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Notice of Assignment by G. Pickett & Co.

NOTICE is hereby given, that by deed bearing date the seventh day of August, 1865, and made between Gilbert Pickett, of the City of Wellington, in the Province of Wellington, and Colony of New Zealand, draper, of the first part, Henry Owen, of the same place, draper, of the second part, and Joseph Edward Nathan and Walter Turnbull, both of the same place, merchants, of the third part, the said Gilbert Pickett and Henry Owen did convey, assign, and assure all and singular the lands, tenements, and hereditaments of them the said Gilbert Pickett and Henry Owen, respectively, of whatsoever nature or tenure, unto the said Joseph Edward Nathan and Walter Turnbull, their heirs and assigns, upon trust, to sell the same as therein mentioned, and to stand possessed of the proceeds to arise from such sale or sales upon the trusts in the deed next hereinafter mentioned, declared of and concerning the same : And notice is hereby further given, that by deed bearing even date with the said last mentioned deed, and made between the said Gilbert Pickett and Henry Owen, therein described as drapers, and co-partners, trading at Wellington, aforesaid, under the style or firm of Gilbert Pickett and Company, of the first part, the said Gilbert Pickett, of the second part, the said Henry Owen, of the third part, the said Joseph Edward Nathan and Walter Turnbull (therein further described as two of the creditors of the said firm of Gilbert Pickett and Company), of the fourth part, and the several other persons whose hands and seals are thereunto set and affixed (being respectively creditors of the said firm or of one of the respective partners thereof), of the fifth part: The said Gilbert Pickett and Henry Owen did, and each of them did assign and transfer all and singular the personal estate and effects of them and each of them, unto the said Joseph Edward Nathan and Walter Turnbull, their executors, administrators, and assigns, upon trust for sale as therein mentioned, and upon further trust to hold the proceeds as well of the sale of the said personal estate and effects as also of the lands, tenements, and hereditaments hereinbefore mentioned, upon trust as therein mentioned, for the benefit of all the creditors of the said Gilbert Pickett and Henry Owen and each of them: And that the said deeds were duly executed on the day of the dates thereof, by the said Gilbert Pickett and Henry Owen, in the presence of the undersigned Robert Hart, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, and by the said Joseph Edward Nathan and Walter Turnbull, in the presence of Edward Stafford, clerk to the said Robert Hart, and that the said deeds now lie at the office of the said Robert Hart, in Wellington, aforesaid, for inspection by the creditors of the said Gilbert Pickett and Henry Owen and each of them, and the said secondly hereinbefore recited deed lies and will remain at the office aforesaid for execution by the said creditors, till the second day of September next ensuing.

Dated at Wellington, the eighth day of August, 1865.

ROB. HART,
Solicitor to the Trustees.

Election of Board of Wardens for the Tukapu Road District.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
21st August, 1865.

NOTICE has been given to this Office, under the hand of the undermentioned Chairman, that at a meeting held at the house of Mr. J. B. Roots, on the 9th of August, instant, the following ratepayers were elected a Board of Wardens for the said district, viz. :

Mr. F. Hook,
,, W. Morgan,
,, H. Taylor,
,, G. Thompson,
,, J. Ford,
,, G. Marchant, Chairman.

A. FOLLETT HALCOMBE,
Provincial Secretary.