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under the 39th section of the said Act, and such | petitioner at the time of the presentation of the said
other sums of money (if any) as shall be ordered by | petition, and who should duly prove their debts by
this Court, and subject thereto, for the purpose of | affidavits within six calendar months from the date
justly distributing and administering the clear resi- | of the said order by way of pro rata distribution,
due of the said moneys, between and amongst and | subject to existing legal privities, and if there should
for the benefit of all the creditors of the said | be any surplus of the said moneys after answering
petitioner at the time of the presentation of his said | the purposes aforesaid, should pay such surplus to
petition, and who shall prove their debts by affidavit, | the said petitioner; and it was further ordered that
within six calendar months from the date of this | the Registrar of this Court, at Dunedin, should make
order, by way of pro rata distribution, subject to | and execute such cession and delivery, conveyance
existing legal privities, and if there shall be any | and assignment, in the name and on behalf of the
surplus of the said moneys after answering the | said petitioner, and that such conveyance and assign-
purposes aforesaid, should pay such surplus to the said | ment should contain all requisite powers for enabling
petitioner. And it is further ordered that the Regis- | the said Thomas Paterson and James Melville Balfour
trar of this Court, at Dunedin, shall make and | to recover and receive all debts, moneys, goods,
execute such cession and delivery, conveyance and | chattels, estate, and effects, in any way belonging to
assignment, in the name and on behalf of the said | or due and payable to the said petitioner; and the
petitioner, and that such conveyance and assignment | further consideration of the matters of the said peti-
shall contain all requisite powers for enabling the | tion was adjourned until this day; and whereas
said Thomas Paterson and James Melville Balfour to | Robert Chapman, Esquire, the said Registrar, has
recover and receive all debts, moneys, goods, chattels, | made and executed a deed of conveyance and assign-
estate, and effects in any way belonging to, or due | ment in the name and on behalf of the said petitioner,
and payable to the said petitioner. | and in conformity in all respects with the terms of
Dated this third day of July, one thousand eight | the said recited order: Now, upon production of the
hundred and sixty-five. | said deed of conveyance and assignment, and this
| Court being satisfied that the said petitioner has
By the Court, | complied with the terms of the said order, and upon
ROBERT CHAPMAN, | hearing Mr. Cook, of counsel for the said petitioner,
Registrar. | it is ordered that the said petitioner, Alfred Ferguson,
(L.S.) | be, and he is, hereby released and discharged from
| all his debts, liabilities, and engagements specified in
In the Supreme Court of New Zealand: Otago and | the said petition, and in the schedule thereto.
Southland District. | Dated this fourteenth day of August, one thousand
| eight hundred and sixty-five.
In the matter of the petition of Alfred Ferguson, of
Taieri Beach, in the Province of Otago, settler, | (L.S.)
a debtor; and in the matter of "The Debtors | By the Court.
and Creditors Act, 1862." | ROBT. CHAPΜΑΝ,
| Registrar.
WHEREAS the said Alfred Ferguson did, on the
twenty-third day of May last, with the con- | In the Supreme Court of New Zealand: Otago and
currence of Thomas Paterson, of Dunedin, in the | Southland District.
said Province, civil engineer, who was a creditor of
the said Alfred Ferguson to the extent of not less | In the matter of the petition of George Garside, of
than fifty pounds, present his petition to His Honor | Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, contractor,
Christopher William Richmond, Esquire, one of the | a debtor; and in the matter of "The Debtors
Judges of this Court, resident at Dunedin aforesaid, | and Creditors Act, 1862."
praying for sequestration of his estate for the benefit
of his creditors, and for relief, pursuant to the pro- | WHEREAS on the eighteenth day of August, in
visions of "The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862;" | the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
and whereas the said Judge, being satisfied of the | dred and sixty-five, upon reading the petition of the
truth of the matters contained in the said petition, | said George Garside, and the several affidavits there-
appointed Monday, the third day of July now last, | unto annexed, and upon hearing Mr. James Smith of
for hearing the same, on which day the petitioner | counsel for the said petitioner, it was ordered that
duly attended before this Court, when this Court did | the Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand
order that the said petitioner should, on or before | for the Otago and Southland District should, for and
the fourteenth day of August then next, or within | on behalf of the said insolvent, convey, assign, and
such extended time as this Court should grant for | make over all the real and personal estate and effects
that purpose, cede and deliver, convey and assign, | of the said George Garside unto Colman Burke, of
unto the said Thomas Paterson and James Melville | Dunedin, in the Province of Otago aforesaid, brewer,
Balfour, of Dunedin aforesaid, marine engineers, | subject to the usual trusts, for the benefit of creditors
their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, | who should prove their debts in accordance with the
respectively, according to the nature and quality | rules of this Court within six calendar months from
thereof respectively, all the estate and effects of the | the date of the said order, or within such further
petitioner, except as in the said order is excepted, | time as the Court should from time to time in that
upon trust for the purpose of selling, disposing of, | behalf appoint. And whereas the said Registrar, for
getting in, and receiving, or otherwise realizing the | and on behalf of the said insolvent, executed a deed
same, and in the first place paying, satisfying, and | of conveyance and assignment of the estate and
discharging all costs, charges, and expenses incurred | effects in conformity with the terms of the said
by order of this Court, or incidental to the execution | recited order, upon production of the said deed, and
of the trusts of the conveyance and assignment to | upon consideration of the matter, it is hereby ordered
be made in pursuance of the said order, and all fees | that the said George Garside be discharged and
of Court, and all payments to the Insolvent Estates | released from his debts, liabilities, and engagements
Fund, payable under the 39th section of the said Act, | specified in his said schedule.
Dated the second day of October, one thousand
and such other sums of money (if any) as should be | eight hundred and sixty-five.
ordered by this Court, and subject thereto, for the
purpose of justly distributing and administering the | By the Court.
clear residue of the said moneys between and amongst | ROBERT CHAPMAN,
and for the benefit of all the creditors of the said | Registrar.
(L.S.)