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RE-DIVIDED AND ALTERED WARDS.
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direction till it reaches tlie centre of the Road leading
from Glasgow to Kirkintilloch in or near the Village
of Springburn ; thence in a Southerly direction along
the centre of the Glasgow and Kirkintilloch Road to
the Bridge over the Cut of Junction Canal; thence
Eastward along the centre of the Low Garngad Road
to the point first described.
FOURTH WARD OR DISTRICT.
For Parliamentary and Municipal Election Purposes.
That portion of the City and Royal Burgh com-
prehended within a line drawn from the Cross of
Glasgow, Southward along the centres of Saltmarket
Street and the line of the Albert Bridge to a point
where the same intersects the centre of the River
Clyde ; thence up the centre of the River Clyde to a
point where the same is intersected by the centre of
the line of St. Andrew's Suspension Bridge ; thence
North-eastward in a straight line to a point in the
centre of Great Hamilton Street, opposite the centre
of the North end of Biunie Place ; thence Eastward
along the centres of Great Hamilton Street and Can-
ning Street to a point opposite the centre of Clyde
Street ; thence Northward along the centres of Clyde
Street and Abercromby Street to the centre of Gal-
lowgate Street ; thence Westward along the centre of
Gallowgate Street to the Cross of Glasgow, the point
first before described.
(No Alteration on above Boundaries as fixed in 1869.)
FIFTH WARD OR DISTRICT.
For Parliamentary Election Purposes only.
That portion of the City and Royal Burgh com-
prehended within a line drawn from a point in the
centre of the line of Bridge over the Cut of Junction
Canal in the line of Castle Street, where the same is
intersected by the Northern Parliamentary Franchise
Boundary Line, Westward along said Boundary Line
in the centre of the Cut of Junction Canal to a
point opposite the centre of the Stair leading from
Canal Bank to Port-Dundas Road ; thence Southward
along the centres of said Stair, Port-Dundas Road,
and Buchanan Street, to a point opposite the centre
of Cathedral Street ; thence Eastward along the
centre of Cathedral Street to the centre of John
Street ; thence Southward along the centre of
John Street to a point opposite the centre of Rot-
tenrow Street ; thence Eastward along the centre of
Rottenrow Street to the centre of the line of High
Street and Kirk Street ; thence Northward along the
centre of Kirk Street, Castle Street, and the Bridge
over the Cut of Junction Canal, to a point where
said Bridge is intersected by the Northern Parliamen-
tary Franchise Boundary Line, the point first before
described.
(No Alteration on above Boundaries for Parliamentary
Election Purposes as fixed in 1869.)
For Municipal Election Purposes.
That portion of the Parliamentary Burgh of Glas-
gow immediately before described as the Fifth Ward
or District for Parliamentary Election purposes, to-
gether with that portion of the City and Royal Burgh
comprehended within a line drawn from a point in
the centre of the Bridge over the Cut of Junction
Canal on the Glasgow and Kirkintilloch Road or
Castle Street, in a Northerly direction along the centre
of said Road to the Boundary Line of the ancient
Royalty in or near the Village of Springburn ; thence
following the Boundary of the ancient Royalty in a
North-westerly, Southerly, and Westerly direction
until it reaches a point two hundred and thirty yards
or thereby, measuring in a North-westerly direction
from the North-west corner of Cowlairs Mansion
House ; thence (leaving the said Royalty Boundary)
in a Westerly direction in a. straight line for a dis-
tance of five hundred and forty-three yards or thereby
till it again meets the said Royalty Boundary at a
point ninety-three yards or thereby, measuring in a
Northerly direction from the North-west corner of
Craigbank House ; thence following the said Royalty
Boundary in a Westerly direction to the centre of the
Craighall Road ; thence along the centre of the Craig-
hall Road in a Southerly direction to the Parliamen-
tary Boundary, in the centre of the Bridge over the
Forth and Clyde Canal, otherwise called the Great
Canal, opposite the Northern end of Ann street; thence
following the Parliamentary Boundary in an Easterly,
Southerly, and Easterly direction along the Great
Canal and Cut of Junction, to the point first de-
scribed.
SIXTH WARD OR DISTRICT.
For Parliamentary and Municipal Election Purposes.
That portion of the City and Royal Burgh com-
prehended within a line drawn from the centre of the
line of the Albert Bridge where the same intersects
the centre of the River Clyde, Northward along the
centres of said line of Bridge, Saltmarket Street, and
High Street, to a point opposite the centre of Rotten-
row Street ; thence Westward along the centre of
Rottenrow Street to the centre of John Street; thence
Southward along the centre of John Street to the
centre of Ingram Street ; thence Westward along the
centre of Ingram Street to a point opposite the centre
of Glassford Street; thence Southward along the
centres of Glassford Street, Stockwell Street, and the
line of Victoria Bridge, to a point where the same in-
tersects the centre of the River Clyde ; thence up the
centre of the River Clyde to the centre of the line of
the Albert Bridge, the point first before described.
(No Alteration on above Boundaries as fixed in 1869.)
SEVENTH WARD OR DISTRICT.
For Parliamentary and Municipal Election Purposes.
That portion of the City and Royal Burgh com-
prehended within a line drawn from a point in the
centre of the line of Victoria Bridge where the same
intersects the centre of the River Clyde, Northward
along the centres of said Bridge, Stockwell Street,
and Glassford Street, to the centre of Ingram Street;
thence Eastward along the centre of Ingram Street to
a point opposite the centre of John Street ; thence
Northward along the centre ' of John Street to the
centre of the line of Stirling's Road and Cathedral
Street; thence Westward along the centre of Cathedral
Street to the centre of Buchanan Street ; thence
Southward along the centres of Buchanan Street, St.
Enoch Square, and Dixon Street, and prolonged to
the centre of the River Clyde ; thence up the centre
of the River Clyde to the centre of the line of Victoria
Bridge, the point first before described.
(No Alteration on above Boundaries as fixed in 1869.)