Court Forms and Fees




350

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

  1. Certificate of Service.

I, bailiff to the Warden's Court at
do hereby certify that I served
in the within summons with a copy thereof on the
day of 18 , between the hours of
and noon.

E. F.

  1. Summons to a Witness.

In the Warden's Court of holden at
between A. B. plaintiff, and C. D. defendant.
You are hereby required to attend at the Court
House in on the day of 18 ,
at the hour of in the noon, to give
evidence in the above cause, on behalf of (plaintiff or
defendant as the case may be) and then and there to
have and produce (state any particular documents
required) and all other books, papers, writings, and
other documents relating to the said action, which
may be in your custody, possession, or power. In
default of your attendance you will be liable to a
penalty of five pounds, under section 102 of "The
Gold Fields Act, 1866."

Dated this day of 18
To A. B. (address, description.)
C. D.,
Clerk of Court.

  1. Summons to Assessor.

In the Warden's Court of holden at
You are hereby summoned to appear and serve as
an assessor in this Court, at the (Court House)
on the day of 18 , at the hour of in
the noon, upon the trial of the cause or causes
to be then tried by assessors and in default of
attendance you will be liable to a penalty of five
pounds, under section 102 of "The Gold Fields Act,
1866."

Dated this day of 18
To (address, description.)
C. D.,
Clerk of Board.

  1. Order fining an Assessor for non-attendance.

In the Warden's Court of holden at
WHEREAS was duly summoned to appear and
serve this day as an assessor in this Court, upon the
trial of the cause or causes to be tried by assessors
at this Court. And whereas he has neglected,
without sufficient cause shown, to appear and serve
as an assessor at this Court, it is hereby ordered
that he shall forthwith (or on the day of
18 ) pay to the clerk of this Court a fine of £
for such neglect.

Dated the day of 18
(By the Court)
C. D.,
Clerk of Court.

Hours of attendance at the office of the clerk
(place of office) from until except on
(here insert the days of the week on which the office
will be closed) when the office will be closed at

TABLE OF FEES.
£ s. d.
Summonses ... ... ... 0 2 0
Summonses to witnesses ... ... 0 2 0
Service of summonses (if within one mile
of the Court House) ... ... 0 3 0
For every extra mile one way ... ... 0 1 0
Hearing ... ... ... ... 0 4 0
Adjournment of hearing, when made on
application of plaintiff or defendant ... 0 2 0

Swearing witnesses, exceeding three on £ s. d.
either side ... ... ... 0 2 0
Summoning assessors ... ... ... 1 4 0
Entering up judgment ... ... ... 0 2 0
Filing notice of ground of appeal ... ... 0 8 0
Writ of execution against goods ... ... 0 4 0
Writ of execution against the person ... 0 4 0
Issuing warrant to bailiff to deliver posses-
sion to a plaintiff of premises recovered 0 8 0
Executing any writ of execution beyond
one mile from the Court House, for every
extra mile one way ... ... 0 1 0
Poundage on the sum levied or received, or
for which the body is taken in execution,
for every £1 ... ... ... 0 1 0
Serving or executing any writ of arrest,
injunction, writ of attachment, or any
summons, order, warrant, precept, writ,
or other process, not hereinbefore pro-
vided for, if within one mile of the
Court House ... ... ... 0 8 0
For keeping possession, per diem, any sum
not exceeding ... ... ... 0 8 0
For every extra mile one way ... ... 0 1 0
Auctioneer's commission on goods sold,
not exceeding five per cent.
Advertising-for three lines of space, not
exceeding 3s., and 3d. for every additional
line.
Bailiff's fee for executing writ against the
goods if satisfied within two hours of the
levy ... ... ... 0 4 0
For every search ... ... ... 0 1 0
For any document required in proceedings,
and not enumerated in the Schedule ... 0 2 0
For every complete folio of 90 words above
one ... ... ... 0 1 0
Copy of any proceedings (first folio) ... 0 1 0
And for every complete folio of 90 words 0 0 8
Cartage of goods seized in execution to
auction room or place of security, reason-
able expenses actually paid not exceeding
20s. per diem.

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable Order
of the Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, &c

WHEREAS by "The Customs Regulation Act,
1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, in the name and on behalf of Her
Majesty, from time to time to appoint and remove a
superior officer of customs, who shall have the
control and direction of all other officers and persons
employed in or about the collection and management
of the revenue of customs, and shall be styled "The
Commissioner of Customs," and also in like manner
from time to time to appoint and remove or to
depute to the Commissioner the power to appoint
and remove officers and persons subordinate to the
Commissioner to collect and manage the Customs
Revenue, and to perform the several duties incident
to and connected with the collection and manage-
ment thereof:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
as aforesaid, in pursuance and exercise of the said
power and authority, do hereby delegate to

The Hon. JAMES CROWE RICHMOND,
the Commissioner of Customs appointed as aforesaid,
the power to appoint and remove officers and persons
subordinate to the Commissioner, to collect and
manage the Customs Revenue and to perform the
several duties incident to and connected with the
collection and management thereof, vested in me by



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1867, No 46





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