[Provincial Government Notices]

countries as may be calculated to be useful in the development of the said Colony: And whereas by the aforesaid Letters Patent, authority is given to the Superintendents respectively of the Provinces of the said Colony to appoint in the several Provinces Local Committees, for the purpose of encouraging the production of articles to be exhibited, of transmitting them to Dunedin, and of conducting communication between Exhibitors and the Commissioners: And whereas I, John Hyde Harris, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, did on the 16th day of December, and on the 29th day of March, and also on the 27th day of September last, appoint certain persons to act as such Local Committee for the Province of Otago: And whereas it is expedient that certain other persons hereinafter mentioned should be added to such Local Committee, to act in conjunction with the persons so appointed as aforesaid: Now therefore I, in exercise of the powers vested in me in this behalf, do appoint the gentlemen hereinafter mentioned to form part of the said Local Committee:—

The Reverend Frank Churchill Simmons, B.A., Oxon, head-master High School, Dunedin.
Christopher Caldwell, Bank of Australasia.
Charles Broad, resident magistrate, Hamilton.
Alfred Keene, surveyor, Hamilton.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

J. Hyde Harris,
Superintendent.

By His Honor’s command,
James Paterson,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 30th September, 1864.

His Honor the Superintendent directs it to be notified that he has this day received the resignation of William Baldwin, Esquire, as a Member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago for the Gold Fields District.

James Paterson,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 7th October, 1864.

It is hereby notified that a writ issued for the election of a person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, for the Clutha District, in place of David Pike Steel, Esquire, resigned, has been returned with a certificate, dated 4th October, 1864, to the effect that James William Thompson, Esquire, South Clutha, has been duly elected.

James Paterson,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 10th October, 1864.

It is hereby notified that a writ issued for the election of a person to serve as a Member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, for the Lindis District, in place of Frederick Thomas Walker, Esquire, has been returned with a certificate to the effect that Frederick Walker, Esquire, of Green Island, has been duly elected.

James Paterson,
Provincial Secretary.

AUCTIONEER’S LICENSE

In accordance with clause 8 of the “Licensed Auctioneers’ Ordinance, 1862,” a Special Meeting will be held in the Provincial Secretary’s Office, Dunedin, upon Thursday, the 27th day of October, 1864, at 2 o’clock p.m., to consider the application of Mathew Hay, residing at Lawrence.

The following householders have signed the certificate required by the said Ordinance:—Joseph Taylor and Co., Home Wealthy and Co., Edward Walsh, Herbert and Co., Peter Robertson, Mathews and Tallerman.

James Paterson,
Provincial Secretary.

11th October 1864.

ACCEPTED TENDERS

Contract No. 97 – Bridle Track, Queenstown to Make Creek, Construction of Section No. 1. William Cochran and Alexander Airth, at 16s. 6d. per imperial chain.

Contract No. 98 – Do. do. Construction of Section No. 2. William Cochran and Alexander Airth, at 19s. per imperial chain.

Warden’s Quarters, Hamilton, £303.
Gold Receiver’s Office, Hamilton, £235.
Warden’s Quarters, Nokomai, £375.
Quarters and Court-House, Dunstan Creek, £240.

H. J. Millen,
Secretary for Public Works.

[Supreme Court Notices]

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland District.

In the matter of the Petition of Charles McGaffin and John McGaffin, trading in Co-partnership under the style or firm of McGaffin Brothers, of Hamilton and Dunstan Creek, in the Province of Otago, Storekeepers, now prisoners for debt in Her Majesty’s Gaol at Dunedin; and in the matter of the “Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862.”

Notice is hereby given that His Honor the Judge has appointed Monday, the 31st day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court-House, Dunedin, for hearing the above Petition.

Dated at Dunedin, the eleventh day of October, 1864.

Howorth, Barton & Howorth,
Solicitors for the Petitioners.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland District.

In the matter of the Petition of James Porter, of Caversham, in the Province of Otago, Gardener, now a prisoner for debt in Her Majesty’s Gaol at Dunedin; and in the matter of the “Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862.”

Notice is hereby given that His Honor the Judge has appointed Monday, the thirty-first day of October, 1864, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for hearing the above Petition.

Dated at Dunedin, the eleventh day of October, 1864.

Howorth, Barton & Howorth,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland District.

In the matter of the Petition of James Dickson, of Tokomairiro, in the Province of Otago, Contractor, a Debtor; and in the matter of the Petition of George Wilson, also of Tokomairiro, in the Province of Otago aforesaid, Sawyer, a Creditor of the said James Dickson, to the extent of not less than Fifty Pounds; and in the matter of the “Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862.”

Notice is hereby given that His Honor Mr. Justice Richmond has appointed Monday, the thirty-first day of October, 1864, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court-House, Dunedin, for hearing the above Petition.

Dated at Dunedin, the eleventh day of October, 1864.

Howorth, Barton & Howorth,
Solicitors for the Petitioners.