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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

H. McCulloch Appointed Principal Returning Officer
for Southland.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th September, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY MCCULLOCH, Esquire,
to be Principal Returning Officer for the Province of
Southland.
WILLIAM Fox.

The Otago Loan Ordinance 1862 Amendment
Ordinance, 1864,
which Bills were reserved for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, having been laid before
the Governor, His Excellency has been pleased to
assent to the same.
WILLIAM Fox.

PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 7th September, 1864.
Acts left to their operstion.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
CHARLES PERCY COX, Esquire,
to be Deputy to the Returning Officer for Provincial
Elections for the Districts of Rakaia and Ashburton.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1864.
THE following Ordinances, passed by the Superin-
tendent and Provincial Council of the Province
of Wellington, intituled
The Patent Slip Act, 1864,
The Patent Slip Site Act, 1864,
An Act to provide for the Branding of Horses,
Session XI., No. 5,
The Scab Amendment Act, 1864, and
The Appropriation Act, 1864-5,
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to leave the same to their opera-
tion.
WILLIAM Fox.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 12th September, 1864.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to
be Enumerators under the Census Acts:-
T. W. Downes, Esq., Marlborough,
John Hislop, Esq., Otago.
WILLIAM Fox.

Enquiries respecting Francois Gerard.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 6th September, 1864.
ENQUIRIES having been made respecting a
person named FRANCOIS GERARD, a native of
France, lately residing at Maldon, Tauangower, in
the Colony of Victoria, and who left that place for
New Zealand about nine months since with a French-
man named Victor Eleoe, a bootmaker from Castle-
maine, any one who can give information respect-
ing such a person will please communicate with this
office.
W. GISBORNE.

PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

Acts left to their operation.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1864.
THE following Acts, passed by the Superinten-
dent and Provincial Council of the Province of
Otago, intituled
The Provincial Public Notices Ordinance, 1864,
The Appropriation Ordinance, 1864,
The Bread Ordinance Amendment Ordinance,
1864,
The Police Regulation Ordinance, 1862, Amend-
ment Ordinance, 1864,
The Turnpikes Ordinance Amendment Ordinance,
1864,
The Dunedin Buildings Ordinance, 1862, Amend-
ment Ordinance, 1864,
The Licensing Amendment Ordinance, 1864,
The Education Ordinance, 1864,
The Cemetery Reserves Ordinance, 1864; and
The Cemetery Reserves Management Ordinance,
1864,
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has been pleased to leave the same to their operation.
WILLIAM Fox.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand.—Otago and
Southland District.

In the matter of the Petition of George Batters
Vause, of Tokomairiro, in the Province of Otago,
Saddler, late Hotel-keeper, a Debtor, and in the
matter of the Petition of James Finch, trading
as "James Finch & Co.," of Dunedin, in the
Province of Otago aforesaid, Merchant, a Cre-
ditor of the said George Batters Vause, to the
extent of not less than fifty pounds, and in the
matter of "The Debtors and Creditors Act,
1862."

UPON reading the Petition of the said George
Batters Vause and the several affidavits there-
unto annexed, and upon hearing Mr. Barton, of
Counsel for the said Petitioner, It is ordered that
within the space of seven days from the date of this
order, or within such extended time as this Court
may grant for that purpose, the said petitioner do
convey, assign, and make over all his real and per-
sonal estate and effects, unto James Finch, of
Dunedin, Merchant, and William Bridgman, of
Tokomairiro, Settler, úpon trusts for the collection
and conversion into money of the said estate and
effects, and the distribution of the net proceeds,
pro rata, and subject to existing legal priorities (if
any) amongst such of the creditors of the said

PROVINCE OF OTAGO.

Bills assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 5th September, 1864.
THE following Bills, passed by the Provincial Coun-
cil of the Province of Otago, intituled
The Otago Harbour Loan Ordinance 1862 Amend-
ment Ordinance, 1864,
The Otago Public Buildings Loan Ordinance 1862
Amendment Ordinance, 1864, and