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

In the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," and in the matter of the several petitions of Robert Baldwin Dalz, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, New Zealand, Comedian; George Collie, late of Auckland, Hotelkeeper, but now of Dunedin aforesaid, out of business; William John Hensingham, of Dunedin aforesaid, Journalist; William Bishop Evans, of Dunedin aforesaid, Clerk; Edward Hankins, of Dunedin aforesaid, Newspaper Editor; John Lloyd, of Dunedin aforesaid, Wharf Carter, and John Henry Lawlor, of Tokomairiro, in the Province of Otago, Contractor.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Court has appointed Monday the 9th day of January, 1865, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for hearing the several petitions of the above-named insolvent debtors.

Dated at Dunedin this 20th day of December, 1864.

W. W. Wilson,
Stafford-street, Dunedin,
15s. 6d. Solicitor for the above-named Petitioners.

In the matter of the Petition of Andrew Haldane, of Waikava, in the Province of Otago, Sawmill Proprietor, and in the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862."

NOTICE is hereby given that the Judge has appointed Monday, the 9th day of January next, for the hearing of the said Petition.

Cook and Mathew,
Solicitors for the said Petitioner.

Dated this 20th day of December, 1864.
11s.

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

In the matter of the Petition of Charles Hubbard, of Sowburn, Hamilton’s Rush, in the Province of Otago; and in the matter of the Petition of James Pearce and Edward Wild Durden, of Waikouaiti, creditors of the said Charles Hubbard 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 Chapman has appointed Monday the 9th day of January, 1865, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for the hearing of the above petition.

Dated this 20th day of December, 1864.

Prendergast, Kenyon, and Maddock,
Manse-street, Dunedin,
11s. 6d. Solicitors for the Petitioner.

In the matter of the Petition of William Luckhurst, of Dunedin, Carpenter, a debtor, and in the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862."

NOTICE is hereby given that His Honor the Judge has appointed the 9th of January, 1865, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for hearing the above Petition.

Dated at Dunedin, the 20th day of December, 1864.
10s.
Henry William Luckhurst.

In the matter of the Petition of William Macilwain, of Dunedin, Publican, and in the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862."

NOTICE is given that the Judge has appointed the 9th day of January next, for the hearing of the said Petition.

Dated the 20th December, a.d. 1864.

MacGregor and Harvey,
10s. Solicitors for the above named Petitioner.

In the matter of the Petition of Robert Munnew, of Dunedin, a debtor, and in the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862."

NOTICE is hereby given that His Honor the Judge has appointed the 9th of January, 1865, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for hearing the above petition.

Dated, Dunedin, the 20th of December, 1864.

Robert D. Munnew.
(From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 45, November 23, 1864.)

A PROCLAMATION
Declaring the Resident Magistrates at Queenstown, at Clyde, at Lawrence, and at Hamilton, in the Province of Otago, to be "Police Magistrates" under the Jury Ordinance and the Jury Amendment Ordinance.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c., &c.

WHEREAS by the "Jury Law Amendment Act, 1862," it is enacted that the term "Police Magistrate," contained in an Ordinance passed by the Governor and Legislative Council of New Zealand (Session II, No. 3), entitled "An Ordinance to Regulate the Constitution of Juries," and in a further Ordinance passed by the Governor and the said Council (Session III, No. 2), entitled "An Ordinance to make temporary provision for the Constitution of Juries," shall mean and imply the Resident Magistrate for the time being of the principal City or Town in each Province, and also the Resident Magistrate acting in any District or Place which may be from time to time specified in any Proclamation to be issued in that behalf by or under the authority of the Governor in Council:

Now therefore I, Sir George Grey, the Governor as aforesaid of the said Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, do hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, proclaim and declare the Resident Magistrates at Queenstown, at the Clyde, at Lawrence, and at Hamilton, respectively, within the Province of Otago, to be Police Magistrates for the purposes mentioned in the said Ordinances.

Given under my hand, at the Government House, at Auckland, and issued under the Seal of the Colony of New Zealand, this eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,
Fred. Whitaker.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c.

In exercise of the power vested in me by the "Savings Bank Act, 1858," I, Sir George Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby nominate and appoint the persons hereinafter named to be Trustees of the Dunedin Savings Bank, namely,
Henry Clapcott, and
William Mason,
in the place and stead of Thomas S. Forsaith, resigned, and George Duncan, who has left the Colony.

Given under my hand, at Government House, at Auckland, this seventeenth day of November, 1864.

G. Grey.

By His Excellency’s command,
Reader Wood.