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"The Bankruptey Amendment

Ordnance 1867.

may

The

object of this Ordnance

apparent unless

not be

Joine

explanation be offered. The facts which rendered it necessary

are these. The

RRegistear of the Supreme Court is the Official Assignee under "The Rankupley Ordnance 1864" section 6, and beinga relative of

the mendees of

ove

of

of the

which

Bankrupt firm of Lyall Full + C= he nativally felt a repugnance, I believe he expressed by letter to the Arief Justice, to act in this matter.

The unmediate object there face of this

grant hum reling. Possibly it may be thought that difficulty might have been met by the apponitment of

Ordnance is to

thie

Assig

a

Reditor's

nee under Section 6d, but it will

The observed that the appointment of

a Creditor's

Ajsiquee

must be at the

first meeting of Creditors or at an aljanument thereof and that before

"