Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, October 29, 1864.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Silas Stedman, M.D.,
to be Consulting Physician to the Christchurch Hospital.

Wm. Rolleston,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Christchurch, October 29, 1864.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Henry Honsford Prinns, M.R.C.S.,
to be Resident Surgeon of the Christchurch Hospital.

Wm. Rolleston,
Provincial Secretary.

Public Works Office,
Christchurch, Oct. 24, 1864.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has appointed

Charles Augustus Tipping
to be Telegraphist at the Ferrymead Electric Telegraph Station.

The appointment to date from the 1st October instant.

John Hall,
Secretary for Public Works.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Canterbury District.

In the matter of “The Debtors’ and Creditors’ Act, 1862.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the several orders bearing the dates hereinafter mentioned, the several estates of the under-mentioned debtors were sequestrated, and Henry Fowle Seager, of Christchurch, printer, was appointed Receiver to such estates, and Tuesday, the Fifteenth day of November next, was appointed for the hearing of the several petitions, at the Court House, Christchurch, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon:—

1864:
5th August—William Corbet, of Christchurch, builder.
12th August—Joseph Ashby, of Christchurch, tailor.
18th August—Benjamin Packwood, of Kaiapoi, laborer, previously a storekeeper, and formerly of the North Road, near Kaiapoi, farmer.
9th September—Tom Waterworth, of Lyttelton, mason and builder, previously in copartnership with James Haigh and John Stimson, trading under the name of “Waterworth and Co.,” as quarryman, at Quaile Island, and formerly...

18th September—Hyman Joseph, of Christchurch, fancy warehouseman, formerly of the Otago Diggings, storekeeper and auctioneer.
27th September—Samuel Williams, of the Timaru Hotel, Timaru, licensed victualler.
30th September—James Rule, of Christchurch, veterinary surgeon, formerly in copartnership with Thomas Gorthorn Rule, trading under the name or style of “Rule, Brothers,” as livery stable keepers, blacksmiths, and veterinary surgeons.

7th October—James Williams, of Lyttelton, builder.
7th October—Henry Sheeres, of Lyttelton, and previously of Christchurch, a Lodging-house Keeper, formerly of Kaiapoi, nurseryman.
18th September—William Fisher, accountant and solicitor’s clerk.

[In this case the debtor does not seek ultimate relief from his liabilities, but merely for time to pay the same in full.]

Francis Slater,
Christchurch,
Solicitor to the above-named Petitioners.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Canterbury District.

In the matter of “The Debtors’ and Creditors’ Act, 1862.”

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of the several orders of the Court, at a sitting under the above-named Act held at the Court House, Christchurch, on the Fifteenth day of August last, the further hearing of the under-mentioned petitions was adjourned until Tuesday, the Fifteenth day of November next, at the Court House aforesaid, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon:—

William Merritt, late of Christchurch, carter.
John Mummery, of Christchurch, late storekeeper.
James Lumsden, of Arowhenua, carpenter and builder.
John Elvines, of Christchurch, late a greengrocer.
Stephen Saul Brighting, of Christchurch, late a storekeeper.
Thomas Gorthorn Rule, of Christchurch, commission agent, previously a livery stable keeper and blacksmith, and formerly in copartnership with James Rule, trading under the name or style of “Rule, Brothers,” as livery stable keepers and blacksmiths.

trading in copartnership with Robert Harrison and B. W. D. Cook, under the name or style of “Harrison and Co.,” quarryman.