The Gazette 1908-9

[FEB., 1909

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

88

Secretary to be so good as to receive the President and two Vice-Presidents of the Society, who can convey to him the views of the Council. " I remain, Sir, "Your obedient servant, " W. G. WAKELY, " Secretary. "C. T. BEARD, Esq., " Ciiief Secretary's Office, " Dublin Castle." Estates Duty Office. The following notice, dated the i6lh January, 1909, has been issued by the Registrar of the Estates Duty Office :— " In order to facilitate the discharge of the " Public business, a Special Officer is now pro- " vided for the purpose of checking the figures "contained in Inland Revenue affidavits and " accounts. Solicitors who have Affidavits or " Accounts awaiting assessments which con- " tain lengthy schedules of Stocks and Shares, " or Rentals, etc., are requested to hand the " same to the Arithmetical officer, in order that " the figures may be checked before proceeding " to the Examiner to have the duty assessed. " By so doing, they will avoid delay and " will facilitate the discharge of the Official " business." Labourers (Ireland) Act, 1906. THE official reports of all the judgments of the Judges of the Court of Appeal in the case of The King {Mowbray and Stoitrtoii) v. The Local Government Board have not yet been received, but it is hoped that they will be received in time for publication in the Gazette of next month. Dates' of Spring Assizes, 1909. NORTH-EAST CIRCUIT. Co. Meath.—At Trim, Saturday, February 27th, at 11.30. Co. Louth.—At Dundalk, Monday, March ist, at 11. Co. Monaghan. — At Monaghan,* Thursday, March 4th, at 11. Co. Armagh. — At Armagh, Monday, March 8th, at u.

desired by the Chief Secretary to state, for the information of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, that this particular matter is under the consideration of the Government, and that a decision will be arrived at before the Irish Land Bill is re-introduced. " As regards the proposal of the Society to send a deputation, Mr. Birrell apprehends that his letter of igth inst., which crossed your letter under reply, renders it unnecessary that he should put a deputation to the trouble of waiting upon him. " I am, Sir, " Yours truly, "C. T. BEARD. " W. G. WAKELY, Esq., " Secretary, Incorporated Law Society of Ireland." " Solicitors' Buildings, Four Courts, Dublin. " 2~]th January, 1909. " Sir,—I have submitted your letters of the igth and 2znd instant this day to the Council of this Society, and I am desired to express to the Chief Secretary the thanks of the Council for same. "The Council desire again to bring under the attention of the Chief Secretary the im portance, not only to vendors, but also to tenants, with the view to facilitating sales, that the bonus of 12 per cent, should be allowed in every case in which an Originating Request was lodged prior to the z^th November, 1908, or where an Originating Application was lodged and the vendor had, prior to that date, at the request of the Estates Commissioners, stated that he would allow such Originating Application to be treated as an Originating Request. " The Council submit that the lodging of an Originating Request under section 6 is tantamount to a proposal for sale, and if subsequently acted on, the agreement should relate back in point of date : as these are cases in which the vendor had completed his work, but the contract for sale was not closed on the Estates Commissioners' part, in consequence of the pressure of business in the Estates Commissioners' Office. " There are other matters in connection with the bonus which my Council believe could be more satisfactorily dealt with at an interview than by correspondence, and ac cordingly I am desired to request the Chief