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7. That your petitioner, fully believing that the £5,000,000 loan was to be included in the agency to be undertaken by him, and that he was to receive commission for his services in common with the Agents associated with him in floating the said loan, refrained from communicating with the Ministry on the subject previously to the issue of the new loan. 8. That if the £5,000,000 was not intended to be included in the work to be done by your petitioner, for which he was to be paid, then your petitioner was misled by the inducement held out to him, and the proposed appointment was not of the substantial character that your petitioner had the right to expect. 9. That one of the Agents associated with your petitioner in floating it was Sir Penrose Goodchild Julyan, who stipulated that before he lent his aid to the floating of the loan the payment of his services should be fixed, and it amounted to more than four years' salary of the AgentGeneral. 10. That your petitioner had, as the correspondence will show, great anxiety and trouble in helping to float the new loan. 11. That the Loan Agents claimed a commission on the floating of the loan and on inscribing the stock, but afterwards, on the suggestion of Sir Francis Dillon Bell, agreed to accept one commission. 12. That your petitioner was also satisfied to receive only one commission. 13. That your petitioner has been paid no commission. 14. That a considerable portion of the loan was inscribed after your petitioner ceased to be Agent-General, but whilst he still continued to be Stock Agent, and that no commission therefor was paid to your petitioner. 15. That the Colonial Stock Act has been of immense service to the Colony of New Zealand, and large sums of money have been saved to the colony by adopting the provisions of this Act. 16. That it was owing to the agreement which your petitioner made with the Bank of England in 1875, and to the Colonial Stock Act, the passing of which by the Imperial Parliament your petitioner was mainly instrumental in obtaining, that the new loan of £5,000,000 was so successfully floated. • 17. That your petitioner was appointed an Agent for the inscription of stock before he resigned the Agent-Generalship ; but though informed by the Premier, Sir John Hall, that the appointment would be a permanent one and was a reward for his services, his appointment was cancelled, and no remuneration or compensation allowed him. 18. That your petitioner in 1885 presented a petition to your Honourable House, and the then Public Petitions Committee took evidence upon the said petition, which evidence is printed in the Appendices to the Journals, 1885, 1.-lα. 19. That the Committee reported to your Honourable House that with the short time at their disposal it was impossible to arrive at a definite report. 20. That your petitioner formally instituted proceedings at law to recover the moneys your petitioner claims to be entitled to, but owing to your petitioner, in his anxiety to avoid litigation, having allowed too great a time to elapse, your petitioner is barred from recovering the whole or any part of the amount claimed by him. Your petitioner therefore humbly prays that your Honourable House will take the premises into your favourable consideration, and will consider the evidence taken before the aforesaid Committee, and will grant your petitioner such redress as to your Honourable House may seem meet. And your petitioner will ever pray, &c. Julius Vogel, By his Agent, Haeey B. Vogel.

MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS. Fbidat, 16th Septembee. Present: Mr. T. Thompson (Chairman), Mr. Joyce, Mr. Meredith, Mr. Harkness. The following petition was read and considered : — No. 126. —From Hon. Sir Julius Vogel, by his Attorney, Mr. Harry B. Vogel. For consideration of the evidence taken before the Public Petitions Committee in the session of 1885, re his claims, and for redress. Mr. H. B. Vogel attended and made a statement in support of his father's claims. Consideration adjourned, in order that the evidence of the Hon. Sir John Hall might be taken.

Wednesday, 21st Septembee. Present: Mr. T. Thompson (Chairman), Mr. Joyce, Mr. Harkness, Mr. Meredith, and the Hon. Mr. W. P. Beeves. The following petition was further considered :— No. 126. —Hon. Sir Julius Vogel. Adjourned from 16th. Hon. Sir John Hall attended and gave evidence. Mr. H. B. Vogel attended and gave evidence. Consideration adjourned.