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ston, who has appointed the 8th day of
November next, at the hour of ten o’clock
in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court
House, Wellington, aforesaid, for the
hearing thereof, at which time and place
all parties concerned are to attend.

R. S. CHEESMAN,
Solicitor for the said Petitioner.

In the Supreme Court of New

Zealand—Middle District.

In the matter of the Petition of
William Elias Taunton,
of Porirua, in the Province of Wellington, Gentleman, a bankrupt;

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 the said
William Elias Taunton did on the 6th day of September last, present his Petition praying for the sequestration of his estate for the benefit of all his creditors and for relief according to the provisions of the said Acts, and that the said Petition has been accepted by His Honor Mr. Justice Johnston, who has appointed the 8th day of November next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, at the Supreme Court House, Wellington, aforesaid, for the hearing thereof, at which time and place all parties concerned are to attend.

R. S. CHEESMAN,
Solicitor for the said Petitioner.

Stamps under “Coupons Act, 1864.”

G. GREY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington,
this twelfth day of October, 1866.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Coupons Act, 1864,” it is provided that the powers created by that Act shall not be exercised until the Governor in Council shall have approved of the stamps to be used for the purposes of the said Act, nor until regulations as to the manner in which the same may be used shall have been issued by the Governor in Council, or except in conformity with such regulations;

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor in Council, in exercise of the power vested in him by the said recited Act, doth hereby approve of certain stamps, the description of which is hereunto annexed, and are deposited in the office of the Colonial Secretary, to be used for the purposes of the said Act by the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington, and doth hereby issue the following regulations in conformity with which such stamps are to be so used.

Regulations.

There shall be only one copy of such stamps for stamping coupons under “The Coupons Act, 1864,” in the Province of Wellington, which stamps shall be kept in the custody of the Provincial Treasurer of the Province of Wellington, in a strong box having two distinct locks and two keys, one thereof to be in the keeping of the Colonial Treasurer or of the Colonial Sub-Treasurer at Wellington, and the other in the keeping of the Superintendent of the Province of Wellington. The stamps shall only be delivered out to the Superintendent upon his requisition in writing, for the purpose of stamping a certain number of coupons mentioned in such requisition, and shall be returned by the Superintendent to the above custody immediately after having been so used. No debentures or coupons shall be stamped with such stamps, nor shall they be in any way used except in the presence of the Superintendent or the Provincial Secretary, or some person or persons to be appointed in writing for that purpose by the Superintendent.

Such appointed person shall keep an account of the number of debentures and coupons stamped, and shall not suffer the stamps to be used after the number or amount of debentures from time to time authorized by law shall have been stamped, nor otherwise than for the purpose of stamping such coupons.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Description of Stamps referred to in above Order in Council, viz.:
The impressions of the signatures of
I. E. FEATHERSTON, Superintendent;
W. HICKSON, Provincial Treasurer.

New Zealand Gazette, October 15th, 1866.

Districts for Registration of Births, Marriages, and Deaths.

G. GREY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by “The Registration Act, 1858,” it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor, at any time, by Proclamation in the New Zealand Gazette, to divide the Colony of New Zealand, for the purposes of the said Act, into such and so many districts as he may think fit, and that every such district shall be called by a distinct name, and shall be a Registrar’s District; and it is provided that the Governor may at any time revoke the whole or any part of such Proclamation, and issue a new Proclamation dividing...