THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 11th September, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the undermentioned officer, viz.:-
Captain James A. Poole, Canterbury Rifle
Volunteers.
T. M. HAULTAIN.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 6th September, 1867.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments in the Customs
Department:-
Auckland.
Alexander Rose to be Landing Surveyor at the
Port of Auckland.
R. J. La Nauze to be First Clerk at the Port of
Auckland.
Alexander Muir to be Acting Sub-Collector at
Mongonui.
Napier.
Joseph Molière Tabateau to be Collector at Napier.
Canterbury.
H. F. Andrews to be Landing Surveyor at the
Port of Lyttelton.
Dugald McKeller to be First Clerk at the Port of
Lyttelton.
Otago.
G. B. Mitchell to be Sub-Collector at the Port of
Molyneux.
J. C. RICHMOND.

Office of the Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 6th September, 1867.
THE undermentioned person has been duly licensed
to act as Custom House Agent at the Port of
Westport-
THOMAS ANCELL.
WILLIAM SEED,
Secretary.

Secretary of Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th August, 1867.
NOTICE is hereby given that the application made
by Edmund White, for sixteen (16) acres one
(1) rood and thirty-seven (37) perches of land,
situate at Skippers Creek, in the district of Queens-
town, in the Province of Otago, for gold mining
purposes, has been withdrawn; and that the said
land is open for occupation by holders of Miners'
Rights.
ALFRED DOMETT,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

COMPENSATION CLAIMS. - Notice is hereby
given that the Colonial Government will not
recognize any claim for compensation for losses
arising in the Province of Auckland out of the
Native war, unless such claim shall have been
formally made on or before the 1st October next,
and that no claim for losses sustained previously to
the 11th July, 1863, will be admitted.
DANIEL POLLEN,
Agent for General Government.
Auckland, 9th August, 1867.

NGA tangata tono utu mo o ratou taonga i ngaro
i roto i te takiwa o te whawhai. - He panuitanga
tenei kia mohiotia ai e kore e manaakitia e te
Kawanatanga o te Koroni te tono utu a tetahi
tangata mo ana taonga i ngaro i roto i te takiwa o te
whawhai Maori i te Porowini o Akarana, arai ki te
kore ia e tuku mai tana pukapuka tono utu i mua
mai o te 1 o nga ra o Oketopa e haere ake nei, a
ekore hoki e manaakitia te tono utu a tetahi tangata
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mo ana taonga i ngaro i mua atu o te 11 o nga ra o
Hurai, 1863.
Akarana, 9 Akuhata, 1867.
DANIEL POLLEN

THE Partnership entered into between the under-
signed Julius Vogel and Benjamin Leopold
Farjeon, on the fifteenth day of November, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, under the
firm or style of "J. Vogel and Co.," as Newspaper
Proprietors in Dunedin, Otago, is dissolved by
mutual consent.
All debts due by the firm will be paid by the said
Julius Vogel, who will receive all moneys due to the
firm.
Dated the thirteenth day of July, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JULIUS VOGEL.
Witness to the signature of Julius
Vogel-JOHN HYDE HARRIS, solici-
tor, Dunedin.
BENJAMIN LEOPOLD FARJEON.
Witness to the signature of Benjamin
Leopold Farjeon-EDWARD FFRANCIS
WARD, solicitor, Dunedin.

IN the Supreme Court of New Zealand: Otago and
Southland District.
In the matter of the petition of John Switzer, of
Princes Street, Dunedin, in the Province of
Otago, New Zealand, boot and shoe importer, a
bankrupt; and in the matter of "The Debtors
and Creditors Act, 1862," and "The Debtors
and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865," and
"The Debtors and Creditors Acts Amendment
Act, 1866."
THE matter of this petition coming on this day
for the second hearing thereof, upon reading the
order for sequestration and vesting of the estate of
the bankrupt made in these matters, and dated the
eighteenth day of May last, and upon hearing Mr.
Cook, the bankrupt's counsel. It is ordered that
George Brodie, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago,
inspector in bankruptcy and interim sequestrator
of the said estate, be and he is hereby appointed
sole trustee of the estate and effects of the bankrupt.
And it is further ordered that all the real and
personal estate of the bankrupt which shall vest in
the said George Brodie by virtue of his said appoint-
ment, shall be held by him, his heirs, executors, and
administrators respectively, (except the wearing
apparel of the bankrupt, his wife and children, which
shall be retained by them,) upon and for the follow-
ing trusts and purposes, namely-

1. To sell, collect, and get in, such real and
   personal estate, and receive the moneys arising
   therefrom, and to execute all necessary conveyances
   and assurances thereof.
2. To retain and pay all expenses properly incurred
   of and attending such sale, collection, and getting in.
3. To pay the poundage and fees payable under
   the abovementioned Acts.
4. To pay the costs properly incurred of and
   incidental to the petition in these matters and sub-
   sequent thereto, such costs to be taxed, and also all
   costs and expenses in these matters which have been
   or shall be ordered by this Court, or by any Judge
   thereof, to be paid out of the estate of the bankrupt.
5. To distribute the net residue of the said trust
   moneys between and amongst and for the benefit of
   all the creditors of the bankrupt who where his
   creditors at the time of the presentation of the said
   petition, and who shall duly prove their debts by
   affidavit sworn and filed within three calendar months