• Preamble

  [Repealed]

  Preamble was repealed, as from 19 November 1907, by section 2 Statutes Repeal Act 1907 (1907 No 40). The repealed Preamble read as follows: “WHEREAS it is desirable that the indebtedness of the City of Auckland represented by its bank overdraft on various accounts should be paid off by means of a loan at a lower rate of interest, and further to provide funds for the Council to carry out the following works within the city: The completion of drainage, [eighty-eight thousand seven hundrd and eight dollars]; auxiliary water-supply, [twenty-four thousand dollars]; payment for a site for a fire-brigade station, and housing of firemen, horses, and appliances, [six thousand dollars]; and the paving of Queen Street, Auckland, with wood, asphalt, or other approved material, [twenty-one thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars]:.”

  The references to “eighty-eight thousand seven hundred and eight dollars”, “twenty four thousand dollars”, “six thousand dollars”, and “twenty-one thousand two hundred and ninety-two dollars” were substituted, as from 10 July 1967, for references to “forty-four thousand three hundred and fifty-four pounds”, “twelve thousand pounds”, “three thousand pounds”, and “ten thousand six hundred and forty-six pounds” pursuant to section 7(1) Decimal Currency Act 1964 (1964 No 27).

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