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Motion made, and Question put,
That there he laid before this House, Returns of Stipendiary Magistrates in Ireland, specifying the name, district, and date of appointment in each case, and distinguishing the cases in which such Magistrates, previous to their appointment, had professional knowledge of the law:
Of the number of Petty Session Courts held in the district of each Stipendiary Magistrate in Ireland during the year ended the 1st day of June 1880, specifying the dates on which and the places at which such Courts were held:
And, of the number of Petty Session Courts in Ireland attended by Stipendiary Magistrates during the year aforesaid, and of the number of such Courts adjourned without transaction of business, in consequence of the want of a sufficient attendance of Magistrates, specifying the date and place of each such Court."— [Mr. Sexton.)
§ The House divided:—Ayes 31; Noes 19: Majority 12.—(Div. List, No. 19.)