Bishop's Leases Act 1855 19 Vic (NSW)

An Act to enable the Bishop of Sydney and his Bsr Lesses. Successors to make Leases of certain Land granted by Her Majesty for the maintenance of the Bishop of Australia and his Successors.

[21st Novenber, 1855. ]

\ ILEREAS by a deed of grant bearing date the ninth day of July Preamble. in the year of our Lord one thousand cight hundred and forty- six and made under the great seal of the Colony Her Majesty in order

to provide for the maintenance of the Bishop of Australia and his successors

The Bishop of Sydney and his successors empow-

ered to grant leascs.

Leases to be disposed of by public compe-

tition.

19° VIC. 1855.

Bishop's Leases.

successors was pleased to grant unto the then Bishop of Australia and his successors a certain parcel of land containing by admeasurement forty acres more or less situated in the county of Cumberland and the parish of Petersham commencing at the Glebe Road at a point three chains fifty-five links south-easterly from the eastern corner of George John Rogers' property and bounded on the north-west by a line bearing south forty-seven degrees forty-five minutes west fourteen chains ninety links to land originally granted to Catherine King on the south- west by the land originally granted to Catherine King being a line bearing south forty-seven degrees fifteen minutes cast to the old Parra- matta Road on the south-east by the old and present Parramatta Roads on the east by a curved line extending from the Parramatta Road to the Glebe Road the said curved line being the segment of a circle having a radius of one hundred and six links from a central point which point bears south sixty-two degrecs thirty-five minutes west two chains thirty four links from the western corner of a building erected by James Pemel and south thirty-eight degrees forty- five minutes cast five chains forty-five links from the southern corner of a building at the junction of Francis-strect with the Glebe Road and on the north-east by the Glebe Road to the commencing point (advertised as number ninety-three in the Government Notice dated first June one thousand cight hundred and forty-six) with al! the rights and appurtenances whatsoever thereto belonging to hold the same unto the said Bishop of Australia and his successors Bishops of Australia for ever for the maintenance of the Bishop of Australia and his successors Bishops of Australia And whereas it is expedient that the said parcel of land should be now vested in the Bishop of Sydney and his successors for the purposes and subject to the reser- vations and conditions in the said grant contained And whereas in order to carry out the object of the said grant it is expedient that the said Bishop and his successors should be empowered to grant leases of the said land Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows—