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the Courts of Justice Act, that jurisdiction in lunacy and minor matters should not be exercised by the Circuit Court, and expressing the hope of the Council that the jurisdiction in lunacy and minor matters as at present exercised by the Circuit Court will not be interfered with by legislation. Land Bill. A report from the Land Acts Committee on the Land Bill, 1930, was adopted. OBITUARY. MR. CLAUDE F. GIFFORD, Solicitor, died upon the 22nd February, 1931, at St. George's Hospital, London. Mr. Gifford served his apprenticeship, with his father, the late Mr. Frederick Gifford, Dublin; was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1895, and practised in partnership with his father, under the style of Frederick Gifford & Son, at 16 Dawson Street, Dublin, up to 1913. He subsequently went to Canada, and returned to England with the Canadian troops, and fought throughout the Great War. He remained in England, and was until recently a member of the staffs of the Departments of the Treasury Solicitor and of the Solicitor of Inland Revenue in London.

MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.

5th February. Twenty-five Members present. Illegal Conveyancing.

A letter was read from a member giving particulars of a letting agreement having been prepared by an unqualified person for remuneration. It was ordered that pro– ceedings for recovery of a penalty under 27 Vie., Cap. 8, be instituted.

26th February. Twenty-seven Members present. Circuit Court Costs.

A letter was read from a firm of Solicitors drawing attention to the difficulties created through orders being made by High Court Judges directing the costs of the proceedings to be taxed on " Circuit Court scale." The matter was discussed, and adjourned for further consideration. Courts of Justice Act. A report was read from the Circuit and District Courts Committee, and it was resolved that a letter be written to the Minister for Justice expressing the disagree– ment of the Council with the recommenda– tion contained in paragraph 67 of the Report of the Joint Committee of the Oireachtas on