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32. Plans returned to surveyors for correction are to be at once amended as directed, and be returned to the Chief Surveyor.

33. All plans for use under the Land Transfer Act are to be signed by the proprietor of the land, or by his lawfully-authorised attorney or agent.

34. All plans shall show on the face of them the town district, borough, or road district within which the land is situated.

35. These regulations shall come into force on and after the 15th day of February, 1897.

As witness my hand, this seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

S. PERCY SMITH,
Surveyor-General of New Zealand.

In pursuance of the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, approves of the foregoing regulations.

Approved in Council, this eleventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

GLASGOW.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
For Clerk of the Executive Council.

Bankruptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, helden at Napier.

NOTICE is hereby given that ALFRED GEORGE HUGHES, of Woodville, Dentist, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at the Courthouse, Woodville, on Wednesday, the 10th day of February, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

M. W. P. LASCELLES,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Napier, 1st February, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, helden at Wanganui.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM HAMMOND and HERBERT VERNON HAMMOND, of York Farm, near Marton, Sheepfarmers and copartners, were this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at County Council Chambers, Marton, on Wednesday, the 10th day of February, 1897, at 10 o’clock a.m.

JOHN NOTMAN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Wanganui, 28th January, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wanganui, helden at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the under-mentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be helden on Thursday, the 4th day of February, 1897, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.

Dated this 19th day of January, 1897.

T. M. Mitchell, Road-overseer, Rongotea.
G. P. Kitchen, Saddler, Palmerston North.
William Goodwin, Contractor, Pemberton.
Frederick Hobden, Sailmaker, Palmerston North.
Benjamin Pepper, Saddler, Otaki.
Robert Wahle, Blacksmith, Halcombe.
Robert Rush, Turner, Palmerston North.
Frank Lowe, Labourer, Oroua Bridge.
Hugh Cameron, Carpenter, Palmerston North.
John Gartner, Labourer, Bunnythorpe.
R. C. Templar, Dairy-farmer, Cheltenham.

G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 19th January, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, helden at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that DAVID BRAID, of Johnsonville, Baker and Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at my office, on Monday, the 1st day of February, 1897, at 2.30 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 28th January, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, helden at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY GEORGE, of Wilson Street, Newtown, Wellington, Carpenter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at my office, on Thursday, the 4th day of February, 1897, at 2.30 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 28th January, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, helden at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that HO KEE, of Wellington, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt on creditors’ petition; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at my office, on Monday, the 8th day of February, 1897, at 2.30 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 2nd February, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Nelson District Court, helden at Nelson.

In the matter of “The Bankruptcy Act, 1892”; and in the matter of HANNAH MARY COFFEY, of Nelson, Hotelkeeper, a bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first and final dividend, of 2s. 4d. in the pound, is now payable on all proved claims against the above estate at my office, Nelson,
Creditors holding acceptances will be required to produce the same for indorsement.

A. A. SCAIFE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Nelson, 28th January, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, helden at Westport.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the under-mentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be helden on Tuesday, the 23rd day of February, 1897, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.

Dated this 1st day of February, 1897.

William Robinson, Blacksmith, Coalbrookdale.
Henri Pain, Cordial-manufacturer, Westport.
William Neighbours, Brickmaker, Waimangaroa.
John Edward Sheldon, Miner, Addison’s Flat.
Alfred Wright, Medical Practitioner, Westport.
Charles Corr, Storekeeper, Westport.
Johanna Stewart, Hotelkeeper, Westport.
Thomas Sharp, Miner, Denniston.
Thomas Eugene Snow, Tailor, Westport,
John George Lakin, Bootmaker, Denniston.
William Mailer, Bootmaker, Westport.
Frederick Heisse, Miner, Addison’s Flat.
Andrew Howie McLuskie, Storekeeper, Denniston.
Thomas Hansen, Labourer, Fairdown,
George Howard Snow, Miner, Denniston.
Eliza Phillips, Boardinghouse-keeper, Westport.
Julius August Sorensen, Bushman, Westport.
John Breen, Contractor, Mokihinui.
George Eyeington, Miner, Mokihinui.

A. D. BAYFEILD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, helden at Christchurch.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN WILD, of Papanui, Coach-proprietor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at my office, on the 5th day of February, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

G. L. GREENWOOD,
Official Assignee.

Christchurch, 30th January, 1897.