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Taxed off. £ s. d. £ s. d. Jan. 27, 1882 — Attending Mr. Poyntz re special matters 068 in connection with petition Jan. 28, 1882— Attending you re petition ... ... 068 Jan. 31, 1882— Telegram to Mr. Poyntz to come to town, 050 as we wished to see him preparatory to preparing list of respondent's objections Paid ... ... 010 Feb. 1, 1882— Attending Mr. Poyntz — engaged one 013 4 hour Telegram to Mr. Poyntz for copy of Mail 050 containing petition Paid ... ... 010 Feb. 2, 1882— Telegram to Mr. Poyntz re striking off 050 aliens, &c. Paid ... ... o 2 g Feb. 3, 1882— Letter to Mr. Poyntz re personation ... o 5 2 Telegram to Mr. Poyntz with reference 050 to voters which Mr. Wason couldobject to Paid ... ... 017 Feb. 6, 1882— Attending you re petition ... ... 068 Feb. 8, 1882— Again attending you re same matter ... o 6 8 Letter to Mr. Poyntz to send list of per- 052 sons who were supposed to have voted for Ivess Feb. 10, 1882— Telegram to Mr. Poyntz as to names 05° placed on roll after issue of writ Paid ... ... 0 2i Feb. 11, 1882— Attending searching to see if Mr. Wild- 068 ing had filed notice of his appointment on behalf of petitioner Paid search ... ... 010 Feb. 13, 1882— Telegram to Mr. Crisp to look up claim 050 1008 Paid ... ... 010 Having received petitioner's list of objec- 010 tions, perusing same, 3 folios Drawing respondent's list, 8 folios ... 012 o Fair copy for counsel to settle ... o 4 o Counsel's fee, settling ... ... 246 Engrossing two copies, 16 folios ... o 8 o Service of one copy on Mr. Wilding ... o $ o Attending to file copy ... ... 068 Paid ... ... o^o Feb. 15, 1882— Preparing two subpoenas and praecipes 1 5 o for Joyce, Glenstein, Walker, Morrison, Schneider, Stigley, and Worthington (aliens) Paid sealing ... ... 010 o Feb. 16, 1882— Seven copies thereof for service ... 014 o Letter to Mr. Poyntz therewith, for 054 service Preparing subpoena and praecipe for 012 6 C. P. Cox, Eegistrar of Electors Paid sealing ... ... 050 Copy for service ... ... 020 Letter to Mr. Poyntz therewith, for 052 service Having received petitioner's supple- o 1 4 mentary list, perusing tarn;, 4 folios Feb. 17, 1882— Preparing subpoena and praecipe to I. and 012 6 D. T. Murphy and I. and I. Wilson (personation) Paid sealing ... ... 050 Four copies for service ... ... 080 Preparing subpoena and praecipe to 012 6 C. Hawkins and J. McKenzie (minor.-) Paid sealing ... ... 050 Two copies for service ... ... 040 Letter to Mr. Poyntz thereon, instructing 054 054 him to serve Having received letter from Crisp, in- 050 quiring if he would proceed against voters, telegram to him not to proceed further

Taxed off. £ s. d. £ b. d. Feb. 17, 1882—continued. Paid for same ~. ... - o 1 o Preparing subpoena and praecipe to E. 012 6 and W. Shannon and D. T. Shand (infants in petitioner's list), and Mr. Shannon Four copies for service ... ... 080 Preparing subpoena and praecipe to W. 012 6 Fraser, D. McLeod, E. Bird, K. Sands (not duly registered) Four copies for servico ... ... 080 Preparing subpoena and praecipe to Cave, 012 6 Balfour, McKenzie, and Hcseltine (not duly registered) Four copies for service ... ... 080 Attending to seal above subpoenas (3), 015 o and paid Letter to Hardy and Co., with Shannon's 052 subpoena and copies for service Letter to Mr. Poyntz, with other two 056 subpoenas and copies for service Feb. 18, 1882— Preparing subpoena and praecipe to D. 012 6 and G-. James and 11. Poole Paid sealing ... ... 050 Three copies for service ... ... 060 Letter to Mr. Crisp therewith for service 052 Attending Mr. Wilding when he called 068 to sec if we would make any admissions • in order to save expense of proving Letter to him stating we could not 052 allow same Telegram to Mr. Crisp to appear on 050 behalf of Eeturning Officer at trial Paid ... ... 012 Feb. 20, 1882 — Preparing praecipe and subpoena to Haw- 012 6 kins and McKenzie, parents of minors Paid sealing ... ... 050 Two copies for servico ... ... 040 Subpoena and praecipe to David Jackson 012 6 012 6 Paid sealing ... ... 050 050 Copy for service .... ... 020 Letter to Mr. Poyntz therewith, in- 052 structing him to serve Telegram to him that we had sent same 050 050 by 3-45 mail Paid ... ... o 1 o o 1 o Having received telegram from Poyntz 020 that Worthington was at Papanui, preparing copy subpoena for service Attending bailiff and instructing him to 068 serve Paid his charges endeavouring to serve 076 Instructions to retain Mr. Button ... 068 Paid retainer fee ... ... 136 Instructions for brief, 27 witnesses ... 18 o o Drawing proofs, 12 folios ... ... 0180 ogo Two briefs for counsel, each 45 folios ... 250 020 Fee to Mr. Button and clerk ... no o o Attending him with brief ... ... 068 Fee to Mr. G-. Harper on brief, and clerk 82 13 6 Mr. Button's consultation-fee on brief 550 220 Mr. Gr. Harper's fee on consultation ... 330 1 1 o Feb. 22, 1882— Attending Court when election declared void and petitioner allow red costs Having received order, perusing same, o 1 o 3 foliosHaving received petitioner's bill of costs, 014 o perusing same, 42 folios Having received affidavit of increase, 064 perusing same, ig folios Attending taxing petitioner's costs when 1 1 o~) same adjourned (.110 Attending adjournment when taxing 1 1 of completed J Drawing our hill of costs, —folios ... 116 o Instructions to have same taxed ... o 6 8 Engrossing same in duplicate, — folios 1 4 o Service of copy on Mr. Wason ... o 5 o Drawing affidavit of service, 3 folios ... 046 046 Engrossing, 3 folios ... ... 016 016 Copy of bill of costs to annex ... 1 4 o Marking copy as an annex ... ... 010 Attending to be sworn ... ...068068 Paid oath ... ... 030 030 Drawing motion paper, 3 folios ... 046 Engrossing, 3 folios ... ... 016 Drawing affidavit in support, 4 folios ... o 6 o

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