At Inch Clutha, in the Main District School-house.

At West Taieri, in the Main District School-house.

At Wakari, in the Main District School-house; and in the respective School-houses, or Buildings used as School-houses, in the following mentioned districts, viz.—Port Chalmers, Portobello, North-East Harbour, Anderson’s Bay, North-East Valley, Mornington, Caversham, Green Island, East Taieri, Saddlehill, North Taieri, Lake Waipori, Waihola, Balclutha, Warepa, Kaihiku, Blueskin, Waikouaiti, Hampden, Otepopo, Oamaru, Lawrence, and Queenstown.

JOHN HISLOP,
Secretary to the Education Board.

N.B.—By the 14th section of the “Education Ordinance, 1864,” it is enacted, that “on the second Monday in the month of January in each year excepting in the month of January 1865 a public meeting of the owners and occupiers of land and householders in every Educational District being male persons above twenty-one years of age shall be held at a time and place to be fixed by the Secretary of The Board and notified by public advertisement at least one month previously and in such other manner as The Board shall direct and at such meeting a Chairman shall be chosen and the School Committee for the preceding year shall give a full report of their proceedings and thereupon the electors present shall proceed to elect either by show of hands or by ballot as shall be determined upon by the said meeting a new School Committee for the ensuing year of not less than five nor more than nine persons possessing the qualifications prescribed by clause 13 and may re-elect all or any of the persons going out of office to be members of such new Committee and every Committee so to be appointed shall hold office until the appointment of their successors.”

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.”

THE matter of this Petition, coming on this day for the second hearing thereof: Upon reading the order for sequestrating and vesting the estate and effects of the above-named bankrupt, made in these matters, dated the fourteenth day of August last, and upon hearing Mr. Maddock, his counsel, it is ordered that Frederick Horatio Evans, of Dunedin aforesaid, Accountant, be, and he is hereby appointed, Trustee of the estate and effects of the bankrupt; and it is further ordered, that all the real and personal estate of the bankrupt shall vest in the said Frederick Horatio Evans, by virtue of his said appointment, and shall be held by him, his heirs, executors, and administrators (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 collection and getting in.

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

4. To pay the costs, properly incurred, of and incidental to the Petition in these matters, and subsequent thereto; such costs to be taxed, and also 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 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.

6. To pay the ultimate surplus (if any), of the said trust moneys to the bankrupt.

Dated this sixth day of November, 1866.

By the Court,
ROBT. CHAPMAN,
Registrar.

I, the above-named Frederick Horatio Evans, hereby accept the appointment of Trustee made by the foregoing order, and consent to hold the real and personal property therein mentioned, upon and for the purposes and trusts therein mentioned.

FRED. H. EVANS.

Wm. D. STEWART,
Witness to the Signature of the said Frederick Horatio Evans.

PRENDERGAST, KENNYON & MADDOCK,
Solicitors for the Trustee.

NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership subsisting between the undersigned Mathew Holmes and Michael Sherlock Gleeson, carrying on the business of Sheep and General Farmers in the District of Moeraki, in the Province of Otago, under the style or firm of “Holmes and Gleeson,” has this day been formally dissolved by mutual consent, as from the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.

Dated this twenty-ninth day of November, 1866.

MATHEW HOLMES.
M. S. GLEESON.

Witness to both signatures—
GEORGE COOK,
Solicitor, Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned, carrying on business at Clyde as Coal Dealers, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent, and that the business will in future be carried on by James Holt. All debts will be received by Francis Dakin, who is empowered to give receipts for same.

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FRANCIS X DAKIN.
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JAMES HOLT.

Witness—
WM. S. BAILEY,
Clyde, 1st November, 1866.

The Red Cow, advertised to be sold on the 14th instant, at West Taieri Pound, has been claimed.

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.