• Preamble

  WHEREAS the Napier Harbour Board is the owner of the lands described in Schedules 1, 2, and 3 hereto: And whereas the lands described in Schedule 1 hereto are within the Borough of Napier and the lands described in the Second and Third Schedules hereto lie outside the said borough, but are adjacent thereto: And whereas the lands described in the said First and Second Schedules are not developed and prepared for occupation, but the lands described in the said Schedule 3 have already been leased by the said Board: And whereas, in order to provide for the expansion of the said borough, it is desirable that so much of the said lands as is not within the said borough shall be included therein, and that the lands described in the said First and Second Schedules shall be developed and subdivided: And whereas the said Board and the Council of the said borough propose to enter into an arrangement whereby, inter alia, so much of the said lands as is not within the said borough shall be included therein, and the said Council on behalf of the said Corporation shall carry out the work of development and subdivision of the lands described in the said First and Second Schedules, and provision shall be made for parks, reserves, plantations, and streets, and it is intended that such arrangement shall be evidenced by a lease from the said Board to the said Corporation of the lands described in the said First and Second Schedules and by a supplementary agreement containing the particulars of the said arrangement:

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