D.—No. 7a,

A RETURN showing NUMBER of CASES TRIED in the various Resident Magistrates' Courts, during the Quarter ending March 31, 1866.

Wellington. The Resident Magistrate, £500, (is also Sheriff, with right to fees not exceeding £100 per annum, and Registration and Returning Officer, £100.) Three clerks, £200, £100, and £100. Bailiff, £150. The Chief Clerk is also Secretary to Native Reserves Commissioner, at £25 per annum, and Interpreter to the Provincial Government, at £106 15s. per annum. The Resident Magistrate presides at the Court at AVellington, and once a week at the Court at thollutt. The Chief Clerk, £200, collects all moneys paid into Court, pays them in to his own credit as Clerk to Bench at bank, and periodically pays his collections into Colonial Treasury; can draw on bank account by his signature, attends the Court as clerk, takes evidence, fills up informations, and is in charge of office; is responsible for collection of revenue, and gives a bond for £500 (four persons, £125 each). A clerk, £100, keeps books of fees and fines, keeps judgment book, fills up summonses, and makes out warrants. A clerk, £100, assists generally. Bailiff", £150, is also Bailiff to District Court; makes sales on judgments, and pays proceeds to Clerk of Court; sells through an Auctioneer, and attaches account sales to papers of case, attends Court, has no fees, is paid Bs. per diem for holding possession of property. Keeps record of executions and results thereof. Police chiefly serve summonses and execute distress warrants.

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