A BANKRUPTCY OFFICIAL'S CAREER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13673, 11 April 1908, Page 2

A BANKRUPTCY OFFICIAL'S CAREER.

. WEtLINGTON. April 10. • Mr Jaimes Ashct*dft, late cbfdner 'aniS osdial assignee in v bankruptcy, Wellington, waft pres'oirted to-day 1 by m€tabers of the legal profession with a oheque for sixty i guineas. The Hon. T. Wv Hislop presßed, and he and Mr Hv p. Bell, KiG., spoke of the ability shown by Mr Ashcroft in carrying' but the duties of his position, during a grpat. many, years. In reply, Mr. Ashcroft remarked' that he had had 24 years of official life, incliiding nine in 'Dunedin. Thß bankruptcy " business was. fallihg-ipf/^foriwnereas in 1884 the bai^Ujpto^(msjss in If &to Zealand num-, bered 846 } fn-1904 they were only 180. During his term of- office- he had hbld 1150 inquests and had about' 30100 bankruptcies under his supervision.