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6. No business shall be transacted at
   any such meeting unless there shall be
   there present, personally or by proxy,
   one-fourth in number or value of the
   creditors who shall have proved their
   debts or claims.

If within half an hour from the time
appointed for the meeting there is not a
quorum, the meeting shall be dissolved,
unless convened in pursuance of a Rule
or Order, in which case it shall stand
adjourned till the following day, at the
same place and hour; and if at such adjourned meeting there is no quorum
within half an hour from the time of
meeting, the meeting shall be adjourned
sine die.

7. All questions shall be determined
   by a majority of the votes of the creditors
   present personally or by proxy: Provided
   that no resolution shall be deemed to be
   adopted by the meeting unless the same
   is carried by the votes of one-fourth in
   number or value of the creditors who
   shall have proved their debts or claims.

8. Proxies shall not be recognized unless appointed by some writing under the
   hand of the constituent creditor, which
   shall be inspected by the chairman and
   authenticated to his satisfaction.

9. The number of votes to be assigned
   to, and exercised by, each creditor shall
   be according to the following scale:—In
   respect of a proved debt or claim,
   Exceeding £10 and not amounting to £50, 1 vote
   Amounting to £50, ... £100, 2 votes
   ... £100, ... £200, 3 votes
   ... £200, four votes,
   and so on, at the rate of one additional
   vote for every complete sum of £100
   over and above the first £100: Provided
   that no creditor shall be entitled to more
   than 12 votes in the whole.

10. Only one of several joint creditors
    shall in respect of the joint debt
    or claim be entitled to vote and take
    a part in the proceedings at any meeting.

11. No creditor having any mortgage,
    lien, or other specific security upon any
    property of the debtor shall, in respect of
    the debt so secured, be entitled to vote or
    take a part in the proceedings at any
    meeting, unless he shall give up such
    mortgage, lien, or other security, for the
    general benefit of the creditors: Provided
    that where any such security shall
    have been realized, and shall have been
    insufficient to pay the debt in full, the
    creditor may in respect of the deficiency,
    and on proof thereof, be entitled to vote
    and take a part in the proceedings at
    every such meeting.

12. A chairman shall be appointed,
    and shall preside at every meeting, and
    he shall have a casting vote in addition to
    his original vote or votes.

13. Minutes of the proceedings of
    every meeting shall be taken, and shall
    be signed by the chairman, who shall
    forthwith file the same in the Supreme
    Court.

14. Meetings may be adjourned from
    time to time, and from place to place.

(Signed)
GEORGE ALFRED ARNEY, Ch. J.
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON, Judge.
H. B. GRESSON, Judge.
C. W. RICHMOND, Judge.

SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862.

By virtue of the powers vested in us
by The Debtors and Creditors Act,
1862, we, the Judges of the Supreme
Court, do hereby settle the following
Table of Fees and Scale of Allowances
to Witnesses:—

Table of Fees.

Filing Petition for sequestration
under the Act by Debtor or
Creditor ... £1 0 0

And for all other proceedings the same
Fees as are, or may be, payable in respect
of other proceedings in the Supreme
Court of the like nature.

Scale of Allowances to Witnesses.

The like allowances as are or may be
payable to witnesses in civil cases in the
Supreme Court.

GEORGE ALFRED ARNEY, Chief Justice
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON, Judge,
H. B. GRESSON, Judge,
C. W. RICHMOND, Judge.

Approved in Council.
G. GREY,
New Plymouth; 2nd May, 1863.

Appointment of Captain Allison, Lieutenant McGregor, and Ensign Lees.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Auckland, 20th April, 1863.

His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appointments in the “Caledonian Rangers,”
Wanganui Rifle Volunteers:—

James Allison, to be Captain; date of
Commission, 16th April, 1863.

Alexander McGregor, to be Lieutenant; date of Commission, 16th April,
1863.

Allan Lees, to be Ensign; date of Commission, 16th April, 1863.

READER,
WOOD,
In the absence of Mr Domett.

Printed under the Authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by Thomas McKenzie
and James Muir, Printers for the time being for such Government.