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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