COLONY OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 89 



PROCLAMATIONS. 



PROCLAMATION AUTHORIZING THE GOVERNOR OF NEWFOUND- 

 LAND TO CALL A GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 



William the Fourth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c. 



WILLIAM R. 



[L. 8.] 



To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: 



Whereas, by Our Letters-Patent under the Great Seal of Our 

 United Kingdom aforesaid, bearing date at Westminster the second 

 day of March, 1832, in the second year of Our reign, We have given 

 and granted to Our trusty and well-beloved Sir Thomas John Coch- 

 rane, Knight, Our Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Our island 

 of Newfoundland, full power and authority to summon and call a 

 General Assembly of the freeholders and householders within Our 

 said island. It is therefore Our pleasure, and We hereby declare 

 and make known to all Our loving subjects within the same, that 

 for the purpose of the election of the members of the said Assembly, 

 the said island shall be divided into nine districts, to be called 

 respectively : 



The district of St. John's. 



The district of Conception Bay. 



The district of Fdgo. 



The district of Bona vista. 



The district of Trinity Bay. 



The district of Ferryland. 



The district of Placentia and St. Mary's. 



The district of Burin. 



The district of Fortune Bay. 



And it is Our further will and pleasure, and We do hereby declare 

 that the before-mentioned district of St. John's shall consist of and 

 include all that part of Our said island bounded by the shore which 

 is situate and lying between Petty Harbor and Broad Cove. 



And that the before-mentioned district of Conception Bay shall 

 consist of and include all that part of Our said island which, bounded 

 in like manner, is situate and lying between Broad Cove and Bay 

 Verds Head. 



And that the before-mentioned district of Fogo shall consist of 

 and include all that part of Our said island which, bounded in like 

 manner, is situate between Cape St. John and Fogo island, including 

 that island. 



And that the before-mentioned district of Bonavista shall consist 

 of and include all that part of Our said island which, bounded in 

 like manner, is situate and lying between Cape Freels and Cape 

 Bonavista. 



