feet. The Gas Company started its active operations by lighting its first street lamp on December 24, 1864.
On November 24, 1862, the Town Board adapted a design for its corporate Seal, the same which is in use to-day. The Seal was engraved in Dunedin, and formally adopted on April 8, 1863.
Amongst other early records is that of the licensing (July, 1863) of the first cab-stand in Christchurch to a Mr. Dunn.
In May, 1868, the city of Christchurch was gazetted a Borough, under the Municipal Corporation Act, 1867, (which gave power to borrow against rating powers), and on June 10, 1868, Mr. William Wilson was elected first Mayor of Christchurch.
Mr. Moorhouse’s third term of office was very short—elected in March, 1862, he resigned in January, 1863. He had only retained office in order to see the railway affairs into smooth water, and that accomplished, felt at liberty to divest himself of responsibility and attend to his private business.
