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a building contract. The Council disapprove of any stipulation which imposes on the puchaser the builder's costs of a building contract. The provisions of the Solicitors' Act, 1954 (Pro fessional Practice, Conduct and Discipline) Re gulations, 1955 and in particular paragraphs 5. 6, and 7 are apposite. EUROPEAN INTEGRATION The Netherlands Universities foundation for International Co-operation are holding an Inter national Summer Course on legal aspects of European Integration in Amsterdam from August 19th to 31st 1968. The course is being conducted exclusively in the English language. Lecturers in the course are professors who have gained ex perience in the field of integration through their professional connections with the European Com munities, Benelux, and O.E.C.D. Applicants to this course should be graduates in Law, Econo mics or Political Science. Subjects to be dealt with during the course will be human rights, ex ternal relations, legal aspects of the agricultural policy, legal aspects of the competition policy. Of particular interest to lawyers will be the course on the relationship between International law and National law and between community and National law, the decisions in the European Com­

munities and European Integration in retrospect. Those interested ought to write to the H. G. Schermers, Europa Instituut, University of Am sterdam. DAIL DEBATES Grants of Probate and Administration Mr. Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if he will state, in respect of each of the three years ended respectively 31st December, 1965, 31st December, 1966, and 31st December, 1967, and in respect of each district probate registry, (a) the total amount received by the Exchequer by way of probate or administration fees and stamp duties; (b) the number of applications for grants of probate or administration made by the appli cants in person; and (c) the total number of all applications for grants of probate or adminis tration. Mr. B. Lenihan : The answer is in the form of a tabular statement which I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to circulate with the Official Report. No record is kept of Revenue stamp duties payable on documents lodged in District Probate Registries. The amount of such duties would, however, be insignificant. Following is the statement:

(a) Total amount received by way of probate and

(b) Number of applications for grants of probate or auiimusucuiuii iimuc uy me j applicants in person

(c) Total number of all ap plications for grants of

District rruueue Registry

ttuimniM Lauuii ices

pi UUcllC

Ul

clUUUIMMIUllUU

1965 £

1966

1967

1965

1966

|

1967

1965

1966

1967

£

1

£

Castlebar Cavan *Clonmel Cork *Lifford ... *Dundalk ... Limerick *Mullingar *Sligo Tralee Waterford ... *Wexford ... ... *Galway Kilkenny ...

— 10 27

3,893 1,338 11,621

5,610 1,869 j .

4,305 2,008 3,784 18,224 1,532 1,145 2,647 5,929 8,063 726 2,410 3,732 3,196 3,364 61,064

2 15 30

3 9 12 46 3 15 6 3 19 3

912 290 1,806

845 272 1,773

543 248 359 1,573

17,669

178 126 283 547 597 69

3,448 5,912

4,900 9,586

1 9

2

558 950

524 933

21

4 9 8 2 142

274 418 317 329 6,061

6,208

9,530

4

8

980

936

Total

......

32,420

49,164

61

68

5,496

5,283

*These registries were established with effect from 1st January, 1967.