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No. 4" the last-recited Ordinance was repealed so far as regards the purposes for which the remainder of the said section was reserved and it was thereby enacted that the portion of the said section to the east of the said highway should be reserved for the erection of a Cathedral in connection with the Church of England which the said Superintendent upon the commencement of the building of the said cathedral was thereby empowered and required to convey to the Bishop of Christchurch and his successors to be held in trust for the purpose aforesaid and the portion thereof to the west of the said highway as a public square or for plantations And whereas by a certain other Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the said Province of Canterbury entitled "The Diversion of Roads Ordinance Sess. XI No. 3" it is enacted that excepting as by Ordinance otherwise provided no public road shall be closed up or diverted and no new line of road shall be laid out or constructed passing over any private lands excepting under the authority of a Special Ordinance of the said Superintendent and Provincial Council And whereas it is expedient that the said highway reserved by the said recited Ordinance Sess. X No. 5 should be closed up or diverted and a new line of highway be laid out or constructed in lieu thereof.

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:—

1. The said recited Ordinance entitled "The Cathedral Square Ordinance Amendment Ordinance Sess. XI No. 4" is hereby repealed.

2. It shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the said Province to divert or stop up the highway together with the carriage way in the centre thereof reserved through the section of land situate in the City of Christchurch aforementioned in the said Ordinance Sess. X No. 5 and the land forming such highway and carriage way shall be vested in the Superintendent and his successors for the purposes hereinafter declared and concerning the same And it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the said Province to take all necessary steps for the laying out and construction of a public highway through the said section of land in the said Ordinance Sess. X No. 5 mentioned according to the description and along the line set forth in the Schedule A to this Ordinance and to enter upon and cause entrance to be made upon the said section of land for the purpose of making such surveys as shall or may be required and to take possession and execute a deed of dedication if required of all the land required for the use of the said highway or road along the line so set forth and described.

3. That portion of the said section of land described in the Schedule B to this Ordinance shall be held by the Superintendent of the Province for the time being and his successors as a reserve for the erection of a Cathedral in connection with the United Church of England and Ireland in New Zealand and upon trust as soon as the building of the said cathedral shall be commenced to convey the fee-simple and inheritance in the same by deed unto the then Bishop of Christchurch and his successors to be held in trust for the purpose aforesaid and upon the completion of the said cathedral for the usual and proper purposes of a cathedral in connection with the said United Church of England and Ireland in New Zealand.

4. The remaining portions of the said section of land shall be held by the Superintendent of the said Province of Canterbury and his successors upon trust for the public service of the Province aforesaid.