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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Thomas Scott-Smith

Mr. Thomas Scott-Smith was appointed Stipendiary Magistrate at Blenheim, in November, 1902. He was born in Forfarshire. Scotland, where his father was a large sheepfarmer. Mr. Scott-Smith was educated at Dundee Academy, and studied at Edinburgh University, with a view to entering the legal profession. After his admission to the bar, he went to India, where he practised for some years at Calcutta. Rangoon, and Basim in British Burma. He came to New Zealand in the year 1884, was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court, and was engaged in private practice until 1902. In 1885, Mr. Scott-Smith published a digest of legal cases tried in New Zealand, which is still extensively used by the profession. He is Registrar of the Supreme Court, District Land Registrar, Coroner, Examiner of Titles, Official Member of the Maori Council, and Warden of the Goldfields for Marlborough.