Whereas by the said deed of conveyance bearing date 9 October 1928 and made between Joseph Herbert Cecil Hewetson, of Upper Moutere, in the Provincial District of Nelson, farmer, of the first part, Godfrey Harley, of Lower Moutere, in the said Provincial District, farmer, of the second part, and Edna Mabel Gifford (erroneously called Edna May Gifford in the said deed of conveyance), of Okiawa, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, spinster, of the third part, all that piece of land situate in the district of Moutere, in the Land District of Nelson, containing 2 roods, more or less, being part of Section Number 164 on the plan of the said district of Moutere, bounded on the northward, 231 feet, by a public road, on the eastward, 93 feet, by other part of the said Section Number 164, on the southward, 231 feet, by other part of the said Section Number 164, and on the westward, 93 feet, by a public road, was in error conveyed to the said Edna Mabel Gifford (erroneously called Edna May Gifford) upon trust as a public hall:

And whereas it was the intention of the parties to the said deed of conveyance that the said piece of land should be conveyed to the said Edna Mabel Gifford absolutely for her own use and benefit:

And whereas the object of this Act which is to rectify such error is not attainable otherwise than by legislation.