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New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 2, 5 August 1842, Page 3

POLICE OFFICE, Wellington, August 4, 1812. OROUCH 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 r 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 Navi/, 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. II ERE AS, by an Ordinance enacted by the Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, Session 2, No. G, entitled “An Ordnance Bprovide for the es- “ tahlishment 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 the Governor shall by Proclamation, declare the same to be a Borough within the meaning of the said Ordinance, and shall at the same time, with the advice of the Executive Council, define the boundaries thereof. ; ... ! Ami 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 flic 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, T, 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 sajd Ordinance. And Ido hereby, with the advice of the JSxecutive Council, define and declare the boundaries of the said Borough of Wellington, to comprise all lands within the line set forth, iii 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 thirteenth day of August, 1842. 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 Ills Excellency’s command, for the Colonial Secretary, Jas. Stuaut Fkekman. God save the Queen. FOR SALE, AT THE STORES OF THE UNDERSIGNED,

Black Tea, first quality Manilla Sugar Loaf ditto' ■ ' • Coffee Rice First Flour, in bags Tobacco and Cigars Ruin, Gin, and Brandy. August 4, 1842. W. FIT2HERBERT. TO BE SOLD. THITHER SINGLY OR TOGETHER. A good substantial two-roomed House, with a London made Mangle and business attached either singly or to°-e----ther. Apply to " ° J. JONES, Hairdresser, Lambton Quay. /"h RANGES, ex LADY LEIGH. ’ August 4, 1842. W. FITZHERBERT. PUBLIC AMUSEMENT. MR. J. AITCHISON, begs leave to announce, that he will, at the South Sea Hotel,” on Wednesday next, the 10th of August, (to be continued on Saturday and Wednesday evenings) exhibit a series of elegant Optical delusions, also a Panoramic View of the recent highly interesting and scientific discoveries of Captains Ross and Crosier, of the Ant-arctic Regions, copied from the drawings of Mr. Davis, draftsman of the Terror, one of the survey ships, and corrected by that gentleman. Admission Is. each; children under 10 years Gd.. Open at six o'clock, to commence at half-past six eacti evening. August 4, 1842. NOTICE TO CREDITORS & DEBTORS. - MR. HUMPHRY B. RELPH, Surgeon, Pistoni, having executed Letters of Attorney in favour of the undersigned, for the recovery of his outstanding Debts, and the discharge of the claims against him, all persons indebted to Mr. Relph are required, within fourteen days, to pay the debts due by them, to prevent prosecution; and those having claims against him will please lbdge a note of the same, with an oath of verity, that the same may be ranked against the Estate. ROBERT R. STRANG. August 1, 1842. TO LET ON LEASE, . NUMBER OF ACRES in various parts of the Town. Apply to ,'' A. PERRY. Lambton Quay, August 1, 1842.', Ex “ Lady Leigh ” and 1 “Exporter” N SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED: First Colonial Flour, v Coffee, in bags, Loaf Sugar, Raw ditto, Hyson Skin Tea, Rice, • Hops, Pit-saw Files v» Tortoiseshell Side Combs, Dressing Combs?- and Hair, Tooth, and Nail Brushes. Edw. Catchpool. August; ilst, 1842..