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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

Union of Boroughs of City of Christchurch and New Brighton.

[L.S.] C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the respective Councils of the City of Christchurch and of the Borough of New Brighton, by petitions under the respective common seals of the Corporations of such city and borough, as provided by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, have prayed the Governor-General that such city and borough (forming one continuous area) be constituted one united borough:

Now, therefore, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in me by the said Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, do hereby proclaim that the said City of Christchurch and the said Borough of New Brighton 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 Herbert Stanley Feast (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 Herbert Stanley Feast (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 forty-one.

SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 112 and the north-eastern side of Langdon’s Road; thence proceeding south-easterly along the said north-eastern side of Langdon’s Road to the north-western side of Main North Road; thence north-easterly along that side of road aforesaid to the middle of the Papanui Drain; thence south-easterly along the middle of that drain through Rural Sections 308, 307, 302, and 276 to the south-western boundary of Rural Section 1048; thence south-easterly along that boundary to the north-western corner of Lot 25 on deposited plan 6279; thence along the north-western boundary of Lots 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, and 18 on the said plan 6279 and the production of that boundary to a point on the north-eastern boundary of Lot 1 on deposited plan 6313; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of the said Lot 1, plan 6313, and Lots 17, 16, 15, and 14 on the said plan 6279, and that boundary produced to the south-eastern side of McFadden’s Road; thence along the south-eastern and south-western sides of McFadden’s Road aforesaid to and across Innes Road; thence easterly along the south-eastern side of Innes Road to R.S. 345A; thence along the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections 345A and 2795 to and across Westminster Street to the south-western side of Shirley Road; thence along the south-western side of Shirley Road aforesaid to the south-eastern side of Thornton Street; thence north-easterly to and along the north-western boundary of Lots 1 and 34 on deposited plan 9658 to the centre of Dudley Creek; thence north-easterly along the centre of that creek to the southern boundary of part Lot 1 on deposited plan 8784; thence westerly, northerly, and easterly along the southern, western, and northern boundaries of the said part Lot 1, plan 8784, to Hills Road; thence northerly along the western side of that road to a point in line with the northern boundary of Lot 21, deposited plan 11557; thence easterly across Hills Road to and along the northern boundary of Lot 21, plan 11557 aforesaid, to its north-eastern corner; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Lots 21 to 1 on plan 11557, Lots 3, 2, and 1 on deposited plan 10870, Lots 1, 2, and 3 on deposited plan 7874, the northern and eastern boundary of Lot 2 and the eastern and southern boundary of Lot 1 on deposited plan 11452, and the eastern boundary of Lot 5 on plan 7874 aforesaid to the easternmost corner of Lot 6 on said plan 7874; thence easterly along the northern boundary of Lots 7, 8, and 9, plan 7874, and southerly along the eastern boundary of the said Lot 9, plan 7874, to and across Shirley Road; thence easterly along the southern side of that road and its production to the centre of North Parade; thence southerly along the centre of North Parade aforesaid to and along the centre of Banks Avenue to a point opposite the confluence of Dudley Creek and the River Avon; thence across the said River Avon and easterly generally along its right bank to a point in line with the western side of Kerr’s Road; thence northerly by a right line to the centre of the River Avon and easterly generally along the centre of that river to a point on the south-eastern side of the Bower Bridge near the westernmost corner of Reserve No. 3061; thence north-easterly along the said south-eastern side of that bridge and its production to the New Brighton Road; thence south-easterly along the south-western side of that road to a point in line with the eastern side of Racecourse Road; thence northerly to and along the said eastern side of that road to Beach Road; thence easterly along the southern side of that road and its production to low-water mark of the sea; thence south-easterly and north-westerly generally by the low-water mark of the sea and low-water mark of the estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers to a point in line with the north-western boundary of Rural Section No. 11213; thence by the left bank of the River Avon to a point distant 2 chains from the south-eastern side of the Bower Bridge aforesaid; thence south-westerly by a right line parallel to and distant 2 chains from the said south-eastern side of that bridge to the south-western side of the towpath; thence generally westerly along the said south-western side of the towpath across Wainoni Road to the southernmost corner of Rural Section 1151; thence continuing along the south-eastern side of Wainoni Road and Avonside Drive to the eastern boundary of Lot 7, deposited plan 2607; thence generally southerly along the eastern boundary of Lots 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and part Lot 2, deposited plan 2607 aforesaid, and Lots 5 and 4, deposited plan 7837, to the north-eastern boundary of Lot 2, plan 7837 aforesaid; thence south-easterly along that boundary and its production to a point on the south-eastern side of Wainoni Road; thence north-easterly along the said south-eastern side of that road to the northernmost corner of Lot 1 on deposited plan 8339; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of Lot 1, on deposited plan 8339 aforesaid, and the north-eastern boundary of Lots 19, 21, and 23, on deposited plan 9438, to the easternmost corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Lots 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44 on deposited plan 9438, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned lot; thence westerly along the southern boundaries of Lots 44 to 53 on deposited plan 9438, and the southern boundary of Lot 18 on deposited plan 8339 aforesaid, and the production of that boundary to the western side of Kerr’s Road; thence southerly along the western side of that road to a point in line with the northern side of Rudd’s Road; thence to and along the northern side of that road to Page’s Road; thence north-easterly along the north-western side of that road to its intersection with the south-western side of Cuff’s Road; thence south-easterly along the production of the south-western side of said Cuff’s Road to the southern side of Page’s Road; thence easterly generally along that road to the northernmost corner of Lot 9 on deposited plan 2698; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the said Lot 9, plan 2698 aforesaid, and the eastern and southern boundary of the land shown in Certificate of Title, Vol. 192, folio 288, to Kearney’s Road; thence across that road and southerly generally along its western side to Ruru Road; thence across that road and along its southern side and the eastern side of McGregor’s Road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Lot 31 on deposited plan 1957; thence to the easternmost corner of said Lot 31, plan 1957, and along the south-eastern boundary of Lots 31 to 34, Lots 36 to 53, and Lot 4, on deposited plan 1957 aforesaid, to and across Linwood Avenue; thence along the south-western side of that avenue to the estuary of the Heathcote River; thence southerly by the said estuary to and along the left bank of the Heathcote River to a point in line with the western side of Chapman’s Road; thence to and along the said western side of that road to the Christchurch-Lyttelton Railway Reserve; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern side of that reserve to the left bank of the said Heathcote River; thence up the left bank of that river to a point opposite the watercourse from Centaurus Road near Heathcote Street; thence across the Heathcote River and along the said watercourse to Centaurus Road aforesaid; thence westerly along the northern side of that road to and along the eastern side of St. Martin’s Road to a point in line with the northern side of Burnbrae Street; thence to and along the northern side of that street to the Tennyson Street Bridge; thence across the Heathcote River aforesaid and westerly generally along its left bank to Lincoln Road; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern side of that road to a point in line with the production of the north-eastern side of Wright’s Road; thence along that line to the middle of Lincoln Road aforesaid; thence north-easterly along the middle of that road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Rural Section 128; thence by a right line being the production of the north-eastern boundary of R.S. 128 aforesaid to the north-western side of Lincoln Road; thence north-easterly along the north-western side of that road for a distance of 2324 links; thence across the said Lincoln Road and north-easterly along its south-eastern side to Moorhouse Avenue; thence westerly to a point in the middle of the said Lincoln Road being in line with the southern side of the said Moorhouse Avenue; thence north-easterly to a point in line with the middle of the western portion of Moorhouse Avenue aforesaid; thence westerly along the middle of that avenue to Dean’s Avenue; thence