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THE GAZETTE
OF THE
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Vol. IX, No. 10.]
April, 1916.
f FOR CIRCULATION
L AMONGST MEMBERS.
Meetings of the Council.
March 8th.
Death of Master Culhane.
A resolution was passed expressing the
sympathy of the Council with Mrs. Culhane
and the other members of the family of the
late Master Culhane in their bereavement.
Vacancy in the Office of Taxing Master.
The following resolution wa3 passed, and
a copy directed to be sent to the Lord
Chancellor :—Resolved,
" The Council of
" the Incorporated Law Society of Iceland
" desire
to respectfully inform the Lord
" Chancellor they are of opinion that in the
" interests of the public and of the pro-
" fession, the vacant office of Taxing Master
" of the Supreme Court of Judicature should
" be filled with as little delay as possible."
Finance Act Appeals.
^
A letter was read from a member drawing
attention to the delay in setting down for
hearing of appeals against assessment of
estate duty.
It was
resolved
to make
representations with a view to having this
cause of complaint remedied.
Irish Land Stocks.
In reply to the suggestion of the Council
that the minimum prices be removed from
Irish Land Stocks, a letter was read from the
Treasury, which stated " that the minimum
" prices for various stocks (including Irish
Land Stocks) were fixedjas part of a general
policy adopted by the Lords Commis
sioners of His Majesty's Treasury at the
time of
the
re-opening of
the Stock
Exchange, and embodied in the Temporary
Regulations. Their Lordships have given
careful and repeated consideration to the
question of
the removal of minimum
prices for various securities, but they have
not felt able, at the present time, to
approve the removal of the minima from
the stocks issued under the Irish Land
Acts."
Court of Examiners.
A report was read on an application by a
Law Clerk for leave to be bound under
Section 16, and the application was granted.
March 22nd.
Vacancy in the Office of Taxing Master.
A letter was read in reply from the Secre
tary of the Lord Chancellor, which stated that
" owing to the reduced income of the Taxing
" Office and the decrease in the volume of
" business (which it is hoped will be rectified
" in the future), and the urgent necessity for
" economies during
the war,
the Lord
" Chancellor has reluctantly come to the
" conclusion that there
is no
immediate
" necessitv to fill the vacant office of Taxing
" Master."