• Preamble

  WHEREAS the land firstly described in the Schedule hereto forms part of the lands reserved and set aside for the use, benefit, and endowment of the Napier Harbour Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board), and is vested in the Board under and by virtue of the Napier Harbour Board Act 1874, and the Napier Harbour Board Act 1876: And whereas the land secondly described in the said Schedule is portion of Battery Road in the Borough of Napier, and is proposed to be closed and vested in the Board: And whereas the said lands will be suitable after filling-in, reclamation, and levelling for the purposes of a recreation-ground for the Borough of Napier: And whereas the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Napier (hereinafter referred to as the Corporation) are desirous of acquiring the said lands for the purposes aforesaid, and the Board is desirous of selling the same to the Corporation for the considerations and in manner by this Act provided:

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