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

In the matter of the Petition of THOMAS MIDDLETON,
of Invercargill, in the Province of Southland, Settler, a Debtor; 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 His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman has appointed Monday, the tenth day of September next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for the hearing of the matters of the above Petition.

Dated this twelfth day of July, 1866.

HAGGITT & HAGGITT,
Agents for W. S. REID,
Solicitor for the said Petitioner, Invercargill.

9s.

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

In the matter of the Petition of EDWARD DE CARLE,
of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Auctioneer, a Debtor; and in the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Acts, 1862 and 1865.

THE matter of this Petition coming on this day for the second hearing thereof, and upon reading the order for sequestration and vesting his estate made in these matters; and upon hearing Mr. Ward of Counsel for the Bankrupt, it is ordered that the Interim Sequestrators, William Oram Ball, of Dunedin, Accountant, and John Reid, of the same place, Merchant, and are hereby appointed Trustees of the Estate and Effects of the Bankrupt; and it is further ordered that all the real and personal Estate of the Bankrupt, which shall vest in the said William Oram Ball and John Reid, by virtue of their said appointment, shall be held by them, their and each of their Heirs, Executors, and Administrators respectively, (except the wearing apparel of the Bankrupt, his wife, and children, which shall be retained by them,) upon and for the following trusts and purposes, namely:—

1. To sell, collect, and get in such real and personal estate, and receive the moneys arising therefrom, and execute all necessary conveyances and assurances thereof.

2. To retain and pay all expenses properly incurred of and attending such sale, collection, and getting in.

3. To pay the poundage and fees payable under the above-mentioned Acts.

4. To pay the Sequestrator all costs and expenses in these matters, which have been or shall be ordered by this Court, or by any Judge thereof, to be paid out of the Estate of the Bankrupt.

5. To pay all costs of the Petitioner’s Solicitor in and about the said Petition up to and including the second hearing thereof, and of this order and incidental thereto.

6. To distribute the net residue of the said trust moneys between and amongst and for the benefit of all the Creditors of the Bankrupt, who were his Creditors at the time of the presentation of his said Petition, and who shall duly prove their debts by affidavit within three calendar months from the date of this order, by way of pro rata distribution, subject to existing legal priorities; but so that the said Creditors shall not receive more than twenty shillings in the pound upon their said respective debts.

7. To pay the ultimate surplus (if any) of the said trust moneys to the Bankrupt.

And it is further ordered that the matter of the said Petition be further adjourned until the Sixteenth day of July next.

Dated this eighteenth day of June, 1866.

By the Court,
ROBERT CHAPMAN,
Registrar.

We, the above-named William Oram Ball and John Reid, hereby accept the appointment of Trustees made by the foregoing order, and consent to hold the real and personal Estate therein mentioned, upon and for the trusts and purposes therein expressed.

W. ORAM BALL.
JOHN REID.

Witness—W. B. HAWKINS,
Articled Clerk to E. ff. Ward,
Solicitor, Dunedin.

40s.

(From New Zealand Gazette, July 6, 1866, No. 41.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the undermentioned appointments, viz.:—

In the Otago Rifle Volunteers.

Major John Cargill (Dunedin Militia), to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Date of Commission, 26th June, 1866.

Captain John Bathgate, to be Major (in the 1st Battalion.) Date of Commission, 26th June, 1866.

Edward Hulme, M.D., to be Surgeon (in the 1st Battalion.) Date of Commission, 26th June, 1866.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 4th July, 1866.

IN virtue of the powers delegated to the Postmaster-General by His Excellency the Governor, the following appointments have been made on the Postal Service of the Colony.

JAMES PATERSON,
Postmaster-General.

OTAGO.

Alexander Stewart, to be Postmaster at Balclutha, from 1st February, 1866.

David Clunie, to be Postmaster at Twelve-mile Creek, from 1st March, 1866.

James Harvey, to be Postmaster at Arthur’s Point, from 1st April, 1866.

Robert Wilson, to be Postmaster at Caversham, from 1st April, 1866.

E. T. Deihl, to be Postmaster at Otepopo, from 1st January, 1866.

St. Lawrence Webb, to be Postmaster at Mossgeil, from 21st May, 1866.

Wm. Brown, to be Postmaster at Port Molyneux, from 1st May, 1866.

A. McLean, to be Postmaster at North Taieri.

P. F. Stoddart, to be Postmaster at Hampden, from 1st June, 1866.

G. W. Luks, to be Postmaster at McRae’s, from 1st June, 1866.

LIST of Justices of the Peace in the Province of Otago, taken from the New Zealand Gazette of 6th July, 1866, No. 41.

Adam, James, Tokomairiro.

Allen, John, Oamaru, Otago.

Archibald, Thomas Barton, Mount Benger Gold Fields, Otago.

Baird, Borthwick Robert, Mount Ida, Otago.

Baldwin, William, Waitahuna, Otago.

Beetham, Richmond, Wakatipu, Otago.

Bell, Francis Dillon, Dunedin.

Borton, John, Wakari, Otago.

Branigan, St. John, Dunedin.

Broad, Charles, Hamilton, Otago.

Broad, Lowther, Arrowtown, Otago.

Brodie, George, Dunedin.

Buchanan, Andrew, Hamilton’s Diggings, Otago.