THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 391

Petition for a Municipality at Picton.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1876.

IN conformity with the provisions of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867," the following
Petition from Inhabitant Householders at Picton for
the Town of Picton to be constituted a Borough, and
notification from His Honor the Superintendent of
Marlborough, that he does not dissent from the
prayer of the Petition, are published for general in-
formation; and it is hereby notified that His Excel-
lency the Governor will consider the Petition on the
9th day of August next.

DANIEL POLLEN.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF NEW
ZEALAND.

The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitant
Householders of the Town of Picton, in the
Province of Marlborough.

HUMBLY SHOWETH:

THAT the Town of Picton comprises the site of the
town as defined by the original plan thereof in the
Crown Lands Office of the Province of Marlborough,
and all adjoining lands within ten chains of the said
town. The said town is under the control and
management of a Board of Works granted by Act
of the Provincial Council entitled "The Picton
Improvement Act, 1861," Session V., No. 5, amended
by an Act entitled "An Act to amend the Picton
Improvement Act, Session VII., No. 1, 1863," as set
forth in the First Schedule of "The Municipal Corpo-
rations Act, 1867."

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that your
Excellency will be pleased to constitute the said
Town of Picton, as defined in the First Schedule of
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," a borough
under the said Act.

And your Petitioners will ever pray, &c.

Wm. Clark.
John Godfrey.
R. Nicholls.
Thomas Philpott.
William Jeffery.
Thomas Williams.
T. B. Williams.
Thomas Watts.
G. A. Smith.
John Miller.
F. Hillmer.
Alfred Williams.
David Lloyd.
Godwin G. Hood.
William Pugh.
Matthew Clatworthy.
Thomas Freeman.
Thomas F. Walton.
W. F. Drake.
S. Lewis.
Robert Lacey.
Alfred Dobson.
Walter V. Stevens.
Robert Currie.
T. E. Baylis.
Charles Kost.
W. Watts.
James Alexander.
Arthur Lemmis.
Josh. Gard.
C. Blizzard.
Richard Searle.
J. S. Calder.
F. Martello.
Thomas Baylis.

I, John Godfrey, 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 GODFREY.

MEMORANDUM for the Hon. the COLONIAL
SECRETARY.

THE Chairman of the Board of Works of the Town
of Picton has forwarded me the accompanying copy
of a Petition from householders of the above town,
praying for incorporation under "The Municipal
Corporations Act, 1867," with a heading addressing
the same to His Excellency the present Governor.
I have already signified that I do not dissent from
the prayer of the Petition.

A. P. SEYMOUR,
Superintendent.

31st May, 1876.

Petition for a Municipality at New Plymouth.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1876.

IN conformity with the provisions of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act, 1867," the following
Petition from Inhabitant Householders of New
Plymouth for the Town of New Plymouth to be con-
stituted a Borough, and notification from His Honor
the Superintendent of Taranaki, that he does not
dissent from the prayer of the Petition, are published
for general information; and it is hereby notified
that His Excellency the Governor will consider the
Petition on the eleventh day of August next.

DANIEL POLLEN.

To His Excellency the Most Honorable George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby,
Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County of York,
in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron
Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wex-
ford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council; Knight
Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of
Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same.

The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitant
Householders of the Town of New Plymouth,
the Boundaries whereof are hereinafter more
particularly set forth.

HUMBLY SHOWETH:

THAT your Excellency's Petitioners respectfully
represent their desire that the Town of New
Plymouth may be constituted a Borough under "The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

That the said town is at present under the control
and management of a Town Board, constituted under
the provisions of an Ordinance of the Superintendent
and Provincial Council of the Province of Taranaki,
intituled "The Town Board of New Plymouth
Ordinance, 1863."

That the said town is bounded as follows:-Com-
mencing at the west side of Cudfield Road, at high
watermark; thence by the said high watermark in
an easterly direction to the east boundary of
Reserve R; thence by a line bearing 145° magnetic,
500 links, to the Henui River; thence by the said
river to a line in prolongation of the south boundary
of Native Reserve number 16; thence along the said
line to the east bank of the Henui; thence by
the south boundary of Native Reserve number 16,

Alfred Pilfoot.
John Blaymire.
John Walker.
John Hebbley.
Carl Law.
James Hains.
E. P. Seymour.
W. Ronaldson.
W. Wilford.
J. (his x mark) Philipps.
Edward Neal.
G. Nosede.
H. W. Harris.
S. Harris.
W. T. Buckland.
James Heberley.
Wm. Overend.
James Huddleston.
O. A. Vargior.
Robert Brooke.
H. Mayr.
S. Ralone.
James Smith.
W. Grossman.
Angus McKay.
F. Galloway.
S. Dryden.
George Mouat.
Henry Hank.
F. Fredericks.
Thos. Wright.
W. Pickering.
William Smith.
John Ranger.