Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, May 17, 1864.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint the following Gentlemen to act as a Commission, to promote the cultivation and planting of the Government Domain, in connection with the objects of the Acclimatization Society :

The Honorable JOHN HALL, Esq., Secretary for Public Works.

The Honorable HENRY SEWELL, Esq.

GROSVENOR MILES, Esq.

JAMES HILL, Esq.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, May 17, 1864.

HIS Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint the following Gentlemen to act on the Commission to re-consider the Lines of Railway projected to the South and North, and the Bridges over the large Rivers in connection therewith,

The Honorable JOHN HALL, Esq., Secretary for Public Works.

RICHARD JAMES STRACHAN HARMAN, Esq.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

CHRISTOPHER ALDERSON CALVERT,
Registrar.

[L.S.]

FRANCIS SLATER,
Solicitor to the Petition.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

In the matter of " The Debtors’ and Creditors’ Act, 1862 ;" and

In the matter of the estate of George Cameron, Robert Donaldson, and Robert Cameron, of the Heathcote Mill, Christchurch, millers, co-partners, trading as Cameron, Donaldson, and Cameron; and

In the matter of the petition of the said co-partners, George Cameron, Robert Donaldson, and Robert Cameron, debtors.

IN CHAMBERS :

This Tenth day of May, 1864.

UPON the application of Mr. Hanmer of Counsel for the said petitioners, George Cameron, Robert Donaldson, and Robert Cameron, after reading the said petition purporting to be signed by the said petitioners, co-partners, and debtors aforesaid, and to be concurred in by Henry Wynn Williams, of Christchurch, gentleman, a Creditor of the said co-partnership estate to the extent of not less than Fifty pounds in the whole, and also certain schedules, and also an affidavit to the said petition annexed, and therewith filed on the ninth day of May instant, pursuant to the said Act, this Court being satisfied of the truth of the matters contained in the said petition, doth hereby grant an ad interim order of sequestration of the co-partnership estates and effects of the said co-partners George Cameron, Robert Donaldson, and Robert Cameron; and doth direct that the said co-partnership estate and effects shall be taken and held by Henry Fowle Seager, of Christchurch, printer, as receiver under the said Act hereby appointed by the Court, subject to such further order of the Court as may be made under or in pursuance of the provisions of this Act: And this Court doth hereby appoint the first day of sittings of the Court under the said Act after fourteen days from the date hereof, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the hearing of such Petition and the proofs 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 Elvines from arrest, execution, or legal process until further orders of this Court.

By the Court,

CHRISTOPHER ALDERSON CALVERT,
Registrar.

FRANCIS SLATER,
Solicitor to the Petition.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

In the matter of " The Debtors’ and Creditors’ Act, 1862 ;" and

In the matter of the estate of John Elvines, Colombo-street, Christchurch, in the Province of Canterbury, in the Colony of New Zealand, merchants’ storeman, formerly of Colombo-street aforesaid, greengrocer ; and

In the matter of the Petition of the said John Elvines, a debtor.

IN CHAMBERS :

This Thirteenth day of May, 1864.

UPON the application of Mr. Slater of Counsel for the said Petitioner, John Elvines, after reading the said Petition purporting to be signed by the said Petitioner, such Debtor as aforesaid, and to be concurred in by Alexander Mathews of High-street, Christchurch, grocer, a creditor to the extent of not less than Fifty pounds in the whole, and also certain schedules and also an affidavit to the said Petition annexed, and therewith filed on this Thirteenth day of May, pursuant to the said Act, this Court being satisfied of the truth of the matters contained in the said Petition, doth hereby grant an ad interim order of sequestration of the estate and effects of the said John Elvines, and doth direct that the estate and effects of the said John Elvines shall be taken and held by Henry Fowle Seager, of Christchurch, printer, as receiver under the said Act, hereby appointed by the Court, subject to such further order of the Court as may be made under or in pursuance of the provisions of this Act: And this Court doth hereby appoint the first day of sittings of the Court under the said Act after fourteen days from the date hereof, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the hearing of such Petition and the proofs 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 Elvines from arrest, execution, or legal process until further orders of this Court.

By the Court,

CHRISTOPHER ALDERSON CALVERT,
Registrar.

FRANCIS SLATER,
Solicitor to the Petition.