Tenders.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th April, 1867.

THE following Tenders are published for general information.

W. Hickson,
Provincial Secretary.

Forming 10 Chains and 40 Links of No. 2 Branch Road, Pahautanui.
Stephen Flighty ... £32 : 10s. Accepted.
B. Draper .......... £35 : 0s. Declined.

Forming 10 Chains No. 1 Branch Road, Pahautanui.
Matthew Valter ... £40 0 0 Accepted.
B. Draper .......... £49 10 0 Declined.

Forming 26 Chains and 65 Links No. 2 Road, Western Hutt District.
J. E. Rumble ... £3 : 9 : 6 per chain, only tender—Accepted.

District Court.

NOTICE is hereby given that the next sitting of the District Court of Wellington for the despatch of civil business will be holden at the Supreme Court House, Wellington, on Thursday, the 18th day of April, 1867, at ten o’clock in the forenoon.

Wm. R. E. Brown,
Clerk of the Court.

Debtors and Creditors Acts.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND—MIDDLE DISTRICT.

In the matter of "The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," "The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865," and "The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1866:"

AND

In the matter of the Petition of Harry Bowler, of Porirua, in the Province of Wellington, Grazier, a bankrupt:

On Friday, the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven:

ON reading the Petition of the said Petitioner filed herein, and the affidavits of Harry Bowler and John Matthew Taylor filed herein, and on hearing Mr. Borlase of Counsel for the said Petitioner: It is ordered that the said Petition be accepted, and that the said Petitioner do come up for hearing at the Supreme Court House at Wellington on Wednesday, the eighth day of May next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon, and that a meeting of the Creditors of the said Petitioner be held at the Grand Jury Room at Wellington on Wednesday, the twentieth day of February instant, at the hour of eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of recommending Trustees for the said estate, and the mode of winding up the same; and that in the meantime, George Henry Vennell, of Wellington, aforesaid, merchant, be appointed Sequestrator of the estate and effects of the said Petitioner. And it is hereby ordered that this order shall be a vesting order in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of 1865; and that in the meantime, and until the further order of this Court, the person of the said Petitioner and his goods and chattels shall be protected from all processes of arrest, save only against any which may be issued against him under the "Writ of Arrest Act," to the satisfaction of a Judge of this honorable Court, or of a Registrar thereof.

By the Court.

(s.) R. R. S.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND—MIDDLE DISTRICT.

In the matter of "The Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862," and "The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment Act, 1865," and "The Debtors and Creditors Act Amendment, Act 1866:"

AND

In the matter of the Petition of James Wallace, of the city of Wellington, Grocer, a bankrupt:

On Wednesday, the tenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven:

ON reading the Petition of the said James Wallace filed herein, and together with the affidavit of the said James Wallace, and on hearing Mr. Borlase as of Counsel for the said Petitioner, It is ordered that the said Petition be accepted, and that the said Petitioner do come up for hearing at the Supreme Court House at Wellington, on Wednesday, the eighth day of May next, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon; and that a meeting of the Creditors of the said Petitioner be held at the Grand Jury Room at Wellington on Wednesday, the 24th day of April instant, at the hour of eleven o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of recommending Trustees for the estate of the said Petitioner, and the manner of winding up the same; and that in the meantime, and until further order of the Court, William Robert Edward Brown, an Inspector in Bankruptcy, be appointed Sequestrator of the said estate: And it is hereby ordered that this order shall be a vesting order in accordance with the provisions of the said Act of 1865, and that in the meantime, and until further order of this Court, the person of the said Petitioner, and his goods and chattels shall be protected from all processes of arrest, save only against any which may be issued against him under the "Writ of Arrest Act," to the satisfaction of a Judge of this honorable Court, or of a Registrar thereof.

By the Court.

(s.) R. R. S.