Wakatip District—The Station of Francis Wallace McKenzie, Esq., Glenkeinoch.

Waikouaiti District—The Court House, Hawksbury.

Given under the hand of 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, at the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following persons to be Returning Officers for the election of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, for the Electoral Districts set opposite their names:

JAMES PILLANS MAITLAND, Esq.—Clutha and Matau.

JOHN GILLIES, Esq.—Dunedin, Green Island and Caversham, North Harbour, Peninsula, and Wakari.

HENRY WIRGMAN ROBINSON, Esq.—Dunstan and Gold Fields.

LOWTHER BROAD, Esq.—The Lakes.

THOMAS WINDLE PARKER, Esq.—Lindis, Oamaru Town and Oamaru Country.

CHARLES BROAD, Esq.—Manuherikia.

THOMAS ANSTEY MANSFORD, Esq.—Port Chalmers.

JAMES FULTON, Esq.—Taieri.

JOHN DEWE, Esq.—Tokomairiro and Waihola.

EDWARD CROKER, Esq.—Tuapeka.

ADAM DICKSON JOHNSTON, Esq.—Wakatip.

JOHN WALLACE MURDOCK, Esq.—Waikouaiti.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th August, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint JOHN BURNSIDE, Esq., to be Deputy-Returning Officer for the election of Members of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago for the Electoral Districts of Dunedin, Green Island, and Caversham, North Harbour, Peninsula and Wakari.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch)
Wellington, 27th July, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint JAMES DOUGLAS, Esq. of Frankton, in the Province of Otago, to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

E. W. STAFFORD.

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

In the matter of the Petition of ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE, of Waikouaiti, in the Province of Otago, Debtor; and John Jones, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago aforesaid, Creditor of the said Alexander Montgomerie to the extent of not less than Fifty Pounds; 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 above Petition has been accepted by His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman, who has appointed Monday, the tenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for the hearing of the matters in the said Petition.

Dated this seventeenth day of August, 1866.

PRENDERGAST, KENYON AND MADDOCK,
Solicitors for the said Petitioners.

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

In the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Acts, 1862, and 1865; and in the matter of the several Petitions of WILLIAM HENRY SHEPARD, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Hotelkeeper; SAMUEL PAGET, of Dunedin aforesaid, Waiter; JOHN GRIEG, of Dunedin aforesaid, Bill Poster; DONALD M’KAY, lately residing at Greymouth, in the Province of Nelson, now of Dunedin aforesaid, out of business; JOHN TUNNELL, of Manuherikia, in the Province of Otago, Miner; and SAMUEL MAYNE, of Waipori, in the Province of Otago, Storekeeper.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Court has appointed the 10th September next, at 10 a.m., at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for hearing the petitions of the above-named Insolvent.

Dated this sixteenth day of August, 1866.

EDWARD FRANCIS WARD,
Solicitor for Petitioners.

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

In the matter of the Petition of ADAM CAIRNS, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Debtor; and in the matter of Edward Lyons, of Dunedin, in the said Province of Otago, Creditor of the said Adam Cairns to the extent of not less than Fifty Pounds, and in the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Acts, 1862 and 1865.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman has appointed the tenth day of September next, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for the hearing of the said Petition.

Dated this twenty-first day of August, 1866.

W. O. BALL,
Interim Sequestrator.

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

In the matter of the several Petitions of THOMAS DICK, of Dunedin, lately Police Constable, but now out of employment; EDWARD HARRIS of Dunedin, Clerk; and TERENCE HYNES, of Hyde, in the Province of Otago, Miner, Debtors; and in the matter of the Debtors and Creditors Acts, 1862 and 1865.

NOTICE is hereby given that the above-named Insolvents have presented their Petitions for relief under the above Acts, and that the Court has appointed Monday, the tenth day of September, 1866, at the hour of ten in the forenoon, for the hearing of the said Petition.

WILSON, KIDSTON, and STAMPER,
Temple Chambers, Princes-street, Dunedin,
Solicitors for the said Petitioners.

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