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Taxed off. £ s. d. £ s. d. Feb. 13, 1882— Letter enclosing copy Deputy Return- 056 ing Officer's roll Feb. 35, 1882— Drawing affidavit of increase by Mr. 090 Cowlishaw, 6 folios Engrossing ... ... 030 Attending swearing ... ... 068 Paid ... ... 020 Drawing further affidavit of increase by 030 respondent, 2 folios Engrossing ... ... 010 Letter to him therewith to be sworn ... o 5 4 Paid oath ~, ~. 020 Attending filing affidavit ... ... 068 Paid ... ... 060 Copies for service ... ... 040 Service ... . -. 050 Drawing bill of costs and copy, 25 folios 1 5 o Copy for Registrar ... ... 012 6 Copy for service ~. ... 012 6 Praecipe and appointment to tax ... o 2 o Attending obtaining appointment ... o 6 8 Paid ... ... 050 Copy appointment for service ... o o 6 Service of costs and appointment ... o 5 o Attending taxation ... ... o 6 8 Paid ... ... 050 Letters, attendances, &c. ... ... 1 10 127 7 4 214 7 Taxed off ... ... 214 7 Certified at ... ... 124 12 9 A. R. Bloxam, 26th April, 1882. Registrar. In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Canterbury District. In the matter of " The Petitions Elections Act, 1880." Eobert Eutherford, Petitioner, and Jameb Hutchison Sutter, Eespondent. Respondent's Costs, under Order of the afh day of March, 1882. Taxed off. Feb. 6, 1882— £ s. d. £ s. d. Instructions to act for respondent herein, 068 and retain Mr. 0. Perry, and advising him to see Deputy Returning Officer (T. Squires) at once, and arrange to have his evidence taken down in writing Perusing petition ... ... o 13' 4 Retainer to Mr. C. Perry ... ... 136 Feb. 7, 1882— Attending respondent, perusing letter 013 4 received by him from Mr. Gall re witnesses, and subsequently appointing to-morrow for conference Feb. 8, 1882— Attending Mr. Perry's chief clerk hereon, 013 4 and afterwards examining Deputy Returning Officer (Squires) as to early closing of polling-place, Fairlie Creek, and he denied the truth of that allegation Attending respondent, Mr. Perry's chief 220 clerk, and the Deputy Returning Officer in long conference, and taking down evidence of the latter in writing, engaged over an hour Telegram to Messrs. Harper and Co. for 050 copies of all documents filed in the Supreme Court office, Christchurch, by the petitioner Attending transmitting ... ... 068 Paid ... ... 020 Paid for reply ~. ... 012 Received from them letter containing 013 4 copies, bonds, &c, and perusing Paid Messrs. Harper and Co.'s charges 104 as under : Feb. 8. Instructions to obtain office copies of documents filed herein, 6s Bd. ; telegram (collect) informing you that Court closed to day, ss. Feb. 9. Attending for office copies as above, when could not obtain same at once owing to pressure of business at Supreme Court. Feb. 10.

Tared oit. £ s. d. £ s. d. Feb. 8, 1882 —continued. Attending at Supreme Court to make copies, 6s. Bd. ; copy bond, 4 folios, is. ; copy petition, 4 folios, is. Attending respondent, when he in- 068 structed me to see Mr. Stubbs, the Eeturning Officer, and to obtain information re election from him Attending respondent on his bringing 013 4 notice that petition set down for hearing on the 24th instant, at Washdyke, and perusing same Feb. 9, 1882— Attending Mr. Stubbs, requesting in- 013 4 formation in writing re the circumstances relating to the election for Gladstone, and afterwards, on his bringing the same, engaged a long time Feb. 10, 1882— Attending respondent, when he informed 068 me that the Principal Eeturning Officer (Mr. Stubbs) had been served with a copy of petition Perusing and carefully considering rules 1 1 o under " Election Petitions Act, 1880 " Attending Mr. Perry in long conference 013 4 as to moving to strike out petition for non-compliance with Act and rules, and as to propriety of applying at once to have petition taken off the file on various grounds, instead of waiting to take objection at the hearing, when it was arranged to adopt the former course Paid Mr. C. Perry, consultation fee ... 1 3 6 Telegram to Mr. George Harper to know 050 if he had been retained by the petitioner Attending transmitting ... ... 068 Paid ... ... 033 Feb. 11, 1882— Attending respondent, giving him memo. 068 of particulars required relating to dates of service of various documents, transmission of same, insertion of advertisements, &c. On receipt thereof, perusing and con- 068 sidering same Attending respondent and Mr. Gall, 013 4 Fairlie Creek, obtaining from the latter names and addresses of the persons who could give evidence on behalf of the respondent, and taking notes of substance of their evidence Feb. 13, 1882— Attending Mr. Perry, conferring re cvi- 013 4 dence and generally hereon Telegram to Messrs. Joynt and Percival, 050 Solicitors, Christchurch, to apply to Judge to fix a time for hearing of motion to strike petition off the files of Court Attending transmitting ... .., 068 Paid ... ... 046 Agents'instructions herein ... ... 068 Agents' telegram for further particulars 050 Attending transmitting ... ... 068 Paid ... ... 038 Perusing their telegram, and urgent tele- 050 gram to them in reply Attending transmitting ~, ... 068 Paid ... ~, 038 Agents' attendance at Supreme Court, 068 searching re petition, &c. Drawing notice of motion and copy ... o 6 o Engrossing ... ... 016 Attending to set down ... ~, 068 Paid ... ... 020 Counsel's fee attending Court, making 1 1 o application, when Judge held that objection could be taken at the hearing, and suggested the adoption of that course Telegram with result ... ... 050 Attending transmitting ... ... 068 Paid ... ... 018 Attending Mr. Stubbs on his bringing 1 1 0 letter from Mr. Ormiston and con-