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BOUNDARIES OF MUNICIPAL WARDS.
middle of the River Clyde immediately opposite the
Royalty Stone, No. 210, which is distant thirty-six
yards or thereby measured along Broomielaw Street
to the west of the middle of M' Alpine Street, north-
wards along the Royalty boundaiy line to the middle
of the line of Argyle Street and Main Street ; thence
westwards along the middle line of Main Street,
Dumbarton Road, and the bridge over the River
Kelvin on Dumbarton Road to a point where the
same intersects the middle line of the River Kelvin ;
thence down the middle of the River Kelvin to the
middle of the River Clyde ; thence up the middle of
the river Clyde to the point opposite the Royalty
Stone, No. 210, first before described.
XIV. Ward.— Sandyford.
That portion of the City and Royal Bm-gh compre-
hended within a line drawn from a point in the
middle of Argyle Street opposite the middle of Pitt
Street, northwards along the middle of Pitt Street to
the middle of Sauchiehall Street ; thence westwards
.along the middle of Sauchiehall Street to the middle
of Kelvingrove Street; thence southwards along the
middle of Kelvingrove Street to the middle of Dum-
barton Road ; thence eastwards along the middle of
Dumbai-ton Road, Main Street, and Argyle Street to
the point opposite the middle of Pitt Street, first
defore described.
XV. Ward.— Paxk.
That portion of the City and Royal Burgh compre-
hended within a line drawn from a point in the
middle of Sauchiehall Street where the same is inter-
sected by the middle line of Pitt Street and Scott
Street, northwards along the middle of Scott Street
to the middle of Shamrock Street ; thence eastwards
along the middle of Shamrock Street to the middle
•of New City Road; thence westwards along the middle
of New City Road and Great Western Road to the
Parliamentaiy boundary of the City at a point in the
middle of the bridge carrying said road over the River
Kelvin ; theuce following the Parliamentary boundary
in a south-westerly, westerly, southerly, easterly,
southerly, easterly, and south-westerly direction to a
.point in the middle of the bridge oyer the River
Kelvin at Dumbarton Road ; thence eastwards along
the middle of Dumbarton Road to a point opposite
the middle of Kelvingrove Street ; thence northwards
along the middle of Kelvingrove Street to a point
opposite the middle of Sauchiehall Street; thence
-eastwards along the middle of Sauchiehall Street to
the point opposite the middle of Scott Street, first
before described.
XVI. Ward.— Cowcaddens.
That portion of the City and Royal Bm-gh compre-
liended within a line drawn from a point in the
middle of Buchanan Street opposite the middle of
■Renfrew Street, northwards along the middle of
Buchanan Street, Port-Dundas Road, and the stair
Jeading to the Forth and Clyde Canal to the middle
of said canal ; thence westwards along the middle of
said canal to the middle of the drawbridge opposite
the north end of Ann Street; thence northwards
along the middle of said drawbridge and of Lower
Craighall Road and Craighall Road to a point opposite
the middle of Possil Road ; thence south-westwards
along the middle of Possil Road and St George's
Road to the centre of St. George's Gross; thence
eastwards along the middle of New City Road to a
point opposite the middle of Shamrock Street; thence
westwards along the middle of Shamrock Street to a
point opposite the middle of Scott Street; thence
southwards along the middle of Scott Street to the
middle of Renfrew Street; thence eastwards along
the middle of Renfrew Street to the middle of
Buchanan Street at the point first before described.
XVII. Ward.— Woodside.
That portion of the City and Royal Burgh compre-
hended within a line drawn from the centre of St.
George's Cross north-eastwards along the middle of
St. George's Road and Possil Road till it reaches a
point opposite the middle of Saracen Street ; thence
northwards along the middle line of Saracen Street
until it is intersected by the Parliamentary boundary
of the City; thence westwards, south-westwards,
northwards, south-westwards, and south-eastwards
along the Parliamentary boundary till it reaches a
point in the middle of the bridge over the River
Kelvin at Great Western Road; thence eastwards
along the middle of Great Western Road to the centre
of St. George's Cross, the point first before described.
XVIII. Ward.— Hutchesontown.
That portion of the City and Royal Burgh eompre-
bended within a line drawn from a point in the middle
of the River Clyde opposite the middle of Rose Street,
southwards along the middle of Rose Street and
Florence Street to the middle of Caledonia^ Road ;
thence eastwards along the middle of Caledonia Road
to the middle of South Wellington Street; thence
southwards along the middle of South Wellington
Street to the middle of a proposed new street which
is distant thirty-four yards or thereby measured in a
southerly direction from the south-west comer of the
boundary wall of the Southern Necropolis; thence
south-eastwards along the middle of said proposed
new street until it is intersected by the Parliamentaiy
boundary of the City ; thence eastwards, northwards,
north-westwards, and northwards along the said
Parliamentary boundary to the middle of the River
Clyde ; thence down the middle of the River Clyde
to the point opposite the middle of Rose Street first
before described.
XIX. Ward.— Gorbals.
That portion of the City and Royal Burgh com-
prehended within a line drawn from a point in the
middle line of Glasgow Bridge where the same inter-
sects the middle line of the River Clyde, southwards
along the middle of said bridge, Bridge Street, Eglin-
ton Street, and Victoria Road to a point where the
said road is intersected by the Parliamentary boundary
north of Alhson Street ; thence following the Parlia-
mentary boundary eastwards, northwards, north-
eastwards, eastwards, and northwards to the middle
of Butterbiggms Road; thence eastwards along the
middle of Butterbiggins Road to the middle of Cath-
cart Road; thence northwards along the middle of
Cathcart Road and Crown Street to the middle of
Caledonia Road ; thence westwards along the middle
of Caledonia Road to the middle of Thistle Street ;
thence northwai'ds along the middle of Thistle Street