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The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.

[Nov., 1907

T'C -D - j Equal.

4. George A. Overend.

5. William P. Dundon.

, (Henry F. Brenan, B.A.

'IThomas J. Gowan.

8. Sydney T. Glenny.

9. Robert M. Cullen.

10. Oliver A. Pringle, B.A., LL.B., T.C.D.

11. Herbert W. Franck.

12. John R. Holohan.

13. Charles M'Cormick.

14. Thomas Vance.

15. Richard Connolly.

16. John H. H. Giltrap.

17. Henry J. J. MacTernan.

18. William Joseph Skinner.

19. George Crozier.

20. Harold M'Guckin.

21. Henry Lemass.

22. Austin G. Macaulay.

23. William A. Lane, B.A., T.C.D.

24. Florence A. Greene.

25. James S. Card.

Thirty-nine candidates attended the exami

nation. Twenty-five passed.

Fourteen were

postponed.

Findlater Scholarship.

THE Findlater Scholarship for 1907 has been

awarded to Edward Felton, who served his

apprenticeship with Mr. Isaac Molloy, of 18

Eustace-street, Dublin, and obtained First

Place and a Gold Medal at the Final Exami

nation, held in May, 1907.

Legal Appointments.

THE Lord Lieutenant has appointed Mr.

Thomas Hitchcock Williams

to be Crown

Solicitor for the County of Sligo, to hold the

combined

offices of Crown Solicitor and

Sessional Crown Solicitor for the County. Mr.

Williams, who was admitted a Solicitor in

Trinity Sittings, 1889, previously held the office

of Crown Solicitor for County Sligo, the office

of Sessional Crown Solicitor for the County

having been held by the late Mr. Valentine B.

Dillon until his death, which took place last

July-

The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's

Treasury have appointed Mr. William George

Towers to be Treasury Solicitor in Ireland, in

succession to the late Mr. William M. Lane.

Mr. Towers, who was admitted a Solicitor in

Trinity Sittings, 1880, was

for some years

Registrar to the Donegal County Court, and

subsequently was Assistant Solicitor

to the

Chief Crown Solicitor for Ireland.

The Lord Lieutenant has appointed Mr.

Arthur Perry Lynch to be Assistant Solicitor

to the Chief Crown Solicitor for Ireland in

succession to Mr. W. G. Towers. Mr. Lynch

was admitteda Solicitor in Michaelmas Sittings,

1888, and has for several years been upon the

staff of the Chief Crown Solicitor.

The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's

Treasury have appointed Mr. Richard J. Martin,

Solicitor, to be Solicitor to the Inland Revenue

in Ireland, and a Special Commissioner of

Income Tax, in room of Mr. Robert O'Brien

Furlong, C.B., resigned. Mr. Martin was ad

mitted in Hilary Sittings, 1891, and practised

at 20 St. Andrew Street, Dublin.

Obituary.

MR. William Carey, Solicitor, died at his

residence, 47 Grosvenor Square, Rathmines, on

the 2nd day of August, 1907.

Mr. Carey,

who served his apprenticeship with Mr. James

D. Meldon, 14 Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin,

was admitted a Solicitor in Michaelmas Sit

tings, 1868, and practised at

i4A Eustace

Street, Dublin,

in partnership with his son,

Mr. William P. Carey.

Mr. William M. Lane, Solicitor, died at

Fahan, Co. Donegal, on the 3rd day of August,

1907. Mr. Lane, who served his apprentice

ship with Mr. B. H. Lane, Newtownlimavady,

was admitted a Solicitor in Trinity Sittings,

1874, and practised at 22 Bachelor's Walk,

and subsequently in partnership with the late

Mr. Aquila M'Mahon, at 31 College Green,

Dublin.

When

tbe office of Chief Crown

Solicitor was

created

in

1888, Mr. Lane

was placed in charge of the Board of Works

branch ; and this position he held until 1905,

when he was

appointed

to

the office of

Treasury Solicitor in Ireland.

Mr. James Fitzgerald, Solicitor, Sligo, died

at Sligo on the nth August, 1907. Mr. Fitz

gerald, who served his apprenticeship with the

late Mr. Robert Casey (of the firm of Casey

and Clay), 21 St. Andrew Street, Dublin, was

admitted a Solicitor in Hilary Sittings, 1889,

and practised in Sligo.