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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:
District
(a) Total amount received
by way of probate and
(b) Number of applications
for grants of probate or
(c) Total number of all ap
plications
for grants of
rruueue
Registry
Castlebar
...
Cavan
*Clonmel
...
Cork
*Lifford
...
*Dundalk ...
*Galway
Kilkenny
...
Limerick
*Mullingar
*Sligo
Tralee
Waterford ...
*Wexford
ttuimniM Lauuii ices
auiimusucuiuii iimuc uy me
j
applicants in person
1965
£
3,893
1,338
11,621
3,448
5,912
6,208
Total
......
32,420
1966
1967
£
1
£
5,610
.
4,305
1,869 j
2,008
17,669
4,900
9,586
9,530
49,164
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
1965
1966
|
1967
2
15
30
1
9
4
61
—
10
27
2
21
8
68
3
9
12
46
3
15
6
3
19
3
4
9
8
2
142
pi UUcllC
1965
912
290
1,806
558
950
980
5,496
Ul
clUUUIMMIUllUU
1966
845
272
1,773
524
933
936
5,283
1967
543
248
359
1,573
178
126
283
547
597
69
274
418
317
329
6,061
*These registries were established with effect from 1st January, 1967.