THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
121

the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following names of Officiating Ministers,
within the meaning of the said Act, are published for
general information :-

Baptists.
The Rev. EDWIN STANLEY BROOKES, Senior.
Hebrew Congregations.
Mr. HENRY JONES.

I, JOHN B. BENNETT, Registrar-General of Births,
Deaths, and Marriages, in New Zealand, do hereby
certify that the foregoing NAMES of OFFICIATING
MINISTERS, within the meaning of "The Marriage
Act, 1854," have been sent in to me, in addition to
the names in Lists published in the New Zealand
Gazette, No. 6, of the 30th of January, No. 9, of
the 13th February; and No. 13, of the 3rd March,
in the present year.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
ninth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-eight.
JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

N the Supreme Court of New Zealand: Canterbury
District.

In the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Acts,
and in the matter of the estate of James Wilson,
of Duvanchelle's Bay, Akaroa, ship-builder and
storekeeper, a debtor, and in the matter of the
petition of the said debtor.

WEDNESDAY the eighteenth day of December, 1867,
at a meeting of the Court pursuant to the said Acts,
upon the application of Mr. Garrick, of counsel for
the said debtor, and upon reading the order made on
the fifteenth day of November last past, and the
affidavit of James Bickerton Fisher sworn herein,
and filed on the seventeenth day of December instant,
the said debtor appearing and attending in person,
and upon examination of the said debtor, this
Court doth declare that the following persons and
firms respectively, have proved their debts or claims
namely:-

NAMES.
Nil.

RESIDENCES.
Nil.

AMOUNT.
Nil.

And upon consideration of the matters aforesaid at
this the final hearing of the said petition, this Court
doth further declare that the said debtor is entitled
to full relief according to the provisions of the said
Acts. And this Court doth further order that Frederic
Henry Melville Walker, of Christchurch, in the
Canterbury District aforesaid, accountant, be and he
is hereby appointed trustee, to recover and receive
all debts, moneys, goods, chattels, estate, and effects,
in any way belonging to or due and payable to the
said debtor, upon the trusts, with the powers, and
subject to the conditions requisite, for the purpose
of selling, disposing of, getting in, and receiving or,
otherwise realizing such estate, moneys, goods,
chattels, and effects, and thereout in the first place
of payment of all fees payable by law, and in the
next place of satisfying all costs, charges, and expenses,
incurred by order of the Court, or incidental to the
execution of such trust, and all fees of Court, and
such other sums of money (if any) as shall be ordered
by the Court, and subject thereto, for the purpose of
a just distribution and administration of such estate,
between and amongst and for the benefit of all the
creditors of the said debtor who have so proved their
debts or claims as aforesaid, by way of pro rata

distribution, subject to existing legal priorities; and
subject thereto of all creditors of the said debtor (if
any) at the time of filing the said petition, as shall
within six calendar months from the date of this
order, have proved their claims to the satisfaction of
the Court, or a Judge thereof, likewise by way of pro
rata distribution, subject to existing legal priorities.
And this Court doth further order, that in the mean-
time and until further order of the Court, the said
debtor and his estate shall be deemed to be protected
from arrest, execution, and other legal process in
respect of all debts of and claims against the said
debtor, specified in the Schedule annexed to the said
petition, namely:--

NAME.
RESIDENCE
AMOUNT.

Allen, George
Waimate
£ s. d.
Gundy, John
Akaroa
2 4 9
Malcolmson, James
Lyttelton
0 4 6
Peter, David
Robinson's
0 7 2
Bay
2 3 6

Dalglish, Hugh
Akaroa
0 1 1
Buchanan, A.
West Coast
0 4 2
Bales, Joseph
Akaroa
21 3 8
Wheatley, William
Akaroa
9 5 4
Tozer, Edward
Akaroa
20 16 7
Ward and Reeves
Christchurch
3 11 0
Malmanche, E.
Akaroa
1 5 0
Dunsford, Henry
Lyttelton
33 0 0
Ritchie, Thomas
Lyttelton
10 5 0
Latter, Edward Circuit
1,478 2 5
Several creditors (names
unknown) holding accep-
tances of debtor, 2s. in the
pound on amount of their
claims
McLean, Charles
Akaroa
64 7 4
Edwards, Joseph
...
0 9 7
Gloster, E.
...
6 12 4
Murie, Andrew
...
1 7 9
Martindale, Thomas
...
2 2 5
Carlile, Thomas
Akaroa
7 2 5
Barwick, John
Akaroa
14 13 6
Bassard, John
Akaroa
6 2 2
9 16 9
1,695 8 5

And it is hereby declared that upon compliance by
the said petitioner with the terms of this order he
shall be released and discharged from all debts
liabilities and engagements specified herein, this
Court expressly reserving to the petitioner, the
receiver, the said trustee, and the said creditors,
liberty to apply to the Court, as they may see fit or
be advised.

By the Court,
(L.S.)
EDWARD S. WILCOCKS,
Registrar.

N the Supreme Court of New Zealand: Canterbury
District.

In the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Acts, and
in the matter of the estate of George Oram, a
debtor, and in the matter of the petition of the
said debtor.

WEDNESDAY, the eighteenth day of December, 1867,
at a sitting of the Court pursuant to the said Acts,
upon the application of Mr. Garrick, of counsel for
the said debtor, after reading the order made on the
fifteenth day of November last past, and the affidavit
of James Bickerton Fisher sworn herein and filed on
the seventeenth day of December instant, the said
debtor appearing and attending in person, and upon
examination of the said debtor, this Court doth
declare that the following persons and firms respec-
tively have proved their debts or claims.