THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 71

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 Kaiapoi for the
Town of Kaiapoi to be constituted a Borough, and
letter of assent from the Superintendent of Canter-
bury, 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.

To His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath, Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of
the same, &c., &c.

The humble Petition of the Undersigned Inhabitant
Householders resident within the Town of Kaiapoi,
in the Province of Canterbury, and Colony of
New Zealand,

SHEWETH—

That the town of Kaiapoi is incorporated or
reputed to be incorporated under "The Municipal
Council Ordinance, Session XIV., No. 2," enacted by
the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the
Province of Canterbury, and by proclamation of the
Superintendent of the said Province, under the
authority of the said Ordinance, on the twenty-ninth
day of October, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-four.

That under the said Ordinance and by the said
proclamation the boundaries of the said Town of
Kaiapoi are described as follows, that is to say—

TOWN OF KAIAPOI.

"Commencing at the south-western corner of
rural section No. 338 E. on the North Road, thence
south-westerly across the branch of the Courtenay
(Waimakariri) and along the southern bank of the
said branch (said to be the old course of the river)
to a point in line with the eastern boundary of rural
section 365; thence in and along the line of the said
eastern boundary of rural section 365, a distance of
about forty-five chains eighty links; thence easterly
at a right angle of about sixty-six chains fifty links,
along the southern side of a public street or road cross-
ing rural sections 321, 468, and 297, to the northern
bank of the main stream of the River Courtenay,
following the said northern bank of the said main
stream and the western bank of the branch stream
a distance altogether of about sixty-four chains;
thence following a line due North to a point on the
opposite bank of the last-mentioned stream following
easterly along that bank to a point in line with the
western boundary of section 1393; thence following
a straight line, being in the continuation of the
aforesaid western boundary to the southern boundary
of section 1011, following westerly along the southern
boundary of that section and of section 1002 to the
eastern boundary of section 360, following southerly
westerly and northerly along the eastern, southern,
and western boundaries of said section 360, distances
respectively of fifty links thirty chains and fifty links,
and from thence returning in a straight line to the
commencing point."

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray,

That your Excellency will be pleased to constitute
the Town of Kaiapoi as described and comprised
within the boundaries in the said proclamation of
the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury,
and in this our Petition set forth, a Borough under
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.

J. C. Porter, Chairman of the Kaiapoi Muni-
cipal Council.
Charles Dudley, J.P. and M.B., Member of
Kaiapoi Municipal Council.
G. F. Hewlings, Officer of Customs, Member of
Kaiapoi Municipal Council.
E. G. Kerr, storekeeper, Member of Kaiapoi
Municipal Council.
Matthew Hall, cooper, Member of Kaiapoi
Municipal Council.
Richard Woodford, miller, Member of Kaiapoi
Municipal Council.
Charles Owen, hotel-keeper, Member of Kaiapoi
Municipal Council.
John Hebden, stationer, &c., Member of Kaiapoi
Municipal Council.
A. A. Dobbs.
Revell and Co., wharfingers, &c.
T. Wilton, agent Press Newspaper.
W. Gilkison, banker, Kaiapoi.
Birch and Co., merchants.
W. P. Wilson, book-keeper, Kaiapoi.
W. D. Buddle, storekeeper, Kaipoi.
Geo. C. Black and Co., merchants.
John Moore, boot-maker.
C. Lezard, storekeeper.
R. Billers, carriage-lamp-maker, Kaiapoi.
George Milsom, aerated water manufacturer.
Weston and Parnham, butchers.
W. G. Pinching, chemist, Kaiapoi.
W. Burniss, toll-keeper.
P. L. Melsen, saddler.
George Hancock, builder, carpenter, &c.
James Monisda, butcher, Kaiapoi.
W. Hammett, hotel-keeper.
Richard Allens, bootmaker.
James Ashworth, hotel-keeper.
John Henwood, storekeeper.
Newnham and Co., merchants.
W. Kirton, Presbyterian Minister.
Enoch Balet, labourer.
George T. Pearce, carpenter.
Charles Fairweather, carrier.
Richard Belcher, contractor.
John C. Boys, J.P. x
James Alexander, postmaster.
W. A. Crooks, stable-keeper.
Frederick S. Funston, storekeeper.
Charles Stewart Bell, draper.
William Norman, clerk.
James Perrin, coachmaker.
George Thomas, ironmonger.
Joseph Keetley, implement maker.
Edward Sherratt, labourer.
Henry Keetley, horsebreaker.
Alexander Weir, clerk.
Edwin Bate, painter.
Wm. Carruthers, storekeeper.
Wm. Morgan, gentleman.
R. James, labourer.

I, Charles Edward Dudley, do solemnly 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 (except
the one marked thus x) are inhabitant householders
of the district referred to therein.

CHARLES E. DUDLEY,
Town Clerk.

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

SIR,—A Petition praying Your Excellency to
constitute the Town of Kaiapoi, in this Province,
a Borough, under "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," having been transmitted to me by the