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appoint Tuesday, the 15th day of December
next, at Eleven o’clock in the Forenoon, for
the hearing of such petition, and proof of
debts and claims of creditors, at the Court-house, Christchurch aforesaid. And the
Court doth also further order and grant an
ad interim order of protection to protect the
person and estate of the

said John Frederick Ballard

from arrest, execution, or
other legal process, until
further order of the Court.

By the Court,

CHRIS. ALDERSON CALVERT,
Registrar.

HARSTON & COWLISHAW,
Solicitors to the Petition.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW

ZEALAND.

CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

In the matter of the “Debtors’ and Creditors’
Act, 1862,” and of the Estate of Thomas
Atkinson, lately carrying on business at
Lyttelton, in the said District, as an hotel
keeper, a debtor.

THIS Seventeenth day of November, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-
three, upon reading the petition and affidavit
of Edward Allen Hargreaves in this matter,
filed on the 28th day of August last, and the
order of this Court made on the said 28th
day of August last, and upon viva voce examination of the above-mentioned debtor upon
his oath, the Court doth order that the
hearing of the said petition be adjourned
until the 15th day of December next, and
that a meeting of the creditors of the said
debtor who shall have proved their debts or
claims, shall be held at the offices of Messrs.
Harston and Cowlishaw, solicitors, in Cathedral-square, at Christchurch, in the said
province, on Monday, the

30th day of November instant,

for the purpose of recommending to this Court persons to act as trustees of the
said estate.

By the Court,

CHRIS. ALDERSON CALVERT,
Registrar.

HARSTON & COWLISHAW,
Solicitors to the Petition.

Henry Jones, of Cashel-street, Christchurch aforesaid, builder, formerly of Kaiapoi,
in the Province of Canterbury, storekeeper.

Andrew Cooper Riggs, of East Town
Belt, previously of Chester-street east, and
formerly of Armagh-street, all in Christchurch aforesaid, carpenter and builder.

William Tuckerman Stephens, of Avon
Mill, near Papanui-road, Christchurch aforesaid, miller, previously in co-partnership
with Joseph Fantham, trading under the
name or style of “Stephens and Fantham,”
at Avon Mill aforesaid; before then in co-partnership with George Cameron, trading
under the name or style of “Stephens and
Cameron;” before then, in co-partnership
with Richard Woodford, trading under the
name or style of “Woodford and Stephens,”
as millers.

Henry Jaggar, of the School-house,
Lincoln-road, in the Province of Canterbury,
cooper, but now out of business; previously
of Kaiapoi, in the said province, maltster
and brewer; before then, in co-partnership
with Francis Franks, trading under the name
or style of “Jaggar and Franks,” at Kaiapoi
aforesaid, as maltsters and brewers; and
formerly of Papanui-road, Christchurch,
maltster and brewer.

Septimus Lancelot Worsley, of Christchurch aforesaid, gentleman, formerly of
Wellington, merchant and shipping agent,
and during a portion of the time trading at
Wellington aforesaid, in co-partnership with
William Wilson, under the name or style of
“Worsley, Wilson and Company,” as merchants and shipping agents.

William Merritt, of Colombo-street
south, formerly of Manchester-street, both
in Christchurch aforesaid, carter.

George Alexander, of Kaiapoi, in the
province of Canterbury, journeyman baker,
and formerly of Kaiapoi aforesaid, master
baker.

Harry Daniel Manning, of Oxford
Terrace, Christchurch, out of business, previously of Oxford Terrace aforesaid, mail
contractor and general carrier, during a portion of the time in co-partnership with
William Baines, trading as mail contractors and general carriers, under the name or
style of “Baines and Manning;” before then
of Barbadoes-street south, Town Belt East,
Christchurch aforesaid, hawker and general
dealer; formerly in co-partnership with
Thomas Preece, trading under the name or
style of “Manning and Preece,” as hawkers
and general dealers, in High-street, Christchurch, aforesaid.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW

ZEALAND.

CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

In the Matter of the Debtors’ and Creditors’ Act, 1862, and in the Matters of
the undermentioned Petitions, viz:—

Charles John Martin, late of the
Oriental, High-street, Christchurch, in the
Province of Canterbury, trading in co-partnership with George Lumley, under the name
or style of “Lumley and Martin,” as tobacconists and general dealers.

John Ward Stackleton, against George
Lumley, late of the above-named firm of
Lumley and Martin.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that,
pursuant to orders of the Supreme Court
made in the before-mentioned matters on
the 16th, 17th, and 19th days of November
instant, the further hearing of each and all
of the said petitions is adjourned to Tuesday,
the 15th day of December next, at 11 o’clock
in the forenoon, at the Court House, Christchurch.

FRANCIS SLATER,
Solicitor to the Petitions.

Dated this 25th day of November, 1863.