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New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 8, 26 August 1842, Page 1

POLICE OFFICE, Wellington, August 4, 1842.’ OROUGH 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 PROCLAMATION(LS.j- By His Excellency WILLIAM HOBSON,’ Esquire, Captain in Her Majesty 1 s Royal Navy, and Governor and Commander iri 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, v®th the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, Session 2, No. 6, entitled u An Ordinance to provide 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 Excellency 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. 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 I do’ hereby, with the advice of the Executive Council, define' and declare the boundaries of .the said Borough of Wei-' lington, to comprise all lands within the line set forth, inthe 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, 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 His Excellency’s command, for the Colonial Secretary,’ Jas. Stu Art Freeman. God save the Queen. TO LET, TOWN AND COUNTRY LAND, ;N LONG LEASES. Nos. of Acres on the Surveyor General’s Plan, 224, 560, and 263.- For particulars apply to Wallace, White, & Wallace. TOWN AND COUNTRY LAND TO LET. SEVERAL TOWN ACRES invarious parts' 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 which the fertile. Islands of New Zealand art so peculiarly adapted. THE UNDERSIGNED BEG to inform their Mends, 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 6c CO. Ex “ Lady Leigh ” and “Exporter” f)N SALE BY THE UNDERSIGNED: First Colonial Flour, , Coffee, in bags, Loaf Sugar, Raw ditto, Hyson Skin Tea,; Rice, Pit-saw FilesTortoiseshell Side 'Combs; Dressing Combs, and* Hair, Tooth, and Nail Brushes. An assortment of elegant Bibles, prayer Books, Albums, Blotting Cases, &c. Enw. CATCHPOOLi August Ist, 1842. / .