THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 595

County of York, in the Peerage of the links, by Section 27 aforesaid 2980 links, and by a
United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave public road 100 links; and towards the West by the
of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, Waihopai Estuary to the commencing point.

in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
Council; Knight Grand Cross of the Most stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
Saint George; Governor and Commander- Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony County of York, in the Peerage of the
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
under the Seal of the said Colony, at in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
the Government House, at Wellington, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy
this eleventh day of May, in the year of Council; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
seventy-eight.
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
G. S. WHITMORE.
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at
Town of Avenal proclaimed a Borough under "The the Government House, at Wellington,
Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."
this eleventh day of May, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
and seventy-eight.
A PROCLAMATION.
G. S. WHITMORE.
WHEREAS by the fifteenth section of "The GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," it is
enacted that the Governor may, by Proclamation, Proclaiming Rangiora a Borough under "The
declare any of the several places specified in the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876."
Third Schedule to the said Act in which a Municipal
Corporation has been established under the pro- (L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.
visions of an Ordinance of the Province of Otago
intituled "The Otago Municipal Corporations Ordi- A PROCLAMATION.
nance, 1865," to be a borough constituted under
the said "Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," from WHEREAS by section seventeen of "The Muni-
a day to be named in such Proclamation; subject, cipal Corporations Act, 1876," the Governor is
however, to certain conditions in the said section empowered by Proclamation to declare any district
mentioned: And whereas the Town of Avenal, in in New Zealand to be a borough under the said Act
the Provincial District of Otago, is one of the places from and after a day to be named in such Procla-
specified in the said Third Schedule, and a petition mation :
has been presented to His Excellency the Governor
by sixty of the ratepayers of such town praying him Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
to constitute such town into a borough under the
said "Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," and such New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
petition was, on the sixth day of March, one thousand power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do
eight hundred and seventy-eight, publicly notified, hereby proclaim and declare that the District of
and no petition from an equal or greater number of Rangiora shall be and the same is hereby constituted,
such ratepayers was presented to His Excellency as from the fourteenth day of May, one thousand
within two months after such public notification eight hundred and seventy-eight, a borough under
praying him not to assent to the prayer of such first- the said Act; and that the name of such borough
mentioned petition:
shall be the Borough of Rangiora, and the boundaries
of such borough shall be those specified in the
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in Schedule hereto.
exercise and pursuance of all powers and authorities
enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby proclaim SCHEDULE.
and declare that, from the date of this Proclamation,
the said Town of Avenal shall be a borough consti- ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
tuted under the said "Municipal Corporations Act, Canterbury, being the Town of Rangiora. Bounded
1876," and shall be called the Borough of Avenal; towards the North by a road and Sections Nos. 1301,
and that the boundaries of such borough shall be 1178, a road, Sections Nos. 124, 1179, and a road;
these specified in the Schedule hereto.
towards the East by Section No. 435, a road, Section
No. 463, a road, Sections Nos. 793, 1388, and a road;
SCHEDULE.
towards the South by Section No. 316, a road, and
Sections Nos. 370 and 372; towards the West by a
BOUNDARIES OF MUNICIPALITY OF AVENAL.
road and Sections Nos. 673, 682, 665, 569 and 474;
ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District again towards the South by Section No. 474 afore-
of Otago, containing by admeasurement 85 acres 28 said; and again towards the West by a road, Section
perches, more or less, being Section 28 of Block I. No. 505, a road, and Section No. 969, to the point of
on the record map of Invercargill Hundred and the commencement.
adjacent roads, and comprising the private Townships
of Harewood and Harrisville. Bounded on the North Given under the hand of His Excellency the
by a public road 100 links, by Section 29 of said block Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
2750 links, by the Main North Road 100 links, by stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl
Section 29 aforesaid 1300 links, and by a public road of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and
112 links; on the East by Section 22 of said block, Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the
being a park reserve, 1994 links; on the South by a County of York, in the Peerage of the
public road 112 links, by Section 27 of aforesaid United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave
block 1300 links, by the Main North Road 100 of New Ross, in the County of Wexford,
in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of
Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy