✨ Municipal Proclamation and Erratum
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573
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1876.
Establishing a Municipality at New Plymouth.
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Municipal Corporations
Act, 1867," provision is made for constituting,
by Proclamation, boroughs in districts not comprised
within the limits of any of the cities, towns, or places
therein particularly mentioned: And whereas it is
expedient to constitute the Town of New Plymouth
a borough in manner hereinafter provided:
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested
in me by the said Act, do hereby constitute and pro-
claim the district comprised within
THE TOWN OF NEW PLYMOUTH,
as the boundaries thereof are defined in the Schedule
hereto, to be a borough under "The Municipal Cor-
porations Act, 1867," aforesaid.
SCHEDULE.
THE said town is bounded as follows: - Com-
mencing at the west side of Cutfield 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,
300 links; thence by a line bearing 122° 25′, 489
links, to the south side of Devon Street; thence by a
line bearing 129° 40', 493 links; thence by a line
bearing 175° 48', 461 links; thence by a line bearing
215°, 502 links; thence by a line bearing 122° 14′,
703 links; thence by a line bearing 235°, 355 links,
and a line in continuation of the same to the west
bank of the Henui; thence by the said river to a line
forming the north boundary of Reserve Y; thence
by the said boundary bearing 235° magnetic, 350
links; thence at a right angle in a north-easterly
direction to Hendrie Street, 640 links; thence by the
south side of the said street to the north-east corner
of Allotment number 1791, 1640 links; thence by a
line bearing 145° magnetic, 550 links, and another
line at a right angle in a south-westerly direction, 9
links; thence by a line bearing 145°, 795 links, and
another line bearing 55°, 40 links; thence to the
south-east corner of Allotment number 1927, 266
links; thence by a continuation of the north side of
Shortland Street, 133 links; thence to the south-east
corner of Allotment number 1947, 345 links; thence
in a straight line to the south-west corner of Allot-
ment number 1252, 5054 links; thence along the
east boundary of Reserve C and W to Allotment
number 1123, 2004 links; thence by a line bearing
235° magnetic, 360 links, to the Huatoki Stream;
thence by the said stream to the south side of
Wallace Place; thence by the south side of Wal-
lace Place, bearing 235° magnetic, to the west
side of Cutfield Road, 3560 links; and thence in a
straight line bearing 325°, forming the west side of
Cutfield Road to the point first mentioned, 6413
links; which said boundaries are more particularly
delineated by a pink line on the plan hereunto
annexed, being a copy of the official plan of the
Town of New Plymouth deposited in the Provincial
Survey Office, New Plymouth.
Given under the hand of 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 Mul-
grave of New Ross, in the County of
Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honor-
able 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; and issued under the Seal of the
said Colony, at the Government House,
at Wellington, this eleventh day of
August, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
DANIEL POLLEN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
ERRATUM. - In the New Zealand Gazette, No. 42, of 27th July, 1876, page 524, for "James Alexander McIlraith, Esq., J.P."
read "James Archibald McIlraith, Esq., J.P."
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🏘️ Proclamation Establishing Municipality at New Plymouth
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government11 August 1876
Municipality, Borough, Proclamation, New Plymouth, Boundaries, Survey
- Normanby, Governor
- Daniel Pollen
📰 Erratum regarding name in previous Gazette notice
📰 NZ GazetteErratum, Correction, Name change, McIlraith
- James Alexander McIlraith (Esquire), Incorrectly named in previous Gazette
- James Archibald McIlraith (Esquire), Correct name published in Erratum
NZ Gazette 1876, No 45