WHEREAS by the Waste Land Regulations of Otago proclaimed by the Governor of New Zealand on the 12th day of February 1856 under the Waste Lands Act 1854 and declared valid by the Waste Lands Act 1858 it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Otago with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council to reserve from sale and to set aside for public uses any land within the said Province of Otago: AND WHEREAS the lands particularly described in the Schedule hereunto annexed are waste lands of the Crown subject to be dealt with and reserved for the purposes aforesaid under the said Waste Land Regulations and it is expedient that the said lands should be reserved from sale and be set aside for and appropriated to the establishment and maintenance of a University and Public Schools in the said Province and generally for the advancement of education in the said Province.