Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3337

(2.) By a Respondent.

WHEREAS a citation bearing date the day of 19, has issued under seal of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Wellington District, under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908,” at the instance of , claiming to have been lawfully married to , citing the said to appear in the said Court and then and there to make answer to a certain petition of the said filed in the said Court: And whereas the said is now a minor of the age of seven years and upwards, but under the age of twenty-one years, and therefore incapable by law of acting in her own name: Now, I, the said , do hereby make choice and elect my natural and lawful [father] and next-of-kin to be my curator and guardian for the purpose of entering an appearance for me and on my behalf in the said Court, and for the purpose of making answer for me to the said petition and of defending me in the said cause, and to abide for me in judgment until a final decree shall be given and pronounced herein or until I shall attain the age of twenty-one years; and I hereby appoint, &c. [as in the last form].

No. 18. APPLICATION TO ISSUE DECREE ABSOLUTE.

[Title of Suit.]

(1.) By a Petitioner.

I, , the petitioner in the above suit, do hereby request you to issue a decree absolute herein on the following grounds:—

1. The time limited for making the decree nisi absolute has expired.
2. No matter in opposition to the final decree is pending.
   Dated, &c.

, Petitioner.

[Or , Solicitor for the said Petitioner.]

To the Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at .

(2.) By a Respondent.

I, , the respondent in the above suit, do hereby request you to issue a decree absolute herein on the following grounds:—

1. The time limited for making the decree nisi absolute has expired.
2. More than one month has elapsed since the expiration of the time so limited, and the petitioner has refused or failed to apply to make the said decree absolute.
3. I have given three days’ notice in writing to the petitioner of my intention to make this request.
4. No matter in opposition to the final decree is pending.
   Dated, &c.

, Respondent.

[Or , Solicitor for the Respondent.]

To the Registrar, &c.

No. 19. BOND FOR SECURING WIFE’S COSTS.

Know all men by these presents that we, A. B., of Wellington, and , of , and , of , are held and firmly bound unto , Esq., Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand at , in the penal sum of pounds, to be paid to the said , and for which payment to be well and truly made we bind ourselves and each of us, our executors, or administrators firmly by these presents.

Signed by us this day of , 19 .

Whereas a certain cause is now pending in the Supreme Court of New Zealand, under “The Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, 1908,” between A. B., petitioner, of the one part, and C. B., respondent, and G. H., co-respondent, of the other part: And whereas an order was made on the day of , 19 , that the said A. B. should give security to the amount of £75 to cover the costs of the said C. B., the respondent, of and incidental to the hearing of the said cause: Now the condition of this obligation is such that if the above-bounden A. B., his executors or administrators, shall pay the costs of the said C. B., the respondent, of and incidental to the hearing and trial of this cause to the extent of £75, then this obligation is to be void and of none effect, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

Signed by the said and in the presence of—