✨ Borough Ward Division Proclamation
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1877.
Division of Borough of Caversham into Four Wards,
under "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1876," section twenty-one, it is enacted that
if not less than one-fourth of the burgesses of a
borough petition the Governor, praying him to divide
such borough into wards, the Governor may, by
Proclamation, divide such borough into not less than
three nor more than six wards, and shall in such
Proclamation assign such names and boundaries to
each ward as he thinks fit: And whereas not less
than one-fourth of the burgesses of the Borough of
Caversham have petitioned me to divide such borough
into wards:
Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
hereinbefore-recited authority, and by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, do hereby proclaim and declare that
the Borough of Caversham shall be and the same is
hereby divided into four wards, having the names
mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto;
and that the boundaries of such wards shall be those
set forth in the second column of the said Schedule
opposite the name of each ward respectively.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, 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 fourteenth
day of August, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
seven.
DANIEL POLLEN.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
SCHEDULE.
| Name of Ward. | . | Boundaries of Ward. |
|---|---|---|
| Kensington Ward | That Kensington Ward be that part of the borough lying to the east of a road line leading from Dunedin to the Ocean Beach, known as the St. Kilda Road, and comprising Sections 11, 10, 9, and part of Section 8, Block 7, Town District. | |
| Middle Ward... | That Middle Ward be that part of the borough lying between Kensington Ward on the east and the western boundary of Section 11, Block 6, Town District; and by a road line on the west of Section 21, Block 7, Town District, known as the Forbury Road, to where said line touches the incorporated Town of South Dunedin, in Section 42, Block 7, Town District, on the west, and comprising Sections 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21, and parts of Sections 13, 14, and 15, Block 7, Town District; also Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, and part of 13, Block 6, Town District. | |
| North Ward ... | That North Ward be that part of the borough lying to the west of Middle Ward, along Section 11, Block 6, Town District; thence by the Main South Road along the southern boundary of Section 12, Block 6, Town District, to where at Section 17 a road line, known as the Corstorphine Road, joins the Main South Road; thence on the South by said Corstorphine Road to the boundary of the borough at Section 20, Ocean Beach District, and comprising Sections 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 29, 32, and 35, and parts of Sections 16, 17, 36, 39, and 40; Sections 12, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31, 33, 34, 37, 38, 41, and 42, all of Block 6, Town District, and part of Block 15, Dunedin and East Taieri District. | |
| South Ward ... | That South Ward be the remaining part of the borough, and shall comprise Sections 14, 15, and parts of Sections 13, 16, and 17, Block 6, Town District; Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, and 32, and Crown lands, all in the Ocean Beach District; Sections 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, and parts of Sections 42, 43, 44, 45, and 50, Block 7, Town District. |
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NZ Gazette 1877, No 70
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🏘️ Proclamation dividing Borough of Caversham into Four Wards
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government14 August 1877
Caversham, Borough division, Wards, Municipal Corporations Act 1876, Proclamation, Kensington Ward, Middle Ward, North Ward, South Ward
- NORMANBY, Governor
- DANIEL POLLEN