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V.—Meetings of the Council.

63. Business of Corporation to be done at Meetings thereof.
64. By whom to be convened.
65. Special Notice to be given.
66. All Meetings to be open to the Public.
67. Who to Preside.
68. Minutes to be kept.
69. And to be open to Inspection.

VI.—Miscellaneous Provisions.

70. Treasurer to publish Balance Sheet.
71. Corporation not to be dissolved in certain cases.
72. Interpretation.
73. Operation.

Schedule A.
Boundaries of Borough.

Schedule B.
Boundaries of Wards.

Map or Plan.

WHEREAS, by an Act of the Imperial Parliament, made and enacted in the Parliament held in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, "An Act to make further provision for the Government of the New Zealand Islands," it is amongst other things enacted, That it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, in and by any Letters Patent thereafter to be issued under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from time to time to constitute and establish within any district or districts of the Islands of New Zealand, one or more Municipal Corporation or Corporations, and to grant to any such Corporation all or any of the powers in the said recited Act mentioned: And it is thereby further enacted, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by any such Letters Patent as aforesaid, to make and prescribe all such Rules as to Her Majesty shall seem fit for determining the extent and boundaries of the district to be comprised within any such Municipal Corporation as aforesaid; and for regulating the choice and election of the various officers of any such corporations, and of the members of the governing bodies thereof; and for ascertaining the qualifications of the members of any such Municipal Corporations; and for prescribing the oaths to be taken, or the affirmations to be made by the members thereof: And whereas it is further provided by the said recited Act, that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty to execute any of the powers thereby vested in Her Majesty, not by means of any such Letters Patent as aforesaid, but by instructions under the Royal Signet and Sign Manual, and accompanying or referred to in such Letters Patent; and that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by any such Letters Patent or Instructions, to delegate to the Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand, or to the respective Governors of the respective Provinces thereof, the exercise of such of the powers aforesaid, as to Her Majesty may seem meet; and to prescribe the manner and form in which, and the conditions subject to which such delegated authority shall so be exercised: And whereas, in pursuance of the said recited Act, Her Majesty by certain Letters Patent, bearing date the 23rd day of December, 1846, did exercise certain of the powers in Her Majesty by the said Act vested; and in further pursuance of the said Act, by certain "Instructions" under the Royal Signet and Sign Manual referred to and accompanying the said Letters Patent, Her Majesty did make certain provisions touching the establishment of such Corporations as aforesaid, as hereinafter set forth, and thus (*) distinguished; and did delegate to the Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand the power, by Proclamations to be issued by him in the name and on the behalf of Her Majesty, to define the metes and bounds of every Municipal District or Borough to be established under the authority aforesaid; to constitute the Inhabitants of such Borough a Body Corporate; to prescribe the manner and form in which the Burgess Roll of such Borough shall be made; to prescribe the number of Common Councillors for such Borough, and the manner, form, time, and place of their election; to make provision for the filling of vacancies; rules for the appointment and payment of officers; for the holding of meetings by the Common Council; and, lastly, the power of making all other Rules not being repugnant to the said recited Act, which it may seem to such Governor-in-Chief necessary to make for carrying into effect the purposes of the said "Instructions," and to modify, or alter, or suspend the operation of any of the provisions in the said "Instructions" contained, which by reason of any local or temporary causes it may to such Governor-in-Chief appear either impracticable or inexpedient to carry into effect, and to substitute any other provisions better adapted to promote the welfare of the Inhabitants of any such Borough as aforesaid. And whereas various "Institutions" and Public Works have been established in the Town of Auckland and the neighbourhood thereof, for the use and benefit of the Inhabitants, and portions of the Demesne lands of the Crown have in certain cases been set apart and vested in Trustees, as an endowment for or towards the support and maintenance thereof: And whereas the Inhabitants themselves are best qualified, as well by their more intimate knowledge of local affairs, as by their more direct interest therein, to make provisions for the efficient management of such Institutions, Works, and Endowments as aforesaid: And whereas to that end, and with a view to the good order, health, and convenience of the people, it is expedient that the Inhabitants of the said District be constituted a Body Corporate, with the privileges, power, and authority hereinafter mentioned: Now therefore; in exercise of the power so given and delegated as aforesaid, and in exercise of all other powers and authorities to Us in that behalf in anywise appertaining: WE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND DECLARE as follows:—

I.—THE BOROUGH AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CORPORATE BODY THEREOF.

1. So much of the Province of New Ulster as lies between the Harbours of Waitemata and Manukau, and which is particularly defined

[The clauses marked thus (*) form part of the provisions in the Royal Instructions above referred to.]