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H.—37a

1900. NEW ZEALAND.

LEGAL EXPENSES PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING 1898-99.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 4th August, 1899. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing the aggregate amount paid by all departments of the Government for legal expenses for the financial year 1898-99, showing the names of the legal firms to whom such moneys were paid, and giving similar information to that contained in H.-49, 1881; H.-34,1882 ; H.-31,1885; H.-51, 1889 ; H.-46, 1891; and H.-40 (Session II.), 1897."—(Mr. Fisher.)

SUMMAEY. £ s. a. Crown Solicitors, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 5,856 19 11 Other than Crown Solicitors, &c. ... ... ... ... 2,924 0 7 £8,781 0 6

Amounts paid to Crown Solicitors and Crown Prosecutors in the various Judicial Districts for the Financial Year 1898-99.

The above return has been compiled from information supplied by the various departments. ._, . Hugh Pollen, Colonial Secretary s Office, Wellington, 22nd June, 1900. Under-Secretary.

Looality. Name. Amount. Amount paid to each District. Northern Judicial District— Auckland ... ... ... New Plymouth Gisborne Hon. J. A. Tole ... A. Standish J.W.Nolan £ a. d. 1,404 18 10 159 3 0 162 1 0 £ s. d. 1,726 2 10 Wellington Judicial District— Wellington Hawera ... ... Napier Masterton Wanganui H. Gully E. L. Barton A. J. Cotterill ... A. E. Bunny S. T. Fitzherbert G. Marshall 1,111 12 10 42 12 11 255 0 8 89 11 8 47 15 6 3 10 7 75 19 8 1/ • • • ••> Palmerston North it Nelson Judicial District - Blenheim ... ... Nelson Westport B. McCallum G. Y. Fell C. B. Harden ... 1,626 3 10 76 72 27 0 8 0 10 7 0 175 8 6 Canterbury Judicial District— Christehurch ... Timaru T. W. Stringer ... J. W. White 763 162 3 6 3 5 925 9 8 Otago and Southland Judicial District — Oamaru Dunedin ... ... ... A. J. Creagh B. C. Haggitt ... J. F. M. Fraser ... T. M. Macdonald W. Turton 47 14 0 90 3 10 543 7 5 331 17 1 6 6 0 w •.. .. ... Invercargill Queenstown ... 1,019 8 4 Westiand Judicial District— Hokitika Greymouth J. Park M. Hannan 252 132 0 10 5 11 384 6 9 £5,856 19 11

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Amounts paid to Members of the Legal Profession other than Crown Solicitors and Crown Prosecutors during the Financial Year 1898-99, as per Departmental Detail Returns hereunder.

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Department. Name. Amount. Total. Advances to Settlers Borlase and Barnicoat Napier, W. J. £ s. d. 2 2 0 2 2 0 £ s. d. 4 4 0 Agricultural Beard, W. G.j Masterton Cooke, F. H., Palmerston North Findlay, D. M., Palmerston South Eraser, J. F. M., Dunedin Haggitt, A. B., Milton Herdman, A. L., Naseby Marshall, Gilford, Wanganui... Mondy, Sim, and Findlay, Wellington ... 2 8 8 5 5 0 17 8 12 0 0 19 17 0 0 6 8 10 10 0 14 14 0 Jolonial Secretary 66 9 0 Devore and Cooper ... Martin and Bichmond 5 5 0 150 0 0 155 5 35 14 0 9 Customs Education Cotter, T., Auckland Buddie, Button, and Co., Auckland Finn, H. J., Gisborne Weston, T. S., New Plymouth 3 3 0 50 0 0 3 3 0 j-overnment Insurance 56 6 0 Cornford, H. A. Crown Law Office ... Free and Cottrell Guinness and Kitchingham ... Hankins, J. H. Hesketh and Bichmond Joynt and Andrews ... Kirk, Atkinson, and Wilson ... Loughrey and Lane... Mondy and Sim Stafford, Treadwell, and Field Stout, Findlay, and Co. 1 11 0 1 11 6 1 12 8 5 14 0 2 2 1 108 1 3 32 4 0 48 15 1 7 10 0 20 9 0 278 11 2 3 8 0 ustice ... Devore and Cooper, Auckland Hanlon, A. C, Dunedin Jellicoe, E. G., Wellington 511 9 9 10 10 0 14 14 0 21 2 0 Jabour... Findlay, Dr. J. G. ... Macalister, John Purnell, C. W. Beed,J. B. Smithson and Baymond Weston, T. S. 58 14 6 15 7 4 110 17 0 0* 8 7 6 3 13 6 46 6 0 jand- and Income-tax jand for Settlements 104 3 10 6 9 0 Chapman and Tripp... Baldwin, P. B. Findlay, Dr. J. G. ... 256 "6 10 903 19 6 tlines ... Native Land Purchase Stafford, Treadwell, and Field, Wellington Baldwin, P. E., Wellington ... Findlay, J. G., Wellington ... Jones, B. N., Gisborne 21 0 0 52 10 0 5 5 0 1,160 0 4 27 10 0 ... 78 15 0 Cassidy, J. A., Christchurch ... Cornford, H. A., Napier Devore and Cooper, Auckland Hanlon, A. C, Dunedin Marshall, G., Wanganui Smithson and Raymond, Timaru Welsh, B. D., BLawera 12 0 0 6 19 4 21 10 6 33 2 4 18 4 8 7 7 0 8 8 0 3 ost and Telegraph >ublic Trust Cook, G. and J. A., Dunedin ... Hall, H Hankins, J. H. Loughrey and Lane... Stafford, Treadwell, and Field 3 3 0 12 0 110 234 10 4 107 11 10 2 2 0 Carried forward ... 239 16 4 ... 2,602 2 10 * This amount is for defendant's costs in case in which judgment was given against the department.

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Amounts paid to Members of the Legal Profession, &c. — continued.

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Department. Name. Amount. Total. & s. a. £ s. a. 2,602 2 10 Brought forward... 'ublio Works MeLeod, N. A., Dargaville Mondy, Sim, and Findlay, Wellington ... 5 5 0 18 7 6 Railways Beswick and Harris, Christchurch Devore and Cooper, Auckland Hankins, J. H., Palmerston North Izard, H. S., Greytown North Marshall, G-., Wanganui Swarbrick, A., Hamilton 0 10 6 40 0 0 94 15 6 2 2 0 7 13 4 15 13 0 23 12 6 itamps... r aluation Standish and Kerr, New Plymouth Finn, H. J. Napier, J. W. Pownall, C. A. Eattray, E. H. 160 14 4 23 0 7 18 18 6 37 0 10 49 12 0 9 9 0 114 10 4 Total ... £2,924 0 7

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LEGAL EXPENSES PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING 1898-99., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1900 Session I, H-37a

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LEGAL EXPENSES PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING 1898-99. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1900 Session I, H-37a

LEGAL EXPENSES PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING 1898-99. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1900 Session I, H-37a

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