This, with what I received from Mr. Brooke, made up a total of £95. I may have earned £40. Mr. Toxward's employment, I believe, came to me through Mr. Barton, who was solicitor for Mr. Toxward in his suit against Mr. Hastwell. I had no connection which would give me em ployment. I had never worked one up. It was after I had taken the rooms at Stevenson and Stuart's that I employed Mr. McCall. I took him to the rooms on September 20th. I did not then tell him that I had got hold of Mr. Brooke, a rich man, and was going to prepare plans for a hotel in Tasmania. I m-iy have said I was going to prepare plans for a hotel. I did not sn-y I expected great a Ivan tagc from my rich client; I did not say I hoped to get into partnership with him, but I think I told McCall of the proposed partner ship. I made an engagement with McCall to share profits with him on condition that Mr. Brooke approved of it. I applied to Mr. Brooke for approval. McCall entered upon his work with ni3 on the 22nd September. The ternn were that he was to occupy my rooms, and I promised to try and get him. in on the condition that he should get a per centage on the architectural work. I did not tell McCall that I had no money to pay him salary, but Mr. Brooke was going to find the money; but I said something to that effect. I always spoke of Mr. Brooke as the senior member of the firm. I spoke to Mr. McCall about the proceedings I was taking to recover £70. I asked McCall whether he had heard defendant expressing himself as my partner. He said he had not heard Mr. Brooke posi tively admit it, but he had judged from inci dental expressions that Mr. Brooke did admit it. Mi*. McCall is not subpoenaed as a wit ness by me. When defendant paid me the £50 McCall made a claim against me. upon which he was defeated in the Resident Magis trate's Court. I know Mr. Samuel. When Mr. Brooke introduced me to him, he did not say, '• I always consult Mr. 