• Preamble

  WHEREAS one George Packwood, of Petone, Carter, is the lessee under the provisions of The Land Act 1892, The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act 1900, and The Land for Settlements Amendment Act 1901, of the land described in the Schedule hereto, by virtue of lease number 180, registered in the Lands Registry Office at Wellington, in Volume 15A, folio 160: And whereas the said land adjoins the land of the said Corporation upon which the waterworks reservoir of the Corporation is situate, and affords convenient access thereto; and the preservation of the native bush thereon is desirable in order to conserve the water-supply to the said reservoir: And whereas no power exists under the said Acts enabling the Corporation to acquire the leasehold interest of the said George Packwood in the said land, and it is expedient that such power should be given:

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