No. of
Application.
21P

Name of Applicant.
W. S. Trotter

District.
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Boundaries.
To the Northward by Run No. 18, to the Southward by the Province of Southland, to the Eastward by Lake Wakatip and Run No. 323, to the Westward by Run No. 18. Estimated extent 40,000 acres.

W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin,
21st January, 1868.

WILLIAM TINDALE SCRIMGEOUR, Esq.,
has been appointed Crown Ranger for the purpose of collecting the Assessment on sheep and cattle within the hundreds of Dunedin and East Taieri.

W. H. CUTTEN,
Chief Commissioner of Waste Land Board,
and Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Waste Land Board Office,
Dunedin,
20th January, 1868.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that he has been pleased to appoint

MR. ROBERT EDWARD

to be a Manager of the Cromwell Cemetery, vice Mr. William Grumitt, resigned.

JULIUS VOGEL,
Provincial Secretary.

22nd January, 1868.

LOST a Bank of New Zealand fixed Deposit Receipt, numbered 13137, dated 3rd October, 1867, for 6 months, for £10.—Marked in body as H1/1. 4s. 2t.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the partnership between the undersigned, (Walter Inder and Samuel Inder), in the business of butchers, hotelkeepers, &c., at Blackston Hill and Mount Ida, under the firm of W. and S. Inder, was this day dissolved by mutual consent, and in future the business at Blackston Hill will be carried on by the said Samuel Inder on his separate account, who will receive and pay all debts owing from and to the said partnership at Blackston Hill. The business at Mount Ida will in future be carried on by the said Walter Inder on his separate account, who will receive and pay all debts owing from and to the said partnership at Mount Ida.

Witness our hands this 16th day of January, 1868,
WALTER INDER,
SAMUEL INDER.

Witness to both signatures,
JAMES MCNAMARA.

Blackston Hill, January 16th, 1868.
21/- 3t

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.—The partnership hitherto existing between the undersigned, trading under the style or firm of Bates, Sise and Co., as Wholesale Importers, Bond street, Dunedin, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. The business will in future be carried on as usual by Mr. G. L. Sise, who will settle all liabilities, and receive all monies due to the late firm.

J. C. BATES,
G. L. SISE.

Witness to the signatures of J. C. Bates and G. L. Sise,
CHAS. H. CREETH, Dunedin.

Dunedin, 18th January, 1868.
10s.

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

In the matter of the petition of JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, trading there under the firm or style of "J. R. Smith and Co.," grocer, a debtor; and in the matter of the petition of William Puddy, of Caversham, in the said Province, hotel-keeper, a creditor of the said John Russell Smith to the extent of not less than fifty pounds; and in the matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," the "Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865," and the "Debtors and Creditors Acts Amendment Act, 1866."

Monday, the sixth day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

UPON reading the petition of the above named bankrupt, and the several papers thereunto annexed, and upon hearing Mr. Bryan Cecil Haggitt, of counsel for the said bankrupt, it is ordered that George Brodie, of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Inspector in Bankruptcy, be, and he is hereby appointed sole trustee of the estate and effects of the bankrupt. And it is further ordered, that all real and personal estate of the bankrupt which shall vest in the said George Brodie by virtue of his said appointment shall be held by him, his heirs, executors, and administrators respectively, (except the wearing apparel of the bankrupt, which shall be retained by him) upon and for the following trusts and purposes, namely:—

1. To sell, collect, and get in such real and personal estate, and receive the monies arising therefrom, and to 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 distribute the net residue of the said trust monies 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 the said Petition, and who shall duly prove their debts by affidavit, sworn and filed within three calendar months from the date of this order by way of pro rata distribution and administration, subject to existing legal priorities (if any such there shall be) but so that the said Creditors shall not receive more than twenty shillings in the pound upon their said respective debts.

5. To pay the ultimate surplus (if any) of the said trust monies to the bankrupt.

By the Court,

ALFRED A. CATOMORE.
Registrar.

I, the above named George Brodie, do hereby accept the appointment of Trustee 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.

GEORGE BRODIE.

Witness to the signature of the said George Brodie—
A. E. CREAGH,
Clerk to Messrs Haggitt and Haggitt, Solicitors, Dunedin.
40s.

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

In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Act, 1867."

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that I have this day filed in this Court a declaration of Insolvency, pursuant to the provisions of the above Act.

Dated this 15th day of January, 1868.

WILLIAM FLEMING MCNEILL,
of Oamaru, Compositor.

Edward Francis Ward, solicitor, Temple Chambers, Princes-street, Dunedin.
3/6.