IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND

OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.

In the matter of the Petition of John
Melossi and Andre Agorio, of
Dunedin, Restaurant Keepers,

And

In the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862."

NOTICE is given that we the undersigned have filed our Petition in accordance with the above Act, and that the Judge has appointed Monday, the ninth day of May, 1864, for the hearing of the said Petition.

Dated this 21st day of March, 1863.

JOHN MELOSSI,
ANDRE AGORIO,

J. A. J. MACGREGOR,
Solicitor for Petitioners.

NOTICE.

THE partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned Joseph Sykes Webb, Frederick Pantlin, and Charles William Craven Webb, carrying on business at Dunedin, as General Merchants and Bonded Storekeepers, under the firm of "Webb Pantlin, & Co.," was dissolved by mutual consent on the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

Dated this eighth day of April, 1864.

J. S. WEBB
FREDERICK PANTIN
CHAS. W. C. WEBB

Witness:—W. M. Hodgkins,
Articled Clerk to J. Howorth,
Solicitor, Dunedin.

IMPOUNDED

IMPOUNDED on the seventh day of April, 1864, by Neil Breadbury,

ONE CHESTNUT HORSE,
branded R W white face, owners unknown, for trespassing on my paddock, and in default of being released, the above horse will be sold at the Public Pound at South Dunedin, on the 4th (Wednesday) day of May, 1864, at 12 o’clock noon.

John Barr,
Poundkeeper of the South Dunedin Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 11th day of April 1864, by Constable Maloney

ONE CHESTNUT HORSE,
branded off near shoulder, owners unknown, for trespassing on Stuart-Street, and in default of being released, the above horse will be sold at the Public Pound on the 4th (Wednesday) day of May, 1864, at 12 o’clock noon.

John Barr,
Poundkeeper of the South Dunedin Pound.

[From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 58, November 1863.]

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 3rd November, 1863.

THE following Despatch, with its enclosure from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

William Fox.

Downing Street,
7th August, 1863.

SIR,—With reference to my Circular Despatch of the 29th July, 1861, I transmit to you herewith a series of enquiries which I have received from the Acclimatisation Society, and which at their request, I communicate to you with the hope that you will return such answers as you may be able to give on the various points of enquiry submitted so far as relates to the Colony under your Government.

I transmit at the same time, at the request of the Society, a copy of their Third Annual Report, together with a copy of the First Annual Report of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria.

I have, &c.,

NEWCASTLE.

Governor Sir George Grey,
K.C.B., &c., &c.

ACCLIMATISATION.

Enquiries addressed to Her Majesty’s Minister, Governor, or Consul at

The Gentlemen to whom these questions are addressed, are earnestly requested to consider the high importance which will be attached to the answers which they may return, and the services which they will render to the cause of Acclimatisation by endeavouring to the utmost of their knowledge to make those answers as full and otherwise as satisfactory as possible.

The main purposes of Acclimatisation are to introduce, acclimatise, and propagate in the United Kingdom and its Dependencies such Animals, Birds, Fishes, Insects, and Vegetables as are likely to be of use or ornament, whether for domestication or for varying the common food of the people, or for manufacturing, or for any other useful purpose; and whose constitution and habits offer a reasonable prospect of successful cultivation. It is obvious that in India, Australia, Canada, the Cape, and other important Dependencies, unlimited scope is afforded for almost any variety of experiment.

It is confidently expected that the answers returned to these questions by Her Majesty’s Ministers, Governors, and Consuls in different parts of the world, will bring together a mass of information on this interesting and highly important branch of knowledge such as never has been collected before, and the benefit which these Gentlemen will thus confer upon their fellow-countrymen will be in proportion to the fullness and exactness with which those answers are drawn up.

In replying to Questions 1, 2, 3, and 8, it is particularly requested that those special qualities which recommend the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, and Vegetables as fit for food or domestic utility may be described. As regards Quadrupeds, Birds and Fishes, it will be very desirable to collect all the information which can be got as to the best modes of feeding, keeping, and rearing the same, and, as regards Vegetables, any information as to the best mode of cultivation.

A copy of the last Annual Report of the Acclimatisation Society of Great Britain accompanies this, and will serve to explain more completely the action and purposes of the Society.

1. Question:—Is there any Quadruped, indigenous or introduced to the Country in which you reside, which (having regard to the above definition of the objects in view) merits attention with a view to acclimatisation in Great Britain or any of its Dependencies? If there be any such, state whether it is attainable at a reasonable rate, and whether it is likely to bear the risk of transport?
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2. Question:—Is there any such Bird?
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3. Question:—Is there any such Fish?
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4. Question:—Is there any such Insect?
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5. Question:—Is there any such Timber Tree?
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6. Question:—Is there any such Medicinal Plant?
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