Numb. 57.

399

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1866.

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twelfth day of October, 1866.

Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Intestate Estates Act, 1865,"
it is amongst other things enacted that every
person appointed Curator shall forthwith provide
security for such sum, not being less than two
thousand pounds, and in such manner and form as
the Governor in Council shall from time to time
direct, for the due performance of the duties of his
office, and for the due accounting for and payment of
all moneys which shall come to the possession or be
under the control of himself or his agents by reason
of or by virtue of his or their office or employment:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
pursuance and exercise of the power so vested in him
as aforesaid, doth hereby, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, order
and direct that the security to be given by every
person appointed to be a Curator of Intestate Estates
under the provisions of the above recited Act shall
be a joint and several bond in the form set forth
in the Schedule hereto, which shall be entered into
and executed by the Curator or principal, together
with two approved sureties, for the sum of two
thousand pounds, subject to the condition that no
more than the sum of one thousand pounds shall be
recoverable from each of the persons appointed
sureties.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

KNOW all men by these presents that we¹
and² are held and firmly bound unto
Her Majesty Queen Victoria in the sum of ³
pounds of good and lawful money of
Great Britain, to be paid unto our said Lady
the Queen, Her heirs and successors, for
which payment, well and truly to be made, we
bind ourselves and every of us, jointly and
severally for and in the whole, and the heirs,
executors, and administrators of us and every
of us, firmly by these presents. Sealed with
our seals. Dated this⁴ day of
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and

WHEREAS the said
has been appointed
a Curator of Intestate Estates and whereas the above
bounden
have agreed to join with the said
in the above written bond or obligation as the
sureties of the said
for the due and faithful
performance of the duties of his said office:

Now the condition of the above written obligation
is such that if the said
from time to time, so
long as he shall continue and be employed in the
said office, shall duly perform the duties of the said
office, and duly account for and pay over all moneys
which shall come to the possession, or be under the
control of himself or his agents, by reason of or by
virtue of the said office or employment: and shall
from time to time observe and keep all such orders
and instructions as he shall receive from the
Governor of New Zealand for the time being
touching the due performance and execution of the
said office: and shall from time to time, and at all
times hereafter, so long as he shall hold the said
office well and truly, faithfully and honestly, to the
best of his skill and ability, exercise, obey, discharge
and perform all the duties thereof, and also all the
powers, directions, duties and obligations given to
conferred upon or to be performed and discharged
by him under any law for the time being relating to
the said office: and shall, when thereunto required,
deliver up all books, deeds, rules of the Supreme Court,
vouchers, and other papers relating to the said
office, and also such commission warrant or authority
as he hath received or shall receive from the
Governor, to such person as the Governor shall
direct and appoint to receive the same: then this