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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1868.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial
Council of the Province of Southland, intituled
"The Appropriation Ordinance, 1868,"
which Bill was reserved for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid before
the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to
assent to the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th January, 1868.

THE undermentioned petitions under the provisions
of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," have
been received, and copies of them have, in accordance
with that Act, been sent to His Honor the Superin-
tendent of the Province of Canterbury for the further
action required by law in respect thereof.

E. W. STAFFORD.

| Number
and Designation of
Petitioners. | Date of
Receipt of
Petition. | Prayer
of
Petition. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Fifty-two inhabitants,
householders of
Christchurch | 16 Dec., 1867 | For City of Christchurch
to be constituted a
Borough under "The
Municipal Corpora-
tions Act, 1867." |
| Fifty-two inhabitants,
householders of the
Town of Kaiapoi | 4 Jan., 1868 | For Town of Kaiapoi
to be constituted a
Borough under "The
Municipal Corpora-
tions Act, 1867." |
| Seventy-five ratepayers
of Town of Lyttelton | 15 Jan., 1868 | For Town of Lyttelton
to be constituted a
Borough under "The
Municipal Corpora-
tions Act, 1867." |

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1868.

IN conformity with the provisions of "The Munici-
pal Corporations Act, 1867," the following Petition
from inhabitant householders of Christchurch for the
City of Christchurch to be constituted a Borough,
and letter of assent from the Superintendent of
Canterbury, are published for general information,
and it is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor will consider the Petition on the 2nd
of March next.

E. W. STAFFORD.

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY,---

We, the undersigned inhabitant householders,
residing in the City of Christchurch, "bounded on
the North by the South boundaries of rural sections
Nos. 46, 206, 257, 243, 13, 263, 286, 287, and part of
No. 6, from the North Road to the River Avon, a
distance of 11 chains 30 links, on the East by the
West boundary of rural section No. 33, the River
Avon, the West boundaries of rural sections Nos. 26,
175, 69, and part of No. 13, on the South by part of
the North boundary of rural section No. 13, and by
the North boundaries of Nos. 176, 79, 17, 66, and
No. 72, bounded on the north-west by the south-east
side of the Lower Lincoln Road, and on the West
by the West side of Antigua Street and the River
Avon, and containing 1062 acres, as is set forth in
The Christchurch City Council Ordinance, 1862,
enacted by the Superintendent and Provincial Council
of the Province of Canterbury:"

Pray that your Excellency will be pleased to
constitute the said City of Christchurch a borough
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

W. White, Cathedral Square.
Andrew Duncan, Cashel Street.

J. G. Ruddenklen.
William Calvert, High Street.
Thos. Cox, Cashel Street.
M. B. Hart, High Street.
Jas. E. Graham, Gloucester Street.
L. E. Nathan, Barbadoes Street.
Henry Moss, High Street.
William Pratt, Cashel Street.
W. Harris, Colombo Street.
J. H. Wilson, Durham Street.
Wm. Jones, Market Square.
H. Thomson, Colombo Street.
John Anderson, Cashel Street.
Samuel McConnell.
William Strange, High Street.
A. J. Stevens, High Street.
Henry Montgomery, Antigua Street.
John Grierson, Oxford Terrace West.
Jas. Geo. Hawkes, Cashel Street West.
Alfred C. Barker, Worcester Street, Christ-
church.
W. Hislop, Antigua Street.
William Gavin, Cashel Street.
Robert Symington, Cathedral Square.
Wm. Reeves, Cathedral Square.
F. Hobbs, Cathedral Square.
John Gordon, Cashel Street.
John F. Fletcher, Colombo Street.
A. J. Raphael, Colombo Street.
Thomas R. Fisher, Durham Street.
Jas. P. Jameson, Colombo Street.
George Macfarlan, Salisbury Street.
W. Wilson, Lichfield Street.
George Wm. Nalder, Madras Street.
James Booth, Tuam Street.
J. V. Colborne Veel, Durham Street.
Joseph Papperill, Gloucester Street.
J. Hastings Herdson, Armagh Street.
George Piercy, Colombo Street.
James S. Turnbull, Cathedral Square.
George Hougood Wilson, Cambridge Terrace.
Robert H. Wood, Hereford Street West.
T. A. Bishop, Cranmer Square.
Josh. Rowley, Cashell Street East.
W. Mitchell, Lichfield Street.
Henry Leak, Colombo Street.
W. D. Barnard, Cashel Street.
Geo. Inwood, Cashel Street.
John S. Guthrie, Town Belt East.
Thomas Tombs, Armagh Street.
Joseph Hadfield, Cathedral Square.

We, John Anderson and Andrew Duncan, do
solemnly and sincerely declare that all the signatures
affixed to the above Petition are the genuine signatures
of the persons whose they purport to be, and that such
persons are inhabitant-householders of the district
therein referred to.

JOHN ANDERSON,
ANDREW DUNCAN.

Superintendent's Office,
Canterbury, New Zealand,
24th January, 1868.

SIR,---A Petition praying Your Excellency to
constitute the City of Christchurch, in this Province,
a Borough, under "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1867," having been transmitted to me by the
Honorable the Colonial Secretary, in pursuance of
the provisions of the twenty-second section of the
said Act, I have the honor to signify to Your Excel-
lency that I do not dissent to the prayer of that
Petition.

I have, &c.,
W. S. MOORHOUSE,
Superintendent of Canterbury.

His Excellency Sir George Grey, K.C.B.