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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1898.

Boundaries of the Borough of Invercargill extended.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.

A P R O C L A M A T I O N.

WHEREAS by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may at any time, upon the petition of the Mayor and Council of a borough, publicly notified, by a Proclamation, alter the boundaries of such borough so as to include therein any land which ought reasonably to be included in the borough: And whereas a petition has been presented to me by the Mayor and Councillors of the Borough of Invercargill, praying me to alter the boundaries of the said borough so as to include therein the piece of land described in the First Schedule hereto, being land which ought reasonably to be included in the said borough:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the boundaries of the said borough are hereby altered so as to include within the limits of the said borough the land described in the First Schedule hereto; and that the said borough shall henceforth be bounded as specified in the Second Schedule hereto; and, further, that the boundaries of the North Ward of the said borough shall be those described in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 1 rood 5·6 perches, more or less, being part of Section No. 27, Block I., Invercargill Hundred. Bounded towards the north by the other part of Section No. 27 aforesaid, 1290·3 links; towards the east by North Road, 100 links; towards the south by a public road; and towards the west by Railway Reserve, 100·5 links.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOROUGH OF INVERCARGILL.
(Extended Boundaries.)

ALL that area in the Southland Land District, situated in the Invercargill Hundred, bounded towards the north generally by the north side of the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 27, Block I., Invercargill Hundred, from the Waihopai Estuary to the Railway Reserve; thence across and by the eastern side of that reserve in a northerly direction for a distance of 100·5 links; thence by a right line parallel to the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 27 aforesaid to North Road; thence by the west side of that road to the road forming the southern side of Section No. 27 aforesaid, and thence again by the northern side of that road to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 27 aforesaid: thence towards the west by Section No. 27 aforesaid, the Borough of Avenal as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 44, 16th May, 1878, and Section No. 29, Block I., Invercargill Hundred: again towards the north by Sections Nos. 24 and 23, Block I. aforesaid: towards the east by the western side of the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 22, Block I. aforesaid, by the Borough of East Invercargill as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 35, 25th April, 1878, and by the eastern side of the road forming the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 8 and 14, Block I., Invercargill Hundred: towards the south by the southern side of the road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 1, Block III., Invercargill Hundred, and the southern side of that road to the Waihopai Estuary: and towards the west by the Waihopai Estuary to the place of commencement.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

NORTH WARD.
(Extended Boundaries.)

ALL that area in the Southland Land District bounded towards the north generally by the northern side of the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 27, Block I., Invercargill Hundred, from the Waihopai Estuary to the Railway Reserve; thence across and by the eastern side of that reserve in a northerly direction for a distance of 100·5 links; thence by a right line parallel to the road forming the southern boundary of Section No. 27 aforesaid to North Road; thence by the west side of that road to the road forming the southern side of Section No. 27 aforesaid, and thence again by the northern side of that road to the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 27 aforesaid: thence towards the west by Section No. 27 aforesaid, the Borough of Avenal as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 44, 16th May, 1878, and Section No. 29, Block I., Invercargill Hundred: again towards the north by Sections Nos. 24 and 23, Block I. aforesaid: towards the east by the western side of the road forming the eastern boundary of Section No. 22, Block I. aforesaid, and by the Borough of East Invercargill, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 35, 25th April, 1878, to a point in line with the middle