30
37
a for the rest of Mr Pumkéis
tersen of offace.
When Dr Gibbons had been
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short time in his office he saw the difficulty in the
in the way of carrying
on this bankoupley, and applied to the Government for an Ordinance to
lous.
remove Huffam.
"This application not approved of by the Churf pistice 78. "TW- bibbous then made a report on June 27th 1080 slewing the state of the bankruptly and acemuning to act sor Officcal exciguce scked for an order to call a muting to declare a dividend. Thereupon an order was wade by the Court July 200 that the Offrecat Airigune be at liberty to call a meeting of
creditors
creditors and declare a dividend and a
Vendwapp meeting
203.204!
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held and a dividend
42% % was declared on .
79 Mr.
298
dof.
Regeral ot
JW. Gibbous then still assuming to
act as Official Reciquer po secuted .
sttantur / /_ further polition for an order to draw the
affandix,
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moray for the dier dead out of the m Treasury
80. The pristine
tras
presented
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August 7th and the Chief Justice took
fendief 12 until September 4th to consider bis
decision, and then made an orderit
82. He alluded to the doubts that there
loas
were as to whether Huffam not still official Ascious and to ther question challer PW. Sibbow was legally as be assumed to be official Assignee s
lis
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52.
his place tab he gave us actual decision ou this point though the opportunity for doing to would seem to have been as good
that the~
a one as could be desired. 82. The order made was application should stand over till ~ October 6th
95 Sneanwhile Eno Gibbous being applied to by the creditors to know why the distribuction did not take place explained to them that the Chief Justice's action made it impossible for him to go fuitter. 84. The petition of Mr Plunket was not taken up and nothing ther nor has anything been done since. 15. The foregoing statement explains the position in Reptember last and at thes present
more was done