LIST of Persons applying for Relief under the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862."

Henry Hooper, of Dunedin, Publican.

Charles Alexander Ross, late of Invercargill, Commission Agent, but now of Dunedin.

James Johnston, of Dunedin, Publican.

William Clark, late of Picton and Hokitika, Hotel-keeper and Trader.

George Adams, of Dunedin, Engineer.

David Solomon, of Dunedin, Trader.

William Good, of Miller’s Flat, Otago, Miner.

Thomas Wallis, of Dunedin, Contractor.

Dugald Blue, of North Taieri, Otago, Miller.

Robert Chapman,
Registrar.

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

In the matter of the Petition of William Good, of Miller’s Flat, in the Province of Otago, Miner, a Debtor; and in the matter of the Petition of John Currie and John Russell Smith, carrying on business in co-partnership at Dunedin, in the Province of Otago aforesaid, as Merchants, under the style and firm of Currie and Smith, creditors of the said William Good 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 fourteenth day of August next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court-house, Dunedin, for hearing the matters of the above Petition.

Dated this thirteenth day of July, 1865.

B. C. Haggitt,
Solicitor for the Petitioner.

10s.

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

In the matter of the Petition of Reuben Harris, of Queenstown, in the Province of Otago, Auctioneer, Debtor, and in the matter of the Petition of Christian Lange and Louis Thoneman, carrying on business under the style or firm of "Lange and Thoneman," creditors of the said Reuben Harris to the extent of not less than Fifty Pounds; and in the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862."

The third day of July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

Upon reading the Petition of the above-named Reuben Harris, the affidavit thereunto annexed, and the affidavit of James Crawford, sworn and filed herein, and upon hearing Mr. Kenyon of Counsel for the said Reuben Harris, and Mr. Dempsey of Counsel for the Bank of Australasia, it is ordered that Robert Chapman, Esquire, Registrar at Dunedin of this honorable Court, do, in the name and on the behalf of the said Reuben Harris, cede and deliver, convey and assign, all the real and personal estate and effects of him, the said Reuben Harris, unto Christopher Caldwell, of Dunedin aforesaid, Manager of the Bank of Australasia, his heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, upon trust for the sale, collection, and conversion into money of the said estate and effects, and out of the monies to arise from the sale, collection, and conversion into money of the said estate and effects, firstly to lay aside and pay a sum equal to one shilling in the pound, in terms of section 39 of the said Act; secondly, to pay and satisfy all costs, charges, and expenses (not exceeding in the whole the sum of twenty pounds) incurred, or which may be incurred by the said Reuben Harris in and about these matters, and all proceedings incidental thereto, upon the same being first taxed by the said Registrar; thirdly, to pay all costs, charges, and expenses incurred by order of the said Court, and incidental to the execution of such conveyance and assignment; fourthly, to distribute and administer the clear residue of the said monies between and amongst and for the benefit of all the creditors of the said Reuben Harris, who shall duly prove their respective debts by affidavit filed in the office of the Registrar at Dunedin of this honorable Court, within the space of six calendar months from the date of this order, by way of pro rata distribution and subject to existing legal priorities, and upon and subject to such other trusts, and provisions as this Court may, at or before the final hearing, direct or approve.

By the Court,
(L.S.)
Robert Chapman,
Registrar.

30s.

(From the New Zealand Gazette No. 22, June 27, 1865.)

Charles E. Haughton, Esq., elected to House of Representatives.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1865.

It is hereby notified that a writ issued for the election of a member of the House of Representatives for the District of the Gold Fields has been returned, with a certificate to the effect that Charles E. Haughton, Esq., has been duly elected.

Fred. A. Weld.

Resignation of J. H. Harris, Esq., of Office of Superintendent, Otago.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd June, 1865.

The Governor directs it to be notified for general information that John Hyde Harris, Esq., having resigned the Office of Superintendent of the Province of Otago, His Excellency in behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, has this day accepted that resignation.

Fred. A. Weld.

Resignation of Coroner accepted.

Attorney-General’s Office,
Wellington, 6th June, 1865.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by William Robert Gilling Samuels, Esq., of Wakatipu, in the Province of Otago, of his appointment as Coroner within the Colony of New Zealand.

Henry Sewell.

(From the New Zealand Gazette No. 23, July 11, 1865.)

A PROCLAMATION

Extending the Jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Tokomairiro, in the Province of Otago.

By His Excellency Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the most Honorable 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 Resident Magistrate’s Jurisdiction Extension Act, 1862," it is enacted that every case of a claim for debt or damages, such as might at the passing of the said Act be lawfully tried in a Resident Magistrate’s Court, where the debt or damages claimed do not exceed the sum of Twenty pounds, may be tried in any Resident Magistrate’s Court with respect to which this Act shall be in operation, when the debt or damages claimed do not exceed Fifty pounds; And it is provided that the