In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,

Otago and Southland District.

In the matter of the Petition of SYDNEY JAMES, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Livery Stable Keeper, Debtor; and John Hyde Harris, of Dunedin, in the Province on Otago aforesaid, Solicitor, a Creditor of the said Sydney James 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 His Honor Mr. Justice Chapman has accepted the Petition of the above-named Bankrupt, and has appointed Monday, the fifth day of November, 1866, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Dunedin, for the hearing of the said petition.

Dated at Dunedin, this twenty-second day of September, 1866.

HARRIS MACASSEY & TURTON,
11s.
Solicitors for the Bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given, that William Lewis Grant, George Gammie Maitland, (hitherto called "George Gammie"), and William Gilbert Rees, lately carrying on the business of Runholders in co-partnership in the Province of Otago, New Zealand, under the style or firm of "Grant, Gammie, and Rees" have applied to the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the said Province of Otago, to have issued to them, under the provisions of "The Lost Licenses and Leases Act, 1865," a certified copy of the Depasturing License for Run No. 345 (three hundred and forty-five) of the Province of Otago aforesaid: And notice is hereby further given that all objections to the issue of the said certified copy License must be lodged with the said Commissioner of Crown Lands, at Dunedin aforesaid, before noon on Tuesday, the thirtieth day of October next.

HARRIS, MACASSEY, & TURTON,
Solicitors for the Applicants.

Dunedin 18th September, 1866.
10s. 6d.

THE Partnership hitherto existing between EDWIN JAMES KING and CHARLES ROWLEY, News Agents and Stationers, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. The debts due and owing by the firm will be paid by Charles Rowley.

Edwin J. King,
Charles Rowley.

Witness—
Richard Thos. Wheeler,
Dunedin 5th Sept. 1866.

8s.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between the undersigned Henry John Miller, Edward George Tate Gooch, and Isaac Thomas Cookson, in the business of Sheep and Cattle Farmers, under the style or firm of "Miller Gooch and Company," was this day dissolved by mutual consent.

The business is carried on upon Runs situate on or near Lake Hawea, in the Provinces of Otago and Canterbury.

Dated this 8th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

HENRY JOHN MILLER.
E. G. T. GOOCH.

Signed by the above named Henry John Miller and Edward George Tate Gooch in the presence of:
J. Hyde Harris,
Solicitor, Dunedin.

Signed by the above-named Isaac Thomas Cookson in the presence of:
James Duerdin,
Notary Public, Melbourne.

12s.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Daniel Campbell, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership hitherto existing between Thomas Thompson and George Thompson, in the business of Tinsmiths, carried on by them in the Town of Oamaru, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent.

Dated this eighteenth day of September, 1866.

THOMAS THOMPSON,
GEORGE THOMPSON.

Witness to the signatures of Thomas Thompson,
GEORGE SUMPTER,
Land Agent, Oamaru.
3—18s.

(From New Zealand Gazette, September 11, 1866, No. 51.)

General Crown Lands Office,

Wellington, 31st August, 1866.

IN conformity with the 29th clause of "The Gold Fields Acts Amendment Act, 1865," it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a Lease for gold-mining purposes of the Crown Lands to the person named in the following Schedule.

ALFRED DOMETT,
Secretary for Crown Lands.

Applicant—Samuel Jones.
Locality—Scandinavian Reef, Skipper’s Creek, in the Province of Otago.
Area—5 acres 1 rood and 37 perches.

NOTICE is hereby given, that a Sitting of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within the Supreme Court House, Lambton Quay, in the City of Wellington, upon Tuesday, the ninth day of October next, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon, when all persons having business before the said Court are required to give their attendance.

ROBT. R. STRANG,
Acting-Registrar of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand.

Wellington, 5th September, 1866.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington, 3rd September, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint JAMES ELDER BROWN, Esq., to be Deputy-Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of Toko-mairiro.

E. W. STAFFORD.

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