the Council, and what valuable Institutions
are to be placed under their control, it will, I
think, become every inhabitant of the Borough who may have property liable to be
rated, and who would desire to see such Institutions flourish and produce important advantages for the community, to take an active part in the election of such persons as he may deem worthy to be entrusted with the discharge of such important public duties.

25. It is now only necessary that I should add that the Burgesses of the Borough of Auckland being by the enclosed Charter, and the other several provisions which have been for that purpose made, charged with the administration of many valuable public trusts, and with the management of the lands set apart for their support, being also endowed with a portion of the public funds, and being empowered to take all necessary measures for improving the means of internal communication within the Borough; for facilitating and encouraging its trade and commerce; for providing for the good order, health and convenience of its inhabitants; and for promoting the education of its youth; possessing also a large share in the administration of justice, in the persons of its Mayor and Aldermen, and in its power of making bye-laws for the holding of Quarter Sessions, or Petty Sessions of the Peace for the Borough, by the Justice of the Peace thereof; and being further empowered to raise the funds necessary to effect these important objects, the Council of the Borough will, for the future, be in a great measure responsible for the progress and prosperity of the district, and for the due discharge of many of the important duties which have hitherto been performed, however imperfectly, by the Local Government, but which it was impossible at an earlier period to devolve upon the inhabitants themselves.

26. When also the Corporation shall be fully established, it will mainly depend on the activity, practical good sense, and public spirit of the inhabitants themselves, how far the district of Auckland shall present the example of a peaceful, well ordered, and prosperous community; and when the other settlements of New Zealand shall have been in like manner incorporated with similar powers, it may well become a matter of honorable rivalry amongst them, which of them shall afford the most striking illustration of the advantages which may be derived from bestowing upon the people themselves full power for the management of their own local affairs.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your Excellency’s most obedient,
Humble servant,

G. GREY.

His Excellency
Lieut.-Governor WYNYARD, C.B.,
&c., &c., &c.

PROCLAMATION.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of GOD, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c.

ANALYSIS.

Preamble, reciting 9 and 10 Vic., c. 103, Royal Instructions, 23rd December, 1846, &c., &c., &c.

I.—The Borough and the Constitution of the Corporate Body thereof.

1. Boundaries of the Borough.
2. Borough to be divided into fourteen Wards; names and description of Wards.
3. Barracks, &c., excepted from jurisdiction.
4. Capital of the Borough.
5. Inhabitants to be a Body Corporate.
6. Constitution of Corporation.
7. The Common Council.
8. Number of Common Councillors.
9. Who to Elect.
10. Number of Aldermen.

II.—Qualification of Electors, and mode of Election.

11. Qualification of Burgesses.
12. Disqualification.
13. Qualification for first Election.
14. Meeting of Justices to be called.
15. Justices to prepare Lists of Burgesses.
16. Lists to be published.
17. And afterwards to be corrected.
18. When corrected, List to form Burgess Roll.
19. Election to be Annual.
20. Polling Place of certain Wards.
21. Returning Officer.
22. Polling Place of certain Wards.
23. Returning Officer.
24. Polling Place of certain Wards.
25. Returning Officer.
26. General Returning Officer.
27. Each Ward to return a single Member.
28. Who qualified to be Elected.
29. To serve optional in certain cases.
30. Councillors how to be elected.
31. Questions that may be put to Voters.
32. Time of Election.
33. List of Votes to be made.
34. And to be published.
35. Persons having the greatest number of Votes to be deemed duly elected.
36. Voting Papers to be preserved.
37. In case of Equality of Votes.
38. Notice to be given to Persons elected.
39. When deemed to decline to serve.
40. Penalty for refusal.
41. Vacancies how supplied.
42. Re-election.

III.—The Mayor and Aldermen, their Election.

43. Mayor and Aldermen, by whom chosen.
44. Their Election when to take place.
45. How elected.
46. Oath to be taken.
47. By whom to be administered.
48. Resignation of Mayor, &c.
49. Mayor to be a Justice of the Peace.
50. Aldermen to be Justices of the Peace.
51. In cases of Bankruptcy.
52. Extraordinary Vacancies how supplied.

IV.—Powers of the Corporation.

53. Corporation to have like powers as any English Corporation.
54. And to make Roads, &c.
55. And Docks, Piers, &c.
56. And to make Bye-Laws.
57. On subjects enumerated.
58. Bye-Laws how to be made.
59. Not to be repugnant to Colonial Ordinances.
60. Not to take effect until approved.
61. Nor until a month after publication.
62. Power to appoint a Town Clerk and Treasurer.