Scope and Contents This book begins with the minutes for the first Invercargill Municipal Council meeting held at the Council Hall Kelvin St on Monday 11 September 1871. Mayor: William Wood Councillors: Thomas Pratt; George Lumsden; William Blackwood; George Goodwillie; Henry Jaggers; Robert Tapper; Henry Thomas Ross and William Garthwaite. The first balance sheet for the Corporation of Invercargill as at 30 December 1871 has been framed and is in the library archive.