The Short Title of this Act is “The Auckland Harbour Board Empowering Act, 1891.”

In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, “the Board” shall mean the Auckland Harbour Board; “Admiralty” shall mean the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the time being, or the Commissioners for the time being executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, and shall have such other meaning as may by any Act of the Imperial Parliament be assigned to the word “Admiralty;” “land” shall include a chattel interest in realty.

It shall be lawful for the Board to convey, assure, and dedicate unto Her Majesty the Queen all that piece or parcel of land mentioned and described in the Schedule hereto in fee-simple, for the use of the Admiralty for naval purposes, and to do, make, and execute all such acts, deeds, and assurances as may be necessary for completing and effectuating such conveyance, assurance, and dedication.

It shall be lawful for the Board to make and enter into any contract or agreement with any owner of any land being Allotments numbers sixty-two, sixty-five, and sixty-six of Section one of the Suburbs of Auckland, bounded by high-water mark in St. George’s Bay, Parnell, or with any owner of land between Stanley Point and Stokes’s Point, and bounded by high-water mark and abutting on Shoal Bay, in the Harbour of Auckland, for the purpose of settling any dispute or difference with any such owner as to the seaward boundary of such owner’s land, and for the extinction and surrender of any rights of water-frontage in respect of such land, or the Board may submit any such dispute or difference to arbitration, and may also convey to the owners aforesaid such portion of land now vested in the Board as may be agreed upon with such owners in adjusting the respective boundaries.

For the purpose of giving effect to any such contract or agreement, or to any award made in pursuance of any such submission, the Board may make, do, and execute all such manner of deeds, conveyances, assurances, and releases as may be required.

For the purposes aforesaid the Board may employ surveyors, and out of the Harbour Fund pay the costs and expenses of survey, and such other incidental costs and expenses as may be incurred in making or carrying into effect any such agreement, contract, submission, or any award made in pursuance thereof.