• Preamble

  WHEREAS the parcel of land described in Schedule 2 hereto is required by the Otago Harbour Board in connection with the widening of Rattray Street Wharf, belonging to the said Board, and for the purpose of erecting storage-sheds on the said land, and for other purposes of the said Board: And whereas doubts have arisen as to whether all or some part of the said parcel of land forms part of the public street called Rattray Street, in the City of Dunedin: And whereas the said Board does not admit that any part of the said piece of land forms part of the said street, and claims that such land is the property of the said Board, but in order to enable the said wharf-widening and other purposes as aforesaid to be effected, and to set such doubts at rest, the said Board is desirous of acquiring the parcels of land described in Schedule 1 hereto and of dedicating the same as a public street in lieu of the parcel of land described in the said Schedule 2: And whereas the said Board has already acquired part of the lands described in the said Schedule 1: And whereas it is expedient to vest in the said Board the powers hereinafter contained in respect of the matters aforesaid and other matters:

BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—