LEGAL EXPENSES PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING 1902-3.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1904 Session I, H-21

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1904. NEW ZEALAND.

LEGAL EXPENSES PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING 1902-3.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 30th October, 1903. 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 1902-3, giving the names of the legal firms to whom such moneys were paid, and similar information to that contained in H.-37A., 1900.—(Mr. Hogg.)

The above Keturn has been compiled from information supplied by the various departments. Hugh Pollen, Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 23rd June, 1904. Under Secretary.

SUMMARY. £ s d Crown Solicitors, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 7,073 13 10 Other than Crown Solicitors, &e. ... ... ... ... 2,819 2 2 £9,892 16 0 Amounts paid to Crown Solicitors and Crown Prosecutors in the various Judicial for the Financial Year 1902-3. idicial Districts Looality. Name. Amount. Amount paid to each District. Northern Judicial District— Auckland New Plymouth Hon. J. A. Tole ... A. Standish W. Kerr J.W.Nolan £ s. 1,269 16 77 14 0 10 170 4 d. 3 0 6 6 £ s. d. it Gisborne 1,518 5 3 Wellington Judicial District — Wellington H. D. Bell M. Chapman H. Gully E. L. Barton A. J. Cotterill H. A. Cornford ... A. R. Bunny S. T. Fitzherbert... // • • • ... it - - ■ Hawera Napier 974 18 2 46 4 6 911 16 1 50 3 10 137 17 0 82 2 6 37 4 0 493 0 1 a ■ ■ ■ Masterton Wanganui Palmerston North Nelson Judicial District— Blenheim Nelson Westport B. McCallum C. Y. Fell C. E. Harden ... 2,733 6 2 64 10 12 12 3 3 0 0 0 80 5 0 Canterbury Judicial District — Christchurch ... Timaru T. W. Stringer ... J. W. White 931 15 149 8 3 4 Otago Judicial District — Oamaru Dunedin Queenstown Invercargill A. H. Creagh J. F. M. Fraser ... W. Turton T. M. Macdonald... 1,081 3 7 50 18 11 1,256 19 2 1 11 6 161 12 3 1,471 1 10 Wescland Judicial District — Hokitika Greymouth J. Park... 189 12 0 189 12 0 Total £7,073 13 10

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Amounts paid to Members of the Legal Profession other than Crown Solicitors and Crown Prosecutors during the Financial Year 1892-3, as per Departmental Detail Returns hereunder.

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Department. Name. Amount. Total. Accident Insurance Crown Law Office Stafford and Treadwell £ s. 14 3 115 10 d. 6 1 £ 129 13 Agriculture Miller and Porritt, Paeroa Edmunds, A. J., New Plymouth Bell, Gully, and Cooper, Palmerston North Findlay, Dalziell, and Co., Wellington ... Pownall, C. A., Masterton Smithson and Raymond, Timaru McGregor, W. C, Dunedin Dalziell and Haggitt, Lawrence Stewart, D., Balclutha Herdman, A. L., Naseby Gilkinson and Hutton, Clyde ... Inder, F. W., Gore ... 4 4 3 3 11 5 17 8 1 1 3 18 1 3 15 15 2 2 11 0 4 4 11 12 0 0 0 8 0 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 Colonial Secretary's Caygill and Widdowson, Christchurch ... Findlay and Bailey, Palmerston Parr, C. J., Auckland Rattray, R. H., Invercargill ... Swarbrick, A., Hamilton 10 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 28 16 0 110 86 17 2 Customs ... Defence Education Findlay and Dalziell, Wellington Jackson and Russell, Auckland E. E. Papprill, Kaiapoi T. S. Weston, New Plymouth... 37 3 0 13 3 3 0 4 0 1 "i 0 5 7 2 6 8 2 Life Insurance ... Crown Law Office De Lautour and Barker Hesketh and Richmond Joynt and Andrews ... Kirk and Wilson Mondy, Sim, and Stephens Roy, J. B. ... Samuel, O. ... Stafford and Treadwell 0 10 6 13 13 6 2 16 3 9 11 4 121 3 7 2 12 6 5 17 6 25 6 3 84 18 3 Justice... Gray, A., Wellington Hanlon, A. C, Dunedin Herdman, A. L., Wellington ... Lusk, H. B., Napier ... Maginnity, A. T., Nelson Myers, M., Wellington Wilford, T. M., Wellington ... 50 9 0 10 10 0 15 15 0 52 10 0 22 1 0 82 0 0 6 6 0 266 9 8 Labour... Clarke, H. O., Patea... Cotterill and Humphries, Napier Field, E. T.,Dargaville Findlay and Bailey, Palmerston South ... Findlay, Dalziell, and Co., Wellington ... McAlister Brothers, Invercargill Weston, T. S., New Plymouth 2 2 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 16 8 0 9 19 6 11 0 6 239 11 Land and Deeds Registry... Bell, Gully, Bell, and Myers, Wellington (not as Crown Solicitors), (paid out of the Land Assurance Fund) Logan, Williams, and White, Napier ... Macdonald, T. M., Invercargill Martin, T. F., Wellington ... ..'. 3 13 0 50 0 0 36 4 6 3 3 0 27 1 0 Land and Income Tax Land for Settlements Lands and Survey Napier, W. J., Auckland Findlay, Dalziell, and Co., Wellington ... Treadwell, C. H., Wellington ... 70 1 6 120 12 4 380 18 11 223 13 4 Carried forward ... • •• £1,615 5 0

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

Note.—Departments incurring no legal expenses are not referred to in this return.

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Department. Name. Amount. Total. Brought forward.. Marine... Mines ... Cotter, T., Auckland... Cutten and Hjorring, Naseby ... Herdman and Kirk, Naseby ... Poppelwell, D. L., Gore £ s. d. 4 11 0 4 17 4 18 7 0 £ s. d. 1,615 5 0 21 0 0 Old-age Pensions Police ... Macalister Bros., Invercargill... Bell, Gully, and Cooper, Palmerston North Skerrett and Wylie, Wellington Stringer and Cresswell, Christchurch ... 27 15 4 6 10 5 6 6 0 56 13 3 7 9 10 Post and Telegraph Bennett, A. G., Manaia Caplen, H., Hawera.. Harris, Chas., Mangonui Martin, T. P., Wellington 70 9 1 3 13 6 3 8 7 10 0 1 11 6 9 13 7 204 10 0 Public Trust Public Works Stafford, Treadwell, and Field Beard, W. G , Masterton Findlay, Dalziell, and Co., Wellington ... Stafford and Treadwell, Wellington Watson, J. L. McG., Invercargill 110 403 9 0 68 13 1 50 19 7 Railway 524 2 8 Bell, H. D., Wellington Devore and Martin, Auckland... Hall, Stout, and Co., Invercargill 26 8 0 12 7 10 3 17 0 42 12 10 Roads ... Hanlan A. C, Dunedin Harden and Wilson, Westport Hutchison, T., Auckland Lloyd, T. H. G., Dannevirke ... Maginnity, A. T., Nelson Beed, V. H., Auckland 60 0 0 5 6 6 15 13 6 11 2 1 0 15 10 5 5 0 Stamp ... 98 2 11 Gray, A., Wellington Kenyon and Hosking, Dunedin Skerrett and Wylie, Wellington 4 12 0 131 15 4 42 13 0 179 0 4 21 0 0 Treasury Duff, Watts, and Co. Total ... £2,820 2