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APPENDIX. 47
north-eastward along the centre of Ratho Street, and in a straight line
in continuation thereof to the harbour works, thence westward along
those works and the said limits of the burgh to the point first described.
Number of male voters, 677; female voters, 41. Additional female
voters under "The Parish Council Act," 7.
Third Ward.
That part of the burgh comprehended within a boundary line com-
mencing at a point where the Cartsburn Stream joins the River Clyde,
and running westward along the margin of said river to a point herein-
after called point C, in the north-east quay wall of the East India
Harbour in a line in continuation of the west side of Bogle Street, and
thence in a straight line south-westward to Rue-End Street, at its
junction with Bogle Street, thence along the centre of Bogle Street to
Regent Street, thence westward along the centre of Regent Street to
Lynedoch Street, thence southward along the centre of Lynedoch Street,
in a straight line in continuation thereof to the police boundary, thence
eastward along the said boundary to the Cartsburn Stream, thence down
the centre of said stream to the point in the River Clyde first described.
Number of male voters, 717 ; female voters, 87. Additional female
voters under " The Parish Council Act," 4.
Fourth Ward.
That part of the burgh comprehended within a boundary line com-
mencing at the east side of the entrance to the West Harbour, herein-
after called point D, and from thence to the northern extremity of the
Mid Quay, and running along the centre of said quay to William Street,
thence along the centre of William Street to the centre of Cathcart
Square, thence in a straight line southwards to the north-east end of
Bank Street, thence along the centre of Bank Street to Shaw Place,
thence along the centre of Shaw Place to Mearns Street, thence along
the centre of Mearns Street, and a straight line in continuation thereof,
southward to the police boundary, thence eastward along said boundary
to a point in said boundary in continuation of the centre line of Lynedoch
Street, thence in a straight line northward to Drumfrochar Road at its
junction with Lynedoch Street, thence along the centre of Lynedoch
Street to Regent Street, thence eastward along the centre of Regent
Street to the centre of Bogle Street, thence north-eastward along the
centre of Bogle Street, and straight line in continuation thereof, to the
River Clyde, thence westward along the margin of the said river to the
point first described. Number of male voters, 893 ; female voters, 145.
Additional female voters under " The Parish Council Act," 3.
Fifth Ward.
That part of the burgh comprehended within a boundary line com-
mencing at a point hereinafter called point E, in the north-west quay of
West Harbour, in a line with the centre of the Vennel, thence along a
straight line drawn northward in continuation of the Vennel to the north
end of the Vennel, thence up the centre of the Vennel to Buccleuch
Street, thence up the centre of Buccleuch Street to Ann Street, thence
up the centre of Ann Street to Drumfrochar Road, thence in a straight
line to a point at the north-west angle in the police boundary, at or near
Messieurs Leitch & Company's ropeworks, thence eastward along the