The Gazette 1908-9

THE GAZETTE OF THE af

April, 1909.

Vol. II, No. 10.]

I FOR CIRCULATION LAMONGST MEMBERS.

March 24.^1.

Meetings of the Council.

Taxing Office. It was resolved that a letter be addressed to the Lord Chancellor, requesting His Lordship to make application for an increase in the clerical staff of the Taxing Office, in order that there might be a sufficient clerical staff in that office to secure that certificates of taxation .would be ready to be given out on the day after the lodgment of the draft certificate. Labourers (Ireland) Act. A communication was received from Messrs. William Roche & Sons, informing the Council that the costs of Lady Mowbray and Stourton of proving title to lands acquired under the Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906, which costs had been the subject-matter of the litigation in the case of The King (Mowbray and Sloiuion) v. The Local Government Board, are to be taxed by a Taxing Master of the High Court. Irish Land Bill, 1909. The following letter from the Chief Secretary for Ireland, in reply, was read :— " Irish Office, " Old Queen Street, "London, S.W., " I'fth March, 1909. " Sir,—With reference to previous correspon dence on the subject of the financial clauses of the Irish Land Bill, and in particular to my letter of gth February last, I am desired by the Chief Secretary to state that the Government have given full consideration to the questions raised by your Council, and have made such provision in the Bill now introduced as they consider necessary for dealing with the matters at issue. In the circumstances, the Chief Secretary has not thought it necessary or

March loth. Index to Judgments, K.B.D.

A SUGGESTION from a member that the Council should take steps to secure the continuance of the keeping of an Index to Judgments Book in the King's Bench Division was considered, and was referred to the Court and Offices Committee, with power to the Committee to take action in reference to the matter. Bankruptcy Law Amendment. A letter was read from the Hon. Secretary of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, asking for a statement of the reasons of the Council for having arrived at the conclusion that it is not desirable that intended legislation em bodying the recommendations contained in the report of the Departmental Committee of the „ Board of Trade upon bankruptcy law should be made applicable to Ireland. The letter was referred to the Parliamentary Committee. Canvassing for Business. A letter was read from a London firm of Solicitors, who also have an office in Hamburg, enclosing a printed card of advertisement sent to their Hamburg office by an Irish firm of Solicitors with whom they had never had any business transactions. It was decided to ask for an explanation from the Solicitors. Apprentices. A memorial from an apprentice for liberty to have his indentures assigned was submitted and sanctioned. A report from the Court of Examiners upon the March Intermediate Examination was sub mitted and adopted.

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