would be attended with imminent danger to the welfare of the Borough.

66. Every Meeting of the Council shall be open to the Public.

67. At every meeting of the Council the Mayor, or in his absence, some Alderman selected for that purpose by the Meeting shall preside, and such presiding Officer, shall have both an original and a casting vote.

68. Minutes of the proceedings of every Meeting shall be entered in a Book to be kept for that purpose, and shall be signed by the person presiding at such Meeting.

69. Every Burgess shall be at liberty to inspect and make extracts from the book so to be kept at all reasonable times upon payment of a fee of one shilling for each inspection.

VI.—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

70. The Treasurer of the said Borough shall in books, to be kept by him for that purpose, enter true accounts of all sums of money by him received and paid, and of the several matters in respect whereof such sums shall have been received and paid, and all such accounts with all vouchers and papers relating thereto, together with a full abstract or Balance Sheet thereof, shall yearly, at such time as the Council may appoint be submitted by such Treasurer to Auditors to be appointed in that behalf, and to such members of the Council as the Mayor shall name for the purpose of examining and auditing the same. And such abstract or Balance Sheet if found correct, shall be signed by the Auditors, and shall be forthwith published by the Treasurer in one of the newspapers of the Borough.

71. In case no election shall be made of any such Mayor, Alderman, or Common Councillor upon the day, or within the time hereby, or by the said recited Instructions appointed for any such election, or such election being made shall afterwards become void, whether such omission or avoidance shall happen by the default of the Officer or Officers who ought to preside at such election or by any accident or other means whatsoever, the said Corporation shall not thereby be deemed or taken to be dissolved or disabled from electing such Mayor, Alderman, or Councillor for the future, but in any case where no such election shall be made as aforesaid, the election of any such Mayor, Alderman, or Councillor may be held or proceeded with upon the day next after the day on which such election ought to have been made, unless such day shall happen to be a Sunday, and then upon the Monday following.

72. For the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Proclamation the term Governor-in-Chief shall be taken to include the Governor and the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province.

73. This Proclamation shall take effect from the day of the date hereof.

In testimony whereof, We have caused this Our Proclamation to be sealed with the Public Seal of Our Islands of New Zealand.

Witness Our trusty and well-beloved Sir GEORGE GREY, K.C.B., Our Governor-in-Chief in and over Our said Islands of New Zealand at Government-House, at Wellington, in the Province of New Munster, in the Islands aforesaid, this twenty-ninth day of July in the fifteenth year of Our Reign, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.

G. GREY,
GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF.

By His Excellency’s Command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

SCHEDULE A.

BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF AUCKLAND.

The Northern Boundary runs from the eastern head of the Wao creek in an easterly direction along the south shore of the Waitemata harbour to the western head of the Tamaki river; thence by a direct line to the eastern head of the said river; thence by the sea shore in a south-easterly direction to the Mangamangaroa creek, including all land that may be reclaimed from the sea adjoining to and north of the above named boundary.

The Eastern Boundary runs along the middle of the Hundred’s road from the Mangamangaroa creek to a road forming the northern boundary of Clendon’s grant.

The Southern Boundary runs along the middle of the road forming the northern boundary of Clendon’s grant, from its junction with the Hundred’s road to its junction with the Manurewa road; thence by the middle of the Manurewa road to its junction with Buckland’s road; thence by the middle of Buckland’s road to the Pukaki portage road; thence by the middle of the Pukaki portage road to its junction with the Mangare road; thence by the middle of the Mangare road to the south-west corner of Fairburn’s grant; thence by the western boundary of Fairburn’s grant to the shore of Manukau harbour; thence continuing along the eastern and northern shores of that part of the Manukau harbour to the Wao portage road, including all land that may be reclaimed from the sea adjoining to and south or east of the above named boundary.

The Western Boundary runs along the middle of the Wao portage road from the shore of the Manukau harbour to the Wao creek, and then follows the eastern shore of the Wao creek to the Waitemata harbour at the eastern head of the said creek, where commences the northern boundary.

SCHEDULE B.

DESCRIPTION OF WARDS.

1. EAST TOWN WARD.

Bounded on the North-east by the Waitemata harbour; on the East, commencing at the middle of the Mill creek in Mechanic’s bay, by the middle of said creek, crossing the Strand, by the boundary line between Section