city

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


In Great Britain and Ireland the word City denotes «a considerable town that has been,(a) an episcopal seat,(b) a royal burgh, or(c) created to the dignity, like Birmingham, Dundee, and Belfast,by a royal patent. In the United States and Canada, amunicipality of the first class, governed by a mayor andaldermen, and created by charter.» (`Standard.')In Victoria, by section ix. of the Local Government Act, 1890,54 Victoria, No. 1112, the Governor-in-Council may make orders,\#12:

«To declare any borough, including the city of Melbourne andthe town of Geelong, having in the year preceding suchdeclaration a gross revenue of not less than twenty thousandpounds, a city.»

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