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WHEREAS by an Order in Council of the 9th day of June, 1873 certain land in the City of Melbourne known as Princes Park was permanently reserved as a site for a public park and by Crown Grant Volume 600 Folio 119908 dated the 13th day of June, 1873 [1] that land was vested in the Board of Land and Works and the mayor aldermen councillors and citizens of the City of Melbourne as a site for a public park:
AND WHEREAS by an Order in Council of the 9th day of October, 1917 [2] the council of the City of Melbourne was appointed as committee of management of the said land:
AND WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule is part of the said land and is used for the purposes of sport and recreation:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to authorize the council of the City of Melbourne as committee of management of the said land to grant leases of the land described in the Schedule:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to empower the said council to make loans to lessees of the land described in the Schedule:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):