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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 79, 21 July 1877, Page 3

Proclaiming Palmerston North a Borough under " The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876." (1.5.) Noemanby, Governor. A PROCLAMATION. • WHEREAS by Section seventeen of " The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876," The Governor is empowered by , Proclamation to declare any district m New Zealand to be a b6rough under the said Act from and after a .day to be named m such Proclamation : — Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Governor pi , the Colony of New Zealand, m pursuance and "exercise of the power and authority vested m me by th,e said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the district of Palmerston North shall be and the same is Tiereby constituted, as from the twelfth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, a borough under the said Act ; and that the name of such borough shall be the Borough of Palraerston North, and the boundaries of such 'borough shall be those specified m the Schedule hereto. * SCHEDULE. Bounded towards the North-east by a straight line being the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 389 and 420 and a straight line joining the said nortK-eastern boundaries 12550 / links; towards- the jEast-and South-east by the Manawatu River 36400 links, and by Section No. 371; 177 links ; towards the South-west by Sections Nos. 371, 372,~ 373, and 374, 6250 links, and by Section No. 370, 3000 links, and by Section No. 350, and across a public road, 8200 links ; arid towards th'e North-west by a public road, being the north-western boundary of Section Nb. 558, 177 links, and by a public road 2730CLlinks. Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine, -♦Marquis of Normanby, ,Earl of 'Mulgrave, Viscount -Noruaanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all m the County of York, m the Peerage of the United Kingdom ; and Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, m the C-ounty of Wexford, iv the . ' Peerage of Ireland ; a Member - of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council; Knight v Commmander of the r Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; - Governor and Commander-in-Ohief m and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and 'Vice-Admiral oi the same ; and issued under the Seal of. the said Colony, at the Government Housed at Wellington, this twelfth day of July, m the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventyseven. Daniel Pollen. God save the Queen ! -Arrangements for First Elections, Borough of Palmerston North. Colonial Secretary's Office, 1 Wellington, 12th July, 1877. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint ROBEET NOETH KEELING to be Town Clerk of .the Borough of Palmerston -North, and also Returning Officer to hold the first election of Mayor, Councillors, and Auditors of the said borough. AlsoJ 'to appoint Monday 1 , ttfe 6th day of August; for the election of Mayor, ; and Wednesday, the Bth day of August, -for the election of Councillors ; and Friday, v the 10th day of August, for the election of Auditors of the said borough. Also, to appoint Monday, ! the ' 13th day of August, at noon, for the ficst meeting of the Council of the said borough, and the Resident Magistrate's Court, at Palmerston North, to be the, place ( of such meeting. Daniel Pollen. ' J TUESDAY, 31st JULY. : TO SMALL CAPITALISTS, FARMERS, ■AND OTHERS. SALE OF LAND ON DEFERRED PAYMENT, IN THE MANAWATU ' ' DISTRICT* , M-R. R. J. DUNCAN is instructed . to sell by public auction, at his Sale Rooms, Panama Street, on Tuesday, 31st July, at 12 o'clock noon-rr 600 ACRES 'of Splendid Rich LAND, within one mile of the Bunnythorpe Railway Station, with Frontages to a first-class level Dray Road. The Land, which is subdivided into blocks of from 25 to 35 Acres (as per Plan), is of first-class quality, and offers an opportunity of investment „■» seldom available to small Farmers and others requiring really good Homesteads. It is situated about midway between Palmerston and Feilding, and one mile from a Railway Station. Payments will be made on the following most liberal terms, v"izj — 25 per- cenL cash deposit, and the balance m equal payments, at intervals of 3, 4, and 6 years, bearing interest at 8 per cent, per annum, \ Plans may be obtained from the Auctioneer's office, Panama Street, . *i