THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 207

Description of District :
The whole of the Province of Auckland.
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Grey, Knight Commander of
the Most Honorable Order of the Bath,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, at the
Government House, at Wellington, and
issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
this twenty-second day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-third day of May, 1866.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Intestate Estates Act, 1865,"
it is amongst other things enacted that it
shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from
time to time, and as occasion may require, to appoint
for each Province in the Colony a fit and proper
person to act as Curator of Estates of deceased
persons, and in like manner to remove such Curator
or any successor in office of such Curator; and on
the death, resignation, or removal of any such
Curator, to appoint some other fit and proper person
in his stead; and it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council from time to time to fix the place or town
at which each Curator so appointed shall keep his
office:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance
and exercise of the said power and authority in him
vested for this purpose, appoint

JAMES HUNTER CAMPBELL,
of Napier, in the Province of Hawke's Bay, Esquire,
to act as Curator of Estates of deceased persons in
and for the Province of Hawke's Bay; and doth,
with the like advice and consent, fix and appoint the
Town of Napier aforesaid to be the place at which
the said James Hunter Campbell as such Curator as
aforesaid shall keep his office.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-third day of May, 1866.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Debtors and Creditors Act
Amendment Act, 1865," it is provided that the
Governor in Council may, from time to time, frame
regulations for the conduct of business under "The
Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," or the said
"Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865,"
by Registrars of the Supreme Court, sequestrators,
trustees, inspectors, receivers, attorneys, and solici-
tors, agents, auctioneers, and other persons employed
in the management or winding up of sequestered
estates, and may impose penalties on persons dis-
obeying such regulations not exceeding one hundred
pounds for each offence; and all registrars, seques-
trators, trustees, and inspectors, and all receivers,
attorneys, solicitors, agents, and auctioneers employed
as aforesaid shall be bound to do observe and per-
form all matters and things whatever enjoined and
required by such regulations, and the Governor may
from time to time rescind, alter or vary any such
regulations: Now therefore, His Excellency the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby, in
pursuance and exercise of the said power and au-
thority in him vested for this purpose, make and put
in force the following regulations for the conduct of
business under the said "Debtors and Creditors Act,
1862," and the said "Debtors and Creditors Act
Amendment Act, 1865," by Registrars of the Supreme
Court, sequestrators, trustees, inspectors, receivers,
attorneys, and solicitors, agents, auctioneers, and
other persons employed in the management or wind-
ing up of sequestered estates.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

REGULATIONS.

I.—Registrars.

1. It shall be the duty of every Registrar to
   forward notices to every sequestrator or trustee
   appointed by the Court, informing him of his
   appointment, and requiring from him an intimation
   as to whether he will accept the office or decline it;
   and should any such sequestrator or trustee refuse
   or neglect to accept the office within a reasonable
   period, it shall be the duty of the Registrar to report
   the same to the Supreme Court.

2. Every Registrar shall, immediately after the
   filing of a petition and schedule, furnish to the
   Inspector in Bankruptcy a copy of the same.

3. Every Registrar shall, at the termination of
   every six months, furnish upon oath to the Supreme
   Court, a statement of the receipts and disbursements
   out of the Insolvent Estate Fund.

II.—Inspectors.

4. Every Inspector shall keep a book of register,
   as well as a book that shall show a statement of all
   receipts and expenditure relating to the several
   estates under administration, which books shall be
   open during office hours for the inspection of any
   creditor who has proved his debt, and shall be in the
   form A. prescribed in the Schedule hereunto annexed.

5. When any Inspector shall issue a summons for
   the attendance of any debtor, sequestrator, trustee,
   receiver, attorney, solicitor, agent, auctioneer, or
   other person employed in the management or winding-
   up of a sequestered estate, it shall be in the form
   B. prescribed in the Schedule hereunto annexed.

6. Before payment of costs, charges, or expenses,
   by any sequestrator or trustee, an account of them
   shall be submitted for approval to the Inspector, who
   may certify to the same.

7. Every Inspector shall, at the expiration of each
   calendar month, forward to the Colonial Treasurer or
   the Sub-Treasurer of his district, a statement showing
   the amount of fees payable by sequestrators or trustees
   upon the assets realized each month in respect of
   the estates under his inspection, such statement to
   be in the form C. prescribed in the Schedule here-
   unto annexed.

III.—Sequestrators, Trustees, &c.

8. Every interim sequestrator, sequestrator, or
   trustee, shall, immediately after the date of his
   appointment as sequestrator or trustee of any estate,
   place himself in communication with the Inspector,
   who shall thereupon furnish him with a copy of the
   rules by which he shall be guided in the administra-
   tion of the estate.