Zealand, Otago and Southland District, praying that his Estate might be placed under Sequestration, for the benefit of his Creditors, and that he might be discharged from custody and have relief, according to the provisions of the said Acts; and the said Henry Hawson also made Affidavit of such facts as have satisfied me of the truth of the matters contained in the said Petition: And whereas it is expedient that the Estate of the said Henry Hawson should be placed under Sequestration in the hands of James Alfred Webb, of Dunedin, Accountant, as Interim Sequestrator; and the said James Alfred Webb, and William Edmondson of the Crown Hotel, Rattray-street, Dunedin, Hotel-keeper, and John Gardner, of Rattray-street, Dunedin, aforesaid, Butcher, as his Sureties, have, with my sanction, entered into a Bond in the sum of Two hundred Pounds, conditioned, for the due care and custody of the said Estate and Effects: Now therefore, I do order and direct that the estate and effects of the said Henry Hawson, be, and the same are hereby accordingly placed under sequestration, in the hands of the said James Alfred Webb, and that the same shall be taken and held by him until the further order of this Court: And I do further declare, order, and direct that this order shall be and be deemed to be a vesting order.

Dated at Dunedin this sixteenth day of February, 1866.

25s.

H. S. CHAPMAN.

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

In the matter of the Petition of HENRY HAWSON, of Clutha Ferry, in the Province of Otago, Butcher, a Bankrupt, and now a Prisoner for Debt in the Gaol at Dunedin, in the said Province; and in the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," and the "Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865."

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Petition of the said Henry Hawson, entitled in the above matters, has been accepted by His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman; and that the said Judge has appointed Monday, the nineteenth day of March next, for the hearing of the said Petition.

Dated this 13th day of February, 1866.

12s.

GEORGE COOK,

Solicitor for the Petitioner.

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

In the matter of the Petition of WILLIAM MORGAN, of Waipori, in the Province of Otago, Butcher, a debtor; 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 nineteenth day of March next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, as the time and place for hearing the matters of the above petition.

Dated this twentieth day of February, 1866.

HAGGITT AND HAGGITT,

10s.

Solicitors for the Bankrupt.

29° VICTORIAE, No. 26.

SCHEDULE A.

I, THE Undersigned, Robert Faulds Williamson, hereby make application to register the "Who’d-have-thought-it Quartz Mining Company, Registered," under the provisions of the "Mining Companies’ Limited Liability Act, 1865," and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular, namely:--

1. The name and style of the Company is the "Who’d-have-thought-it."

2. The place of operations is at Arrow.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is four thousand pounds, in four hundred shares of ten pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is one shilling per share.

5. The name of the Manager is Robert Faulds Williamson.

6. The office of the Company is at Arrowtown.

7. The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:--

Dated this second day of February, 1866.

(Signed) R. F. WILLIAMSON,

Manager.

Witness to Signature-- (Signed) LOWTHER BROAD, J.P.

20s.

SCHEDULE A.

I, THE undersigned Robert Faulds Williamson, hereby make application to register the "Jupiter Quartz Mining Company, Registered," under the provisions of the "Mining Companies’ Limited Liability Act, 1865," and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular, namely:--

1. The name and style of the Company is the "Jupiter."

2. The place of operations is at Arrow.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is four thousand pounds, in four hundred shares of ten pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is one shilling per share.

5. The name of the Manager is Robert Faulds Williamson.

6. The office of the Company is at Arrowtown.

7. The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date are as follows:--

Dated this second day of February, 1866.

(Signed) R. F. WILLIAMSON,

Manager.

Witness to Signature-- (Signed) LOWTHER BROAD, J.P.

20s.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by DANIEL CAMPBELL, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, Printer to said Provincial Government for the time being.