, church, • chapel, school, fund, institution, society, or auxiliary of the Methodist Church of Aus- tralasia. The signature of the president for the time being of the Queensland Conference, signifying the exercise of such power, authority, or discretion, or the giving of such consent, shall be evidence of the exercise of such power, authority, or discretion, and of the giving of such consent, respectively. The receipt in writing of the said president, or of any person or persons duly appointed by him from time to time in. that behalf, shall be a sufficient discharge to the person or persons liable to pay, deliver, or transfer any money or personal property under such will, deed, or other document. All property, real and personal, so devised, bequeathed, given, granted, released, conveyed, or appointed, or declared or directed to be held upon trust, shall, subject to " The Methodist Church _Property Acts, 1893-1905," and to the

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 8981, 1905. Methodist Union Act. trusts declared in such will, deed, or other document, and subject to any directions to the contrary therein contained so far as the same are capable of taking effect, be under the direction and control of the Queensland Conference. Uniti9n. gAClhl uprecrhsoesn, aol rpreoitpheerrtyofinthQeume, eonrslaannyd ctoorwphoircahtiothne, vPpeerrmsoednratyl how fund, institution, society, or auxiliary of the Uniting Churches, or either of them, is entitled at the passing of this Act, and all personal property to which the Methodist Church of Australasia, the Queensland Conference, or any fund, institution, society, or auxiliary of such Church, is at the passing of this Act or may hereafter from time to time become entitled, is hereby vested or shall vest, as the case may be, in the trustees appointed for the time being under "The Methodist Church Property Acts, 1893-1905," of the lands or premises whereon or wherein such personal property may be or in connection with which the same may be used, or if there are no such trustees then in the president for the time being of the Queensland Conference and his successors in office, and shall be held by such trustees or by such president or by his said successors in trust for the Methodist Church of Australasia upon such trusts and for such purposes as shall from time to time be declared or directed by the Queensland Conference. feren1c0e. d(u1l.y) Wexheernciasensd istos pofotwenerastothaeltQerueoernmsloanddifyCothne- Cotoeparies of dto, MmooddieflicDateieodn, sa, acnodpycetrhteifrieeodf,bsyhaonwdinugndseurchthaelthearnadtioonfsthoer e to nr b o e lled. president for the time being of the Queensland Confer- ence, shall, with all reasonable despatch, be lodged and enrolled in the office of the Registrar of Titles of Queens- land; and then, and not till then, the alterations and modifications shall be deemed to have been made in the Model Deed. (2.) A revised Model Deed, showing all alterations and modifications authorised up to the date of such revision, may from time to time be prepared and adopted by the Queensland Conference, and shall, after being certified under the hand of the president of the said Conference, and lodged and enrolled in the office of such Registrar of Titles, be intituled "The Methodist Model Deed of Queensland," and shall thereafter be the Model Deed for all purposes under "The Methodist Church Property Acts, 1893-1905," in lieu of the Model Deed superseded thereby.

8982 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. Methodist Union Act. 5 EDW. VII., Rights of 11. Nothing in this Act shall limit, restrict, take tirnudsetmeensittoy away, or alter any rights or powers which any trustee of preserved. real or personal property by this Act directed to be held in trust for the Methodist Church of Australasia, or any fund, institution, society, or auxiliary thereof, had or possessed prior to the passing of this Act to sell or mortgage or be indemnified out of such property in order to liquidate any debts or obligations properly incurred by or resting upon him in respect of such property. Amendment of Principal 12. The Second and Third Schedules of the Principal Act, Schs. II. Act are hereby repealed, and the Second and Third Schedules and III. to this Act are respectively inserted in lieu thereof. PCofroitnrhpineoriavteion corpo1r3a.tioFnroomf thaenPdriamftietirvethMeepthaosdsiisntgCoonf nthexisioAn wctitthhien dCMiosesntonhleovxdeidios. nt QueePnrsolavniddeshdatlhl abte ndoeethmiendgtionbtehdisisAsoclvt ecdon: tained shall interfere with the right of those Primitive Methodists who at the passing of this Act are, or who at any future time may be, opposed to the union of the Primitive Methodist Connexion in Queensland with the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Queensland to continue as a religious denomina- tion, community, or church under the name of the Primitive Methodists, and to be granted fresh letters patent as a corporation under the provisions of " The Religious _Educational and Charitable Institutions Act of 1861."* Jsniuogdtniicacetiuaorlfe of respe1c4t.ivJeulyd, icoifalthneotpirceessidheanllt baendtaskeecnreotfarthyefosirgtnhaetutirmese, president or being of the General Conference of the Methodist Church secretary. of Australasia, and of the president and secretary for the time being of the Queensland Conference. President of 15. (1.) The president for the time being of the QCounefeenrselannced to Queensland Conference may, by the name of "The Presi- be a dent of the Queensland Conference of the Methodist rpeaprrteyseinntalteivgeal Church of Australasia," sue and be sued as nominal proceedings. plaintiff or defendant in all actions and proceedings in connection with the Methodist Church of Australasia in Queensland. Ownership, (2.) And, generally, for the purposes of any action or lhaoiwd. to be proceeding for the recovery of or relating to any property which is not held upon trust by some person or persons other than such president, the president for the time being of the Queensland Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia shall be deemed to be the owner of such property. * 25 Vic. No. 19, supra, page 986.

CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. 8983 1905. Methodist Union Act. THE FIRST SCHEDULE. PART I. The first column shows the locality in which the Church lands are situated; the second column shows the nature of the title, whether deed of grant, certificate of title, or conveyance; and the third column shows, in cases of deeds of grant and certificates of title, respectively, the number, volume, and folio in the Register Book in the office of the Registrar of Titles; and, in cases of conveyances registered in the Registrar of Titles' Office, such third column shows the number of each memorial and book: which deeds of grant, certificates of title, and conveyances respectively contain a description of the lands respectively therein comprised. In all cases where the volume and folio are given, the lands are under the provisions of the "Real Property Act of 1861 " ; in alloth er cases, under the general law. FIRST COLUMN. SECOND COLUMN. THIRD COLUMN. Locality. Nature of Title. Reference. Number. Volume. Folio. 301. Barcaldine ... ... ... Deed of Grant ... C/1547 62 302. Barcaldine ... ... ... Deed of Grant ... C/3166 74 303. Blenheim ... ... ... Certificate of Title 79784 542 304. Bogantungan ... ... ... Deed of Grant .. 43713 394 305. Boonah ... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 138645 860 306. Brisbane, Brunswick street ... Certificate of Title 35236 238 307. Brisbane, East ... ... ... Certificate of Title 128802 811 308. Brisbane, East ... ... Certificate of Title 128803 811 309. Brisbane, Grove Estat.e. . ... Certificate of Title 116398 743 310. Brisbane, Harcourt street ... Certificate of Title 113082 727 311. Brisbane, Hill End ... ... Certificate of Title 97090 642 312. Brisbane, Hill End ... ... Certificate of Title 97089 642 313. Brisbane, Ipswich road ... Certificate of Title 68968 471 314. Brisbane, Latrobe terrace ... Certificate of Title 114423 733 315. Brisbane, Latrobe terrace ... Certificate of Title 114426 733 316. Brisbane, Leichhardt street ... Certificate of Title 155665 956 317. Brisbane, Leichhardt street ... Certificate of Title 29660 205 318. Brisbane, Merton street ... Certificate of Title 1115 12 319. Brisbane, Moggill Toad ... Certificate of Title 137556 855 320. Brisbane, Paddington ... ... Certificate of Title 43809 295 321. Brisbane, Torwood ... ... Certificate of Title 126990 800 322. Bulimba ... ... ... Conveyance ... 75 Book 37 323. Bundamba ... ... ... Certificate of Title 34815 237 324. Bunya ... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 33197 292 325. Bunya ... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 40146 271 326. Caboolture ... ... Certificate of Title 99602 655 327. Caboolture ... ... ... Certificate of Title 130789 820 328. Caboolture (Upper) ... ... Certificate of Title 35200 238 329. Cairns .. ... ... ... Certificate of Title 55469 502 330. Cawarral ... ... ... Certificate of Title C/110 50 331. Charters Towers ... ... Certificate of Title N/4581 115 332. Childers ... ... ... Certificate of Title 145507 901 333. Childers ... ... ... Certificate of Title 150176 927 334. Cooktown ... ... ... Certificate of Title 67238 460 335. Crow's Nest ... ... ... Deed of Grant ... 43222 389 336. Dugandan ... ... ... Certificate of Title 131087 822 337. Eidsvold ... ... Deed of Grant ... 80016 865 338. Emerald ... .., ... Deed of Grant ... 49667 449 339. Emerald ... ... Deed of Grant ... 63865 608 61 100 24 223 135 238 42 43 138 72 80 79 198 163 166 155 152 133 46 61 230 67 207 148 92 29 202 229 92 83 247 166 218 232 77 26 177 125

8984 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. Methodist Unzon Act. 5 EDW. VII., THE FIRST SCHEDULE-continued. PART I.-continued. FIRST COLUMN. SECOND COLUMN. TRIED COLUMN. Locality. Nature of Title. Reference. Number. Volume. Folio. 340. Engelsburg ,., ... ... Certificate of Title 101495 341. Esk ... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 65502 342. Fairfield ... ... ... Certificate of Title 96164 343. Goodna ... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 146415 344. Herberton ... ... ... Deed of Grant ... 52176 345. Horton ... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 105409 346. Howard... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 77185 347. Howard... ... . ... Certificate of Title 78362 348. Indooroopilly (Chapel Hill) ... Deed of Grant ... 25366 349. Ipswich, Basin Pocket ... Certificate of Title 99869 350. Kalkie ... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 145079 351. Kalkie ... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 80145 352. Laidley ... ... ... ... Certificate of Title 64342 353. Landsborough ... ... ... Deed of Grant .. 80663 354. Mackay, Hill End ... Certificate of Title 94701 355. Maryborough, Cheapside stre.e.t' Certificate of Title 113627 356. Maryborough, Walker street... Certificate of Title 38493 357. Merritt's Creek ... ... Certificate of Title 89994 358. Milford ... ... ... Certificate of Title 111585 359. Mount Morgan ... ... Deed of Grant ... 68518 360. Mount Morgan ... ... Deed of Grant .. 68517 861. Mount Walker... ... ... Certificate of Title 79249 362. Pine Hill ... ... .. Deed of Grant .. 53813 363. Pipeclay ... ... ... Certificate of Title 59410 364. Plainland. .. , ... ... Certificate of Title 95384 365. Redland Bay ... ... Certificate of Title 82278 366. Rockhampton -N.orth ... ... Certificate of Title 49651 367. Rosewood ... ... ... Deed of Grant .. 33624 368. Rosevale ... • ... ... Certificate of Title 104806 369. Samford ... .. Certificate of Title 47733 370. Seventeen-mile 'R..ocks ... ... Certificate of Title 23313 371. Silkstone ... ... ... Certificate of Title 35619 372. Tantitha ... ... ... Certificate of Title 145665 373. The Gap ... ... ... Conveyance ... 271 374. Thompson's Flat ... ... Deed of Grant ... 63840 375. Thornton ... ... ... Certificate of Title 81288 376. Tinana ... ... ... Certificate of Title 118709 377. Tin.galpa ... ... ... Certificate of Title 56099 378. Toowong ... ... ... Certificate of Title 38995 379. Toowong ... ... ... Certificate of Title 68489 380. Torbanlea ... ... ... Certificate of Title 103195 381. Unionville ... ... ... Certificate of Title 89993 382. Veresdale ... ..... ... Certificate of Title 121604 383. Walloon ... ... ... Certificate of Title 88724 384. -Watsonville ... ... ... Deed of Grant ... 49380 385. Watsonville ... ... ... Deed of Grant ... 49379 386. Westwood ... ... ... Deed of Grant ... 51495 387. Westwood ... ,.. ... Deed of Grant .... 51496 664 444 636 906 469 685 525 633 210 656 899 541 ' 438 870 629 729 261 599 717 671 671 538 487 402 633 555 333 300 683 320 169 241 002 Book 38 608 550 755 378 261 467 675 599 770 591 447 447 465 465 235 232 154 155 186 149 175 92 126 109 69 135 72 173 191 117 245 234 25 28 27 239 73 150 124 18 141 134 46 223 59 121 155 100 28 199 89 247 219 185 233 91 214 140 139 5 6

1905 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS. _Methodist Union Act. 8985 THE FIRST SCHEDULE—continued. PART II. TENURES PECULIAR TO G-OLD FIELDS AND MINERAL FIELDS. The first column shows the locality in which the Church lands are situated; the second column shows the nature of the title; and the third column shows the registered number and the name of the registered holder of the tenement. FIRST COLUMN. SECOND COLUMN. THIRD COLUMN. Locality. Nature of Title. Number. Holder. •Charters Towers— Mary street Miner's Homestead Lease 7005 Mosman's Pocket Miner's Homestead Lease 2103 Gympie— Red Hill (Church) Miner's Homestead Lease 3055 Red Hill (Parsonage) Residence Area ... 1912 Mount Morgan- 1VIillican street ... Miner's Homestead Lease 1727 Mount -Usher Residence Area ... 1067 John Popple Pick Irvine Weir Isaac Castlehow Henry Youngman Mary Ann Tinwin David Boyd THE SECOND SCHEDULE. THE METHODIST CHURCH REGISTER OF TRUSTEES FOR QUEENSLA_ND. THE ALBION PARK METHODIST [CHURCH, PARSONAGE, OR County of Stanley, Parish of Nudgee, Town of Area. Description. Nature of Title. Register Book. Number. Volume. Folio. Acres rds. per. 1 1 2 10 Subdivision 4 of portion 8 ... 2 0 1 4 Allotment 6 of section 9 ... 3 D. of G. 540 604 56 C. of T. 756 920 112 Name of Trustee. AppDoaitnetmofent. InDhseaertreetiionof.n Signature of Custodian of Deeds or Acting Custodian of Deeds. Vacancy, how Created and When. Signature of Custodian of Deeds or Acting Custodian of Deeds. John Henry Brown 19 March, 23 April, 1893 1893 Walter James ... 19 March, 23 April, 1893 1893 Benjamin Smart ... 19 March, 23 April, 1893 1893 Henry Thompson ... 14 May, 20 May, 1895 1895 Alfred Smith ... 16 June, 14 July, 1902 1902 Arthur West. Arthur West Arthur West. By Removal, 14 May, J. Martin. 1895 J. Martin. William North By Death, 7 April, J. Martin. (Acting Custo- 1904 dian of Deeds)

8986 CHURCHES AND CHAPELS—HARBOURS AND RIVERS. Cairns Harbour Board Act. 5 EDW. VII. No. 27, THE THIRD SCHEDULE. "The Methodist Church Property Acts, 1893-1905." CERTIFD1ATE AS TO TRUSTEES OF CHURCH LANDS. I hereby certify that [here insert names of the Trustees for the lime- bei7zg or for the time specified, as the case may be, as shown by the Register of Trustees] are [or were on the day of , 19 ] the Trustees of [here specify the particular Church lands]. Dated at this day of , 19 [Signature] Custodian of Deeds. HARBOURS AND RIVERS. 5 ENdow. . 2-7v. -H. An Act to Define the Limits of the Harbour of THE CAIRNS Cairns and to Constitute a Harbour Board for HARBOUR BOARD the said Harbour, and for other purposes AC'S OF 1905. relating thereto. [ASSENTED TO 20TH DECEMBER, 1905.] Preamble. W HEREAS it is expedient to define the limits of the Harbour of Cairns and to constitute a Harbour Board for the purpose of exercising and performing in respect to the said Harbour the powers and authorities conferred upon Harbour Boards by " The Harbour Boards Acts, 1892 to 1900," and other necessary powers and authorities: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- Short title, 1. This Act may be cited as " The Cairns Harbour mccooemnnsmtt, reuancnctdieo-n. o B n oa an rd d A fr c o t m of th1e90fi5r,s'tadnadysohfalJlacnoumarmy, enocnee athndoutasaknedefnfiencet hundred and six. In so far as is not inconsistent with or is not otherwise provided by this Act, " The _Harbour Boards Acts, 1692 to 1900," shall be incorporated with and form part of this Act. " The Harbour Boards Act, 1892,"t is hereinafter referred to as "the Principal Act." * 56 Vic. No. 26, supra, page 4575; 56 Vic. No. 29, supra, page 4634; 57 Vic. No. 19, supra, page 4822; 59 Vic. No. 5, supra, page 5637; and 64 Vic. No. 31, supra, page 7259. t 56 Vic. No. 26, supra, page 4575.