DISTRICT COURT.—Tuesday.

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DISTRICT COURT.—Tuesday.

[Bete T. Beckham, Esq., District Judge.] The sourned sitting for the purpose of deter, minid questions relating to the winding-up o f gl mining companies, was held this mornr. , . .--I MrEees appeared m caen \casa for the OfficiJA.gent, Mr. Heskoth foi^bjectors. , Ce*al Stab.—This was a claimagarnsttlie compy, by J. 0. Morfitt, for £45 10a. Th, ' sharelders objected to the claim.—Mr. Hei. keth d there would be some difficulty fo these ses. Be had been informed by tij OfficiUgent that the books belonging to at least )0 companies had been bundled into the sect on the night--of-the--fire in the Innur cc buildings.—Mr. P. E. Cheal, who appead for Mr. Morfitt, proved Mr. Morfltt'i appol: meriV as: manager in witnpsß'i office in Grahistswai-^The- witness said that Mr. Morfitaever charged the company many ex. -pensehe had been pojfto/ ;, ,'■' T/T \ XjomxsiTisii LojrGnDEITB.-r'ln this cases M!r. Mwison' had been summoned a» liable. • On thdast Court-day it was.announced that Mr^Mfrfeoh's father was to'ibe -buried that day, »d Mr. Morrison was allowed two monthl to send-in his objection. He now, howevi, appeared, and said that he was on« of fchei>riginal;-shareholders", lut-heVer had any iuerest in- the -company.—Mr.iMof rison's ame was.or(ie-retl to be struck out. Pbes>ent %tSOOTiS. —In this case Dr. Carl Pmk Fischer had transferred a number of sbajs to a person named O'Keefe) but tfc shares, it was alleged, bad | never tfeen properly transferred j ;that: Mr. \ O'Keefflwas a "dummy," and the present j applicabn was to place Dr. Fischer's name j on thft lit of contributors.-^-The: application was allowed, and Dr. Fischer's ; name, was reinstatedapori'the list. Hazebakk. i Golp Mining CoiiEAmf.—A rule nis had been obtained by "Mr. Bew, calling ipon the official manager to show cause wlr an order should not be made to compel im to deliver- up all book 3, paperu, document, &c. The ground, of the application was m allegation that in the winding up of the canpany fifteen 1 persons had been omitted fnm the list of contributors.—Mr. Kees appared in support of the rule, and moved to make it absolute.—Mr. Heaketh appeared U show^, cause. He said the affidavits disclosd nothing beyond a vague belief on the partbf Fernandez, Spray, and another, that such a Fraud had been committed. He, therefore, h<ped that if the Court thought fit to make the order, that it would be granted at the risk o! the applicant.

(Left sitting.)