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50 APPENDIX.
Vennel to Charles Street, thence along the centre of Charles Street to
Dalrymple Street, thence along the centre of Dalrymple Street to West
Quay Lane, thence along the centre of West Quay Lane and West Quay
to the River Clyde, thence north-westward along the margin of the said
river to the point first described. Number of male voters, 952 ; female
voters, 128.
Eighth Ward.
That part of the burgh comprehended within a boundary line com-
mencing at a point on the margin of the River Clyde at the north-east
corner of the east quay of Albert Harbour, thence southward along the
east side of the said quay to Laird Street, thence along the centre of
Laird Street to West Blackhall Street, thence along the centre of West
Blackhall Street to Argyle Street, thence along the centre of Argyle
Street to George Square, thence along George Square to Nelson Street
West, thence along the centre of Nelson Street West to the point where
the West Burn crosses under that street, thence along the centre of the
West Burn to the point where it crosses the police boundary, thence
north-westward along the police boundary to a point in the River Clyde
on that boundary opposite Ironotter Point, thence north-eastward to the
margin of the River Clyde, thence northward and eastward along the
margin of the River Clyde to the point first described. Number of male
voters, 1 541 ; female voters, 498.
INTERESTING LOCAL EVENTS.
Greenock was erected into a Burgh of Barony in the year 1635.
James Watt, Born 19th January, 1736 — Died 25th August, 1819.
First Magistrates and Council elected in the year 1751.
Greenock Library began in 1783.
Foundation Stone of East India Harbour laid 29th May, 1805.
Greenock Chamber of Commerce Incorporated in 1813.
Floods at Cartsdyke, 15th March, 1815, and 21st November, 1835.
Sheriff Court opened 1815 ; removed to Nelson Street (West) 5th
November, 1869.
Shaws Water Introduced 1 6th April, 1827. Acquired by Water Trust
1866.
Gas Works first erected in Crawfurd Street in 1829 ; re-erected at
Inchgreen in 1873.
Railway to Paisley and Glasgow opened 30th March, 184 1.
Victoria Harbour opened on 17th October, 1850.
Foundation Stone of Sir Gabriel Wood's Mariners' Asylum laid on 17th
October, 1850.
Greenock Ragged School, Captain Street, opened 1858.
Theatre Royal opened December, 1858.
Foundation Stone of Albert Harbour laid on 7th August, 1862 ; Har-
bour opened 23rd July, 1867.
Railway to Wemyss Bay opened May, 1865.
Anchorage Dues abolished 5th September, 1868.
Greenock and Ayrshire Railway opened 1869.
Explosion at Whinhill, 4th September, 1870.
Foundation Stone of Garvel Graving Dock laid 6th July, 1S71.
Tramway to Gourock opened 7th July, 1873.