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MAR., 1908]

The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

99

Irish Land Act, 1903.

THE Estates Commissioners have

issued a

specimen map and schedule of areas, which

they have had prepared for the guidance of

those who are carrying out sales of estates

under the Irish Land Act of 1903.

The

specimen map and schedule of areas illustrate

in detail the manner in which the Commis

sioners' Rules as to maps, &c., should be com

plied with, and they can be purchased for one

shilling from Mr. E. Ponsonby, 18 Nassau

Street, Dublin, the agent in Ireland for the

sale of Government publications.

The Land Commission.

THE following Sittings of the Court of the

Land Commission for hearing Appeals have

been provisionally arranged :—

Dublin, April 22nd ; Leinster (part of).

Belfast, April 28th; Counties Down and

Antrim.

Ennis, May sth; County Clare (part of).

Limerick, Mayizth; County Limerick and

Counties Clare and Tipperary (parts of).

Cork, May i2th ; County Cork (part of).

Kilkenny, June 2nd ; County Kilkenny.

Dublin, June nth ; Leinster (part of).

Armagh, June igth ; County Armagh.

Dublin, June zsth; Leinster (part of).

Killarney, June 3oth ;

County Kerry and

County Cork (part of).

Dublin, July gth; Leinster (part of).

Dublin, July i6th; Leinster (part of).

Solicitors' Benevolent Association.

A MEETING of the Directors was held on the

26th of February at the Association's Rooms,

Four Courts, Dublin, Mr. William Fry (in the

Chair) and eleven others being present.

The minutes of last meeting having been

read and confirmed, the Secretary reported

having received since last meeting the sum oi

£11

6

us.,

making the total annual subscrip

tions received since ist January last, ^41.1

us.

The Secretary also reported having received

a donation of £10

los.

from Mr. Richard S.

Reeves.

Mr. Fry was re-elected chairman, Sir George

Roche vice-chairman, and Mr.Jellett honorary

secretary, for the current year.

The directors then proceeded to consider

the various cases for relief, and made grants

to four applicants, amounting in all to

lew., bringing the amount afforded in relief

since the ist of January up to ^£155 IGJ.

A

letter from Mr. J. Dunville Coates,

Solicitor, Belfast, was read, suggesting that

the Association should communicate with the

Northern Law Society, asking them to appoint

a Sub-Committee to further the objects of the

Association in Belfast. This suggestion was

adopted, with the result that a Sub-Committee,

consisting of Messrs. J. Dunville Coates,

Martin H. Turnbull, Stanley Ferguson, and

Martin J. Burke, was appointed; and it

is

hoped that their efforts will lead to a large

increase in the membership of the Association

in Belfast.

The report of the scrutineers as to the result

of the election for a candidate to an annuity

°f

£ 1 5

was submitted, and No. 2 on the voting

paper, the widow of a solicitor, having received

the highest number of votes, was duly elected:

and, after transacting some further routine

business, the meeting adjourned.

The following have joined the Association

since ist January, 1908 :—

W. G. Towers, Dublin.

Florence A. Greene, Dublin.

Leonard Webb, Dublin.

Louis Montfort, Dublin.

Penrose C. Morris, Dublin.

Richard T. Holmes, Dublin.

Joseph Tierney, Dublin.

P. J. Meehan, Maryborough.

James Rogers, Tullamore.

Patrick T. Liston, Rathkeale.

Thomas W. Wright, Clonakilty.

Frederick W. White, Belfast.

Hunter Moore, Newry.

John Mackay, Carlow.

Meetings of the Directors of the Solicitors'

Benevolent Association will be held upon the

following dates :—April i5th.

June 3rd.

Additions to the Library during January and

February, 1908.

Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory for

1908.

8vo. Belfast, 1907.

Beven (T.): Negligence in Law.

3rd ed.

2

vols.

8vo. London, 1908.

Dowell (S.): Acts relating to the Income Tax.

Sixth edition byj. E. Piper. 8vo. London,

1908.