WHEREAS in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, on the subdivision for sale of part of Section Four, Hutt District, in accordance with a plan deposited in the Deeds Registry Office at Wellington as number two hundred and five, certain rights-of-way of a width of forty feet were laid out and formed by consent of the Petone Borough Council, such rights-of-way being now known by the names Victoria Street, Fitzherbert Street, Sydney Street, and Regent Street: And whereas the said rights-of-way known as Victoria Street, Fitzherbert Street, and Sydney Street are extensions of public streets of the same respective names which traverse part of the Borough of Petone and which are of the same width as the said rights-of-way, and the said right-of-way known as Regent Street as laid out and formed by the consent of the Petone Borough Council: And whereas it is desirable that such rights-of-way, being of the same width as the public streets contiguous thereto, should be declared public streets and brought under control of the Petone Borough Council: