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Mr. Alexander served his apprenticeship
with the late Mr. David McGonigal, Belfast ;
was admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1905,
and practised at 44 Donegall Street, Belfast.
MR. HENRY T. K. CLAY, Solicitor, died
upon the 17th November, 1921, at Dublin.
Mr. Clay served his apprenticeship with
Mr. William Deverell, Dublin ; was admitted
in Hilary Sittings, 1901, and practised at
15 Trinity Street, Dublin, up to 1918, when
he retired.
MR. FRANCIS KENNEDY, Solicitor, died
upon the 19th November, 1921, at Church
Street, Wicklow.
Mr. Kennedy served his apprenticeship
with Mr. Norris Goddard, Dublin, and the
late Mr. William J. Brett, Dublin ;
was
admitted in Michaelmas Sittings, 1888, and
practised at Wicklow.
Appointments.
MR. CHARLES T. BLAIR WHITE has been
appointed to the Office of Crown Solicitor for
the County Kildare, in room of Mr. Stephen
J. Brown, resigned. Mr. White was admitted
in Hilary Sittings, 1913.
MR.
JAMES D. MITCHELL
has
been
appointed to the Office of Crown Solicitor
lor the King's County, in room of Mr. Henry
F. Brenan,
resigned.
Mr. Mitchell was
admitted in Trinity Sittings, 1903.
Commissioners to Administer Oaths.
The Lord Chief Justice has appointed the
following to be Commissioners to administer
' Oaths
:—•
Robert I. Archer, Solicitor, 12 Upper
Ormond Quay, Dublin.
William J. Doherty, Crown and Peace
Office, Mullingar.
New Members.
The following have joined the Society :—
John R. McCarthy, Sligo.
William J. O'Reilly, Sligo.
Valuations for Estate Duty Purposes.
The President and Mr. Edwards, Vice-
President, had an interview on the 18th
Novembpr with Mr. Harriss Firth, the acting
Commissioner of Valuation; Mr. Power
Steele, the Chief Valuer, also being present.
The object of the interview was to discuss
with the acting Commissioner complaints
received by the Council from members of the
profession of the delay which takes place in
the issuing by the Inland Revenue authorities
of Certificates of Discharge from Crown
Duties, caused, as alleged, by the delays in
the Valuation Office
in the accepting or
revising the provisional valuations lodged
for probate purposes.
The acting Com
missioner stated that his whole depart
ment had been the subject of a scheme
of
reorganisation, which
he
anticipated
would come into working effect in about
fourteen days from that date. He stated
that under the new scheme the Solicitors'
profession could count on his returning the
valuation to the Estate Duty Office within
two or three months of receipt of the papers
by his department. He further stated that
applications to Solicitors for further informa
tion were sometimes not promptly responded
to, and that in future,
in cases where
Solicitors who had been twice applied to
for further information, and had failed to
reply, the papers would be returned by him
to the Estate Duty Office with an intimation
that they could not get the information they
wanted.
The acting Commissioner requested that
it be conveyed to the profession that his
officials only valued as experts, and in every
instance were prepared to consider the merits
of each case, and that where valuations are
varied by the Department Solicitors should
not regard this as a personal grievance; and
further that where the persons concerned are
dissatisfied with the valuation it is always
open to them to avail of their right of appeal.