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that the said notice shall have been previously published thrice or oftener in the GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, and in some one or more of the Newspapers of the Colony, at the discretion of the Trustees ; and three calendar months at least shall have elapsed subsequently to such last publication, before payment be made in satisfaction of any such claim or demands: And provided also, that if any creditor of the deceased, whose debts shall not exceed the sum of Ten Pounds, shall put in his or her claim to be paid, it shall be lawful for the said Trustees to pay the same without such public notice as aforesaid: And provided further, that the above Regulation shall not be taken to interfere with the legal title and claim of any representative or representatives of such Depositor deceased, who shall produce probate of the Will of the same, or letters of administration of his or her effects : Provided also, that if any payment shall be made from the funds of the said Savings Bank by the Trustees thereof, as hereinbefore directed, and the party or parties claiming and receiving the same, shall afterwards be proved not to be the lawful representative or representatives of the Depositor so deceased, as aforesaid, or otherwise not entitled to the same, such payment shall be valid against any demand of any other person or persons as representative or representatives of the said deceased Depositor, or any other person or persons whomsoever; nevertheless, such lawful representative or representatives, or other person or persons shall have remedy for such money so paid as aforesaid, against the person or persons who shall have so wrongfully received the same.

THAT DEPOSITORS MAY WITHDRAW THEIR DEPOSITS,

If not exceeding £5, ........ on 7 days notice
Exceeding £5, and not more than £20, 14 "
" £20 " " £50, 21 "
" £50 " " £100, 28 "

That Infants may make Deposits. That in case any Depositor, in the funds of the said Savings Bank, shall die, leaving a sum of money in the said Saving’s Bank, which with the Interest thereon, shall not exceed in the whole Twenty Pounds, it shall be lawful for the Trustees, and they are hereby authorized and permitted, in case such Trustees shall be satisfied that no Will was made and left by such deceased Depositor, and that no letters of administration will be taken out of the goods and chattels of such Depositor, to pay the same at any time after the decease of such Depositor, according to the Rules and Regulations of the said Savings Bank ; and in the event of there being no Rules and Regulations made in that behalf, then the said Trustees are hereby authorized and permitted to pay out of such sum of money, all just debts due, or owing by such deceased Depositor, and to defray the expense of his or her funeral, so far as the said sum of money shall extend, and to pay and divide the surplus, if any there be, after paying such debts and defraying such expenses as aforesaid, to and amongst the person or persons entitled to the effects of the deceased intestate, according to the statute of distributions.

That in case any Depositor of any money in the funds of the said Savings Bank shall die, leaving any sum or sums of money in the said funds, or there shall be any dividends or interest due thereon, belonging to him or her, at the time of his or her death, which said several sums shall exceed in the whole the sum of Twenty Pounds, the same shall not be paid to any person or persons claiming to be the representative or representatives, or next of kin, or creditor or creditors of such Depositor, unless such person or persons shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the said Trustees, or to the Accountant of the said Savings Bank, a notice in writing, signed with his, her, or their names, in the presence of two credible witnesses, setting forth the grounds upon which he, she, or they claim to be entitled to receive the said sum or sums of money belonging to the said Depositor at the time of his or her death, or any part or parts thereof : Provided always,

SUPREME COURT.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a sitting of the Supreme Court for the despatch of Criminal Business, will be holden at the Court House, Auckland, on Thursday, the 1st day of June next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon ; and that a sitting for the despatch of Civil business will be holden at the Court house, on Wednesday the seventh day of June next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at which times and place all persons under recognizance to appear either as Prosecutors, Defendants, or Witnesses, are required to give their attendance.

THOS. OUTHWAITE,
Registrar.

Supreme Court Office,
Auckland, 2nd May, 1848.

Auckland :—Printed for the New Zealand Government by WILLIAMSON and WILSON.