An Act to enable the Trustees of "Christ Church" Sydney to surrender to the Crown for public purposes a portion of the land granted for a Parsonage in connection with the said Church and to accept other land in exchange for the same. [19th July, 1854.]
| WH E R E A S | M a y one thousand e ight | h u n d r e d | and | forty-two H e r | Majesty |
| by a | deed of g r a n t | bear ing date t h e n i n t h | day of |
| Queen Vic tor ia did g ran t | u n t o t he | Trus tees there in | n a m e d | one | rood |
and twenty-five and a half perches of l a n d more or less s i tua te in t h e Pa r i sh of St. Lawrence in t h e City of Sydney bounded on t h e west by the l ine of George-street bea r ing sou th six degrees west t w o h u n d r e d and n ine ty-one l inks on the south by a l ine bea r ing east six degrees south s ix ty- three l inks on t h e east by a s t ree t bea r ing n o r t h th i r ty -
| four | degrees | t h i r t y | m i n u t e s | east | t h ree | h u n d r e d | and | twenty-e igh t | l inks |
| and | on t h e n o r t h | by a l ine bea r ing west | six degrees n o r t h | two | h u n d r e d |
| and twenty-one l inks | be ing the | a l lo tment | advert ised as | n u m b e r |
| twenty-four in t h e Gove rnmen t Not ice of | t he e ighth of | F e b r u a r y | one |
thousand e ight h u n d r e d and forty-two A n d whereas a por t ion of t he said land is r equ i red for publ ic use as a site for a watch-house and whereas a more sui table piece of l and has been offered by t h e Govern ment to t h e Trustees for t h e t ime be ing of t h e said C h u r c h and Parsonage as a si te for a dwel l ing-house or parsonage in connect ion wi th t he said C h u r c h in exchange for t he said por t ion of l and so requi red for publ ic use as aforesaid and the said Trus tees arc desirous of effecting t h e said exchange b u t a re not competen t to execute a valid legal su r render to t h e Crown of t h e said por t ion of l and so requi red for publ ic use as aforesaid Be it therefore enacted by H i s Excel lency the Governor of N e w Sou th W a l e s w i th t h e advice and consent of the Legislat ive Counci l thereof as follows :—
| 1. I t shall be lawful for a n y th ree of t h e Trustees for t h e | t ime |
be ing of t he Church a n d Parsonage of Chr is t Church aforesaid to m a k e a n d execute a deed of sur render to H e r Majesty t h e Queen H e r
| H e i r s and Successors of so m u c h of t h e land | comprised in t h e said |
deed of g r a n t as is conta ined wi th in t h e following descript ion t h a t is to say—Thir ty - two perches Coun ty of Cumber l and City of Sydney Pa r i sh of St. Lawrence commenc ing a t i ts nor th -wes t corner on t he
| eas te rn bu i ld ing l ine of George-street and bounded on t h e n o r t h by | a |
| l ine a t r i gh t angles to George-street d is tant | fifty-three | l inks from | t h e |
| sou thern a l lo tment of Chr is t C h u r c h and | bea r ing | easterly | one | cha in |
and s ixty l inks to P i t t - s t r ee t on t h e south-east by P i t t - s t r ee t bea r ing south-wester ly two chains a n d e ighteen l inks on t h e sou th by a l ine bear ing westerly fifty-six and a qua r t e r l inks to George-street a n d on t h e west by George-street bea r ing nor the r ly one chain a n d eighty-four l inks to t h e corner of commencemen t aforesaid and upon such sur render t he l and so sur rendered shall revest in t he Crown freed and discharged of t h e t rus t s now affecting t h e same.
2. U p o n such su r render it shall be lawful for t h e Trustees for
| t he t i m e be ing of t h e said C h u r c h | and | Parsonage | to | accept | a | g r a n t |
from t h e Crown of cer tain l and s i tuate in P i t t - s t r ee t in t he said City and adjacent to t h e l and now held by t h e Benevolent Society at Sydney.