Num. 27. 691

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1921.

Union of Boroughs of City of Christchurch and Spreydon.

[l.s.] JELLICOE, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the respective Councils of the City of Christchurch and of the Borough of Spreydon, by petitions under the respective common seals of the Corporations of such city and borough, as provided by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, have prayed the Governor-General that such city and borough (forming one continuous area) be constituted one united borough :

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, do hereby proclaim that the said City of Christchurch and the said Borough of Spreydon are hereby constituted one united borough, and also that the said borough so constituted is a city by the name of the City of Christchurch, and also that the boundaries of the said city so constituted and named shall be those set forth in the Schedule hereto.

And I do also proclaim that the said borough shall be an undivided borough, and that the number of Councillors to be elected to the Council thereof shall be sixteen, exclusive of the Mayor.

And I do hereby appoint Henry Rawe Smith (the Town Clerk to the existing City of Christchurch) to be the Town Clerk temporarily of the said united borough; and I do hereby appoint Henry Rawe Smith (the Returning Officer to the said existing city) to be the Returning Officer temporarily to the said united borough.

And I do also proclaim and declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

———

SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line along the south-eastern side of Norman’s Road from the northernmost corner of Rural Section 242 to and across Papanui Road, and along the north-eastern side of that road to May’s Road; thence along the south-eastern side of May’s Road to Rutland Street, and along the south-western side of Rutland Street to a point in line with the south-eastern side of McFadden’s Road; thence across Rutland Street, and along the southern side of McFadden’s Road to and across Innes Road, and along the south-eastern side of that road to Rural Section 345A; thence along the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections 345A and 2795 to Shirley’s Road; thence along the south-western side of Shirley’s Road to its junction with Hill’s Road; thence easterly along the middle of Shirley’s Road to Marshland Road, and along the middle of that road to Bank’s Avenue; thence along the middle of Bank’s Avenue and Dudley Creek Road to a point opposite the confluence of Dudley Creek and the River Avon; thence across that river and along its right bank to the western side of Kerr’s Road, and along the western side of that road and of New Brighton Road to Buckley’s Road; thence along the north-western side of Buckley’s Road, across Linwood Avenue, and along the south-eastern side of Aldwin’s Road to the north-eastern boundary of Subdivision 99 of Rural Section 99; thence by the north-eastern boundary of that subdivision to its northernmost corner; thence by the north-eastern boundary of Lot 13, D.P. 546, to its northernmost corner; thence by the south-eastern boundary of Aldwin’s Road as existing before the purchase of the Woolston Footpaths to the northernmost corner of Subdivision 50 of Rural Section 99, D.P. 198; thence by the north-western boundary of Subdivision 50 aforesaid to Ferry Road; thence across that road to the north-eastern boundary of Subdivision 1 of Rural Section 89, D.P. 16; thence by the north-eastern boundary of the last-mentioned subdivision to its northernmost corner; thence by the south-eastern boundary of Ensor’s Road as existing before the purchase of Woolston Footpaths to Christchurch-Lyttelton Railway Reserve; thence along the north-eastern side of that reserve to the Heathcote River, and along the left bank of that river to a point opposite the watercourse from Hill’s Road near Heathcote Street; thence across the Heathcote River and along the said watercourse to Hill’s Road, along the northern side of Hill’s Road to and along the eastern side of St. Martin’s Road to a point opposite the northern side of Burnbrae Street; thence to and along the northern side of that stream to the Tennyson Street Bridge; thence across the Heathcote River and along its left bank to Lincoln Road; thence along the south-eastern side of Lincoln Road and the western side of Antigua Street to and across the River Avon; thence along the western side of Rolleston Avenue and the left bank of the River Avon to Rossall Street; thence along the north-eastern side of Rossall Street to the road forming part of the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 133, along the north-western side of that road to the Wairarapa Stream, and along the left bank of that stream to Rural Section 242; and thence along the north-eastern boundary of that section to its northernmost corner, the place of commencement.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of March, 1921.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE KING !