✨ Court Fees Schedule and Orders
568
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
SCHEDULE D.
Filing plaint 0 5 00 8 00 8 00 8 0
Certified copy of plaint note 0 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00
Issuing summons or other proceeding to judg-
ment 0 5 00 6 00 7 60 7 60
Filing written statement of defence... 0 4 00 6 00 7 60 7 60
Summons to witness 0 2 00 4 00 5 00 6 0
Filing a defendant's confession of a plaintiff's
claim, or part thereof 0 3 00 5 00 6 00 7 6
Filing agreement, or minutes of agreement, be-
tween plaintiff and defendant, as to the amount
of debt or claim to be recovered, with the
conditions of payment... 0 5 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Summoning jury.... 1 401 401 401 40
Payment for the jury 2 002 002 002 00
Hearing 0 6 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Adjournment of hearing, when made on the ap-
plication of a plaintiff or defendant 0 4 00 5 00 6 00 7 6
Swearing witness, exceeding three witnesses on
either side 0 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00
Entering up judgment or decree 0 5 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Issuing writ of execution against the goods 0 5 00 6 00 5 00 5 0
Issuing writ of execution or warrant of com-
mitment against the person, sixpence in the
pound 0 6 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Issuing warrant to bailiff to deliver possession
to a plaintiff of premises recovered 0 6 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
For serving summons or other proceeding to
judgment, and serving any summons to a wit-
ness, if within one mile of the Court House... 0 3 00 3 00 3 00 3 0
For every extra mile one way 0 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00
For executing any writ of execution against the
goods or person, also for executing warrant of
possession of land, if within one mile of the
Court House... 0 6 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
For every extra mile one way 0 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00
On payment of money into Court, for every
pound so paid in 0 0 30 0 30 0 30 0 3
On payment of money out of Court, each pay-
ment 0 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00
For every search 0 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00
For every summons to show cause, including
any interpleader summons to the party making
claim to the goods, whether before or after
judgment, and filing same, if required 0 2 00 4 00 5 00 6 0
For every order thereon 0 2 00 4 00 5 00 6 0
Discontinuance 0 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 0
Filing memorandum of claim by landlord for
rent, arrear upon goods taken in execution... 0 4 00 5 00 6 00 7 6
Filing notice of grounds of appeal 0 5 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Filing security or memorandum of deposit for
costs of, and (where necessary) for the
amount of the judgment, in any case where
required 0 5 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Issuing certificate of payment by any execution
debtor of debt and costs before his dis-
charge' 0 2 00 4 00 5 00 6 0
Filing copy of rule nisi, or of any summons for
a certiorari, or a writ of prohibition from the
Supreme Court 0 5 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Filing decision or order of the Supreme Court0 5 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Filing order of the Supreme Court, with the
issue in any cause directed by such Court to
be tried in the District Court 0 10 01 0 01 5 01 10 0
Certificate to Registrar of Supreme Court of the
result of such trial 0 5 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Transmitting certified copy of proceedings
(where an officer of the District Court is
plaintiff in his own Court) from such Court to
Clerk of any adjoining or other District
Court 0 5 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
Order of reference to arbitration by consent
(upon the usual terms) 0 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 0
Same, with special conditions 1 001 001 001 00
Entering award of arbitrators or umpire as
judgment in the cause 0 10 00 10 00 10 00 10 0
Issuing any writ in the nature of a scire facias... 0 3 00 5 00 6 00 7 6
Warrant for bringing prisoner up to give evi-
dence 0 2 00 4 00 5 00 6 0
Writ of arrest 1 001 001 001 00
Writ of injunction 1 001 001 001 00
Writ of attachment 1 001 001 001 00
Swearing or filing any affidavit 0 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00
Serving or executing any writ of arrest, injunc-
tion, writ of attachment, or any summons,
order, warrant, precept, writ, or other process
not hereinbefore provided for, if within one
mile of Court House 0 6 00 10 00 12 60 15 0
For every extra mile one way 0 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00
Bailiff's poundage on sum levied or received or
for which the body is taken in execution, for
every pound 0 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00
For keeping possession, per diem 0 8 00 8 00 8 00 8 00
For any document required in proceedings and
not enumerated in this Schedule, per folio 0 2 00 2 00 2 00 2 00
And for every folio above one 0 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00
Copy of any proceedings 0 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00
And for every folio above one 0 0 80 0 80 0 80 0 80
For every application on or in relation to or
arising out of any plaint not being a hearing 0 9 00 12 00 15 01 00
For auctioneer's commission on sale of goods taken in execution
-5 per cent.
For advertising sale-the actual cost.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
For all proceedings, or acts, matters, or things on or about the ap-
plying for, obtaining, ordering, or issuing an injunction or writ
of arrest not herein expressly provided for--the same fees as
chargeable in the Supreme Court
And the following fees irrespective of the sum involved-
Affixing the seal of the Court to any document, unless otherwise
provided for 0 5 0
Affixing the seal of the Clerk of the Court to any document, unless
otherwise provided for 0 3 0
Filing any document, unless otherwise provided for 0 3 0
For drawing any document, not otherwise provided for, at the
request of the party, per folio 0 1 6
Copying the same, per folio 0 0 8
Appointment for taxation 0 5 0
Taxation 0 5 0
In addition, for each hour or fraction of an hour occupied 0 5 0
Judge's order, including seal, except where otherwise provided for.. 0 6 0
Hearing any petition, application, or motion, in or out of Court,
not otherwise provided 0 5 0
Notice of motion, application, or petition, where necessary 0 2 0
Summons to attend before Judge or Clerk, where not otherwise
provided 0 3 0
DONALD MCLEAN,
Presiding.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Offices, at Wellington, this
nineteenth day of October, 1870.
Present:
THE HONORABLE DONALD MCLEAN, NATIVE AND
DEFENCE MINISTER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS
OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
WHEREAS at a sitting of the Native Land
Court of New Zealand at Rangitikei, in the
District of Rangitikei, Province of Wellington, on
the sixteenth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, the claim of Arapata Tapui
Potaka and others, aboriginal natives of New
Zealand, residing at Rangitikei, to a piece of land
called Otamakapua, situate at Rangitikei, in the
district aforesaid, was heard, and a certain order was
thereupon made by the Court aforesaid: And whereas
it is enacted by "The Native Lands Act, 1865," and
"The Native Lands Act, 1867," and "The Native
Lands Act, 1870," that the Governor in Council may
order a rehearing of any matter judicially heard,
before the Court aforesaid, and before one or more
Judges of the Court, and one or more Assessors, as
may be specified in the Order in Council ordering
such rehearing, and within such period of time as may
be limited in such Order, provided that no such order
for rehearing shall be made after six months shall
have elapsed from the date of the original decision:
And whereas it is expedient that the said claim shall
be reheard before the said Court:
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, in pursuance and exercise of the above-
recited power and authority, doth hereby order that
the aforesaid claim of Arapata Tapui Potaka and
others to the aforesaid piece of land shall be reheard
before one Judge of the said Court and two Assessors
thereof.
And doth order that such rehearing shall take
place before the thirtieth day of September next.
DONALD MCLEAN,
Presiding.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Offices, at Wellington, this
nineteenth day of October, 1870.
Present:
THE HONORABLE DONALD MCLEAN, NATIVE AND
DEFENCE MINISTER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS
OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
W HEREAS at a sitting of the Native Land
Court of New Zealand at Otaki, in the Dis-
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🪶 Order for rehearing of Native Land Court claim for land Otamakapua, Rangitikei.
🪶 Māori Affairs19 October 1870
Native Land Court, Rehearing, Land Claim, Otamakapua, Rangitikei, Wellington
- Arapata Tapui Potaka, Claimant for land Otamakapua
- Donald McLean, Presiding
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
🪶 Order in Council regarding Native Land Court sitting at Otaki.
🪶 Māori Affairs19 October 1870
Order in Council, Native Land Court, Otaki, Wellington
- Donald McLean, Presiding
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
NZ Gazette 1870, No 63