Insolvency, Legal Regulations, Appointments




SCHEDULE.

Form 1.

REGISTER OF INSOLVENT ESTATES.

NUMBER NAME RESIDENCE NUMBER OF SHARES
Amos A. Neill St. Bathan’s Township 1
Cersthwaite, Rosson Do. 1
Davin Kemp Do. 1
George Leask Do. 1
David Russell Do. 1
James Smith Do. ½
William Pyle Do. 1
Thomas Neale Do. 1
Duncan M’Laren Do. 1
James Culliford Dunedin 1
Charles F. Black Waikouaiti 1

Dated at St. Bathan’s, thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

Amos A. Neill, Manager.

Witness to Signature —
John S. Hickson, J.P.

(From New Zealand Gazette, June 20, 1866, No. 36.)

Form 2.

Number Name of Insolvent (Occupation and Residence) Assets Liabilities Sequestrator or Trustee Name of Sequestrator or Trustee Dates of Hearing
£ s d £ s d First Hearing
Second Hearing
Special Hearing
Date of Insolvent’s discharge Remarks. Folio

IN THE ESTATE OF ...

RECEIPTS.

| No...... | Assets ... £ | Liabilities ... £ |

DISBURSEMENTS.

Date Particulars Amount Under Act 1862 Under Act 1865 Expenses Paid Dividend Paid Total In hands of Trustees In the Bank Remarks
£ s d £ s d £ s d £ s d £ s d £ s d £ s d

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the sixteenth day of June, 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, 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. And whereas by an Order in Council made the twenty-third day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, certain regulations were made and put in force for the conduct of business under “The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862,” and “The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865:” And whereas it is expedient to vary Regulation number four of such Regulations, and the Schedule thereto:

Now therefore His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance of the said power and authority vested in him for this purpose, vary the said Regulation number four, and declare, make, and put in force the following as such varied regulation, and the forms in the Schedule hereto to be the forms referred to in such amended regulation —

“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 forms 1 and 2 prescribed in the Schedule hereunto annexed.”

Forster Goring,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

GOVERNOR.

G. GREY.


Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 19th June, 1866.

It is hereby notified that The Hon. James Prendergast, M.L.C., has been appointed to be Attorney-General of New Zealand.

E. W. Stafford.


Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 19th June, 1866.

His Excellency the Governor has in Her Majesty’s name summoned:

The Hon. Alfred Domett, of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington;
The Hon. Ernest Gray, of Coldstream, Rangitata, in the Province of Canterbury;
The Hon. Mathew Holmes, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago;
The Hon. Walter Baldock Durant Mantell, of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington,

to the Legislative Council of New Zealand by Writs of Summons under the Seal of the Colony.

E. W. Stafford.


(From the New Zealand Gazette, June 29th, No. 39.)

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Wellington, 22nd June, 1866.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint James Fulton, Esq., to be Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of West Taieri, in the Province of Otago.

E. W. Stafford.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1866, No 428





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⚖️ Register of Insolvent Estates

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
30 June 1866
Insolvency, Shareholders, St. Bathans, Waikouaiti
11 names identified
  • Amos A. Neill, Shareholder
  • Rosson Cersthwaite, Shareholder
  • Davin Kemp, Shareholder
  • George Leask, Shareholder
  • David Russell, Shareholder
  • James Smith, Shareholder
  • William Pyle, Shareholder
  • Thomas Neale, Shareholder
  • Duncan M’Laren, Shareholder
  • James Culliford, Shareholder
  • Charles F. Black, Shareholder

  • Amos A. Neill, Manager
  • John S. Hickson, J.P.

🏛️ Order in Council Amending Debtors and Creditors Act Regulations

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
16 June 1866
Order in Council, Debtors and Creditors Act, Regulations, Insolvency
  • Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council

⚖️ Appointment of Attorney-General

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
19 June 1866
Attorney-General, Appointment
  • James Prendergast (Honourable), Appointed Attorney-General

  • E. W. Stafford

🏛️ Summons to Legislative Council

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
19 June 1866
Legislative Council, Summons, Appointment
  • Alfred Domett (Honourable), Summoned to Legislative Council
  • Ernest Gray (Honourable), Summoned to Legislative Council
  • Mathew Holmes (Honourable), Summoned to Legislative Council
  • Walter Baldock Durant Mantell (Honourable), Summoned to Legislative Council

  • E. W. Stafford

🏛️ Appointment of Registrar of Marriages

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
22 June 1866
Registrar, Marriages, Births, Deaths, West Taieri
  • James Fulton (Esquire), Appointed Registrar

  • E. W. Stafford