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1876. NEW ZEALAND.

£1,000 GRANTED TO MR. SMYTHIES, (COPY OF RECEIPT FOR THE SUM OF, AS COMPENSATION FOR LOSS SUSTAINED BY HIM BY THE OPERATION OF "THE LAW PRACTITIONERS ACT AMENDMENT ACT, 1866").

Presented to the House of Representatives by Command of Sis Excellency.

I, the undersigned Henry Smythies, do hereby acknowledge that I have this day received from the Honorable the Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, the sum of one thousand pounds (£1,000) sterling, being a sum of money which by aßesolution of the House ofßepresentatives of the said colony, passed on the second day of October instant, was voted to be paid to me " by way of compensation for the loss which he has sustained by the operation of ' The Law Practitioners Act Amendment Act. 1866 :' " And I do hereby further acknowledge and declare that the said sum is received by me in full discharge and satisfaction of all or any claims or demands which I allege to have or to have had against the said colony or the General Assembly thereof, for or by reason of anything contained in " The Law Practitioners Act Amendment Act, 1866 " or any Act amending the same, and which may in any manner have affected or concerned me, directly or indirectly, in the respect of the practice of the profession of a barrister of the Supreme Court or solicitor thereof, or any other function, duty, or privilege which as such barrister or solicitor 1 was or might have been entitled to perform or exercise. "Witness my hand this fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. Henry Smythies. Witness to signature— W. Boddington, Accountant, Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin.

By Authority : Gkoege Didsbubt, GoTcrmtient Printer, Wellington.—lB7o.