DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

The partnership hitherto existing between William Fuller and George Perriman has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.

(Signed) W. Fuller,
George Perriman.

Witness—Richard Creed.

Dunedin, 30th April, 1866.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, May 12, No. 27.)

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington,
the ninth day of May, 1866.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Gold Fields Act, 1862,” it is among other things enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make such regulations, not being contrary to the provisions of the said Act, as he shall think fit, for regulating the granting of leases for mining purposes, and the terms and conditions upon which such leases shall be granted; and such regulations from time to time to alter and abolish:

And whereas by “The Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, to demise for mining purposes, for any term not exceeding fifteen years from the making of the lease, any auriferous Crown Lands not exceeding ten acres in the whole of alluvial ground, or on an area of four hundred yards by two hundred yards on a quartz reef and also to grant water rights and other easements for the purposes aforesaid: Provided always that no such lease shall be granted until two months after notice of the intention to grant the same shall have been published in the New Zealand Gazette, and at least one of the local newspapers best calculated in the opinion of the Governor to give publicity to the same among the persons particularly interested:

And whereas by Order in Council made the twenty-third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the Governor did make certain additional regulations, set forth in the Schedule thereto, for regulating the granting of leases for mining purposes within the Province of Otago, and in lieu of a certain regulation thereby abolished did make the regulation numbered 5 in the Schedule thereto:

And whereas it is expedient to abolish certain of the regulations made by such Order in Council:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority in him vested for this purpose, make and put in force the following regulations for the conduct of business under the said “Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862,” and the said “Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865,” by Registrars of the Supreme Court, sequestrators, trustees, inspectors, receivers, attorneys, and solicitors, agents, auctioneers, and other persons employed in the management or winding up of sequestered estates, and may impose penalties on persons disobeying such regulations not exceeding one hundred pounds for each offence; and all registrars, sequestrators, trustees, and inspectors, and all receivers, attorneys, solicitors, agents, and auctioneers employed as aforesaid, shall be bound to do, observe, and perform all matters and things whatsoever enjoined and required by such regulations, and the Governor may from time to time rescind, alter, or vary any such regulations: Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby abolish the regulations made by the said Order in Council, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; and by and with the like advice and consent doth hereby make the additional regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto for regulating the granting of leases for mining purposes in the Province of Otago.

Foster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

1. The Superintendent shall, if he recommends the grant of any lease, state the amount which he recommends the Governor to require as rent or royalty.

2. The rent shall be made payable half-yearly in advance.

(From the New Zealand Gazette, May 23, No. 30.)

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington,
the twenty-third day of May, 1866.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865,” it is provided that the Governor in Council may, from time to time, frame regulations for the conduct of business under “The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862,” or the said “Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865,” by Registrars of the Supreme Court, sequestrators, trustees, inspectors, receivers, attorneys, and solicitors, agents, auctioneers, and other persons employed in the management or winding up of sequestered estates:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, hereby makes the following regulations:

REGULATIONS.

I.—Registrars.

1. It shall be the duty of every Registrar to forward notices to every sequestrator or trustee appointed by the Court, informing him of his appointment, and requiring from him an intimation as to whether he will accept the office or decline it; and should any such sequestrator or trustee refuse or neglect to accept the office within a reasonable period, it shall be the duty of the Registrar to report the same to the Supreme Court.

2. Every Registrar shall, immediately after the filing of a petition and schedule, furnish to the Inspector in Bankruptcy a copy of the same.

3. Every Registrar shall, at the termination of every six months, furnish upon oath to the Supreme Court, a statement of the receipts and disbursements out of the Insolvent Estate Fund.

II.—Inspectors.

4. Every Inspector shall keep a book of register, as well as a book that shall show a statement of all receipts and expenditure relating to the several estates under administration, which books shall be open during office hours for the inspection of any creditor who has proved his debt, and shall be in the form A prescribed in the Schedule hereto annexed.

5. When any Inspector shall issue a summons for the attendance of any debtor, sequestrator, trustee, receiver, attorney, solicitor, agent, auctioneer, or other person employed in the management or winding-up of a sequestered estate, it shall be in the form B prescribed in the Schedule hereto annexed.

6. Before payment of costs, charges, or expenses, by any sequestrator or trustee, an account of them shall be submitted for approval to the Inspector, who may certify to the same.

7. Every Inspector shall, at the expiration of each calendar month, forward to the Colonial Treasurer or the Sub-Treasurer of his district, a statement showing the amount of fees payable by sequestrators or trustees upon the assets realised each month in respect of the estates under his inspection, such statement to be in the form C prescribed in the Schedule hereto annexed.

III.—Sequestrators, Trustees, &c.

8. Every interim sequestrator, sequestrator, or trustee, shall, immediately after the date of his appointment as sequestrator or trustee of any estate,