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New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 7, 23 August 1842, Page 1

POLICE OFFICE, Wellington, August 4, 1842. Borough of Wellington; The following . Proclamation, declaring the Town of Wellington to be a Borough, defining the limits thereof, and the period within which claims to the right of voting, shall be registered, is published for general information, by direction of his Excellency the Governor. MICHAEL MURPHY, Chief Police Magistrate. PROCLAMATION. (LS.) By His Excellency WILLIAM HOBSON, Esquire, Captain in Her Majesty’s Royal Navy, and Governor and Commander in Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony in New Zealand ,, and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral of the same, &c., &c. WHEREAS, .by an Ordinance enacted by the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, Session 2, No. C, entitled “An Ordinance to provide for the es- “ tablishment and regulation of Municipal Corpora- “ tions,” it is enacted, that every settlement within the Colony, having a population of two thousand souls, shall be a Borough, and that His Excejjpncy the Governor shall by Proclamation, declare the same to be a Borough within the meaning of the said Ordinance, ami shall at the same time, with the advice of the Executive Council, define the boundaries thereof. And whereas, it is also enacted, that His Excellency the Governor, shall by such Proclamation as aforesaid, prescribe a period within which all claims to the right of voting at the election of the first Council, shall be made, and shall appoint a fit person to receive such claims, and to act as returning Officer at such election. And whereas, the town of Wellington contains a population of upwards of two thousand souls. Now, therefore, I, the Governor, in pursuance of the provisions of the said recited Ordinance, do hereby proclaim the said Town of Wellington to be a Borough, within the meaning of the said Ordinance. And Ido hereby, with the advice of the Executive Council, define and declare the boundaries of the said Borough of Wellington, to comprise all lands within the line set forth, in the Surveyor’s Plan, as the outside Boundaries of the Public Reserve, in the plan of the Town of Port Nicholson, approved by His Excellency the Governor, and so much of the Harbour as is comprised within a radius of seven miles from the Market Place at Pah Pipitea, described in the said Plan. . And I do hereby also declare, that all claims to the' right of voting at the election of the first Council of the Borough of Wellington, shall be made before the thirtieth day of August, 1812. And I do appoint Michael Murphy, Esquire, to receive such claims, and to act as returning Officer at such election. Given under my hand and seal this twenty-first day of July 1842. W. HOBSON. By His Excellency’s command, for the Colonial Secretary, Jas. Stuart Freeman. God save the Queen. TO LET, TOWN AND COUNTRY LAND, ON LONG LEASES. Nos. of the TownAcres on the Surveyor General’s Plan, -224, 560, and 263. For particulars apply to .. Wallace, White, & Wallace. TOWN AND LA?TO~TO LET. TOWN ACRES in various parts of Wellington to Let. Also Country Sections, in Karori, Tukapu, &c. Apply to E. Catchpool. August Ist, 1842. To Gentlemen intending to enter into the profitable pursuit of Grazing and Breeding Stock, for lohich the fertile Islands of Nevj Zealand artso peculiarly adapted . THE UNDERSIGNED BEG to inform their friends, and the public’ generally, that they will contract for the delivery of the following description of Stock, in any port of the Islands of New Zealand : Horned Cattle (improved breeds) of all descriptions, Horses, from the best English and Arab studs, suitable for racing, saddle, and harness; and breeding mares. Pure Saxon and merino ewes. Half-bred Leicester and merino ewes, particularly adapted for this country, as they unite weight of carcass with fineness of wool. The undersigned can accommodate purchasers of their Stock with extensive grazing runs, within 100 miles of this Port. W. B. RHODES & CO. Ex “ Lady Leigh ” and ‘‘Exporter” On sale by the undersigned * First Colonial Flour, Coffee, in bags, Loaf Sugar, Raw ditto, Hyson Skin Tea, Rice, Pit-saw Files Tortoiseshell Side Combs, Dressing Combs, and’ Hair, Tooth, and Nail Brashes. An assortment of elegant Bibles, Prayer Books/Albums,. Blotting Cases, &c. Edw. Catchpool. August Ist, 1842.