Auckland Harbour Board and Devonport Borough Exchange of Land Act 1895
Auckland Harbour Board and Devonport Borough Exchange of Land Act 1895
Auckland Harbour Board and Devonport Borough Exchange of Land Act 1895
Auckland Harbour Board and Devonport Borough Exchange of Land Act 1895
Local Act |
1895 No 4 |
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Date of assent |
20 August 1895 |
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Contents
An Act to empower the Auckland Harbour Board, and the Mayor Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Devonport, to exchange certain Lands in the Borough of Devonport.
Preamble.
WHEREAS the piece of land described in the First Part of the Schedule hereto is vested in the Auckland Harbour Board, and the piece of land described in the Second Part of the said Schedule is vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Devonport: And whereas it is desirable in the interests of the general public that the said first-mentioned piece of land should be set apart as a place of public recreation, and be vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Devonport: And whereas the Devonport Borough Council have offered to the Auckland Harbour Board to give the piece of land described in the Second Part in exchange for the said first-mentioned piece of land:
Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
The Short Title of this Act is “The Auckland Harbour Board and Devonport Borough Exchange of Land Act, 1895.”
2 Auckland Harbour Board may transfer certain land to Borough Council of Devonport.
It shall be lawful for the Auckland Harbour Board, and it is hereby empowered, to transfer unto the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Devonport, in exchange for the piece of land described in the Second Part of the Schedule hereto, all that piece of land situate within the Borough of Devonport particularly described in the First Part of the Schedule hereto, for the use of the public as a place of recreation, to be held by them subject to the provisions of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,”
or any amendment thereof relating to places of public recreation.
3 Borough Council of Devonport may transfer certain land to Auckland Harbour Board.
It shall be lawful for the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Devonport, and they are hereby empowered, to transfer to the Auckland Harbour Board, in exchange for the piece of land described in the First Part of the Schedule hereto, all that piece of land situate within the Borough of Devonport particularly described in the Second Part of the Schedule hereto, to be held by the Auckland Harbour Board for the same trusts and purposes upon which the land described in the First Part of the Schedule hereto is now held by the Auckland Harbour Board.
Schedule
First Part
All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing 2 acres and 16 perches, more or less, situate in the Parish of Takapuna, being Lot No. 22c of Section No. 2, Borough of Devonport. Bounded towards the north-west by Beach Road, 583·8 links; towards the east by portion of a reserve, 10 links; towards the south-east and south by the high-water mark of the Auckland Harbour; and again towards the north-west by Victoria Road, 421·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.
Second Part
All that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of Auckland, being part of Lot 1, Section 1, Parish of Takapuna (part of Shoal Bay Reclamation), Borough of Devonport, containing 5 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north by the Old Lake Road, 459·5 links; towards the north-east by the Old Lake Road, 389·7 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 170·5 links, 836·3 links, and 140·5 links respectively; and towards the west by other part of said Lot 1, 1100 links, on a bearing of 354° 16’: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.