HC Deb 01 May 1884 vol 287 cc1028-9
MR. O'SULLIVAN

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Whether any steps have been taken to discover and pay to the proper owners the forty thousand pounds which is lying derelict in the Irish Bankruptcy Court?

MR. COURTNEY

I am sorry to say this matter is still unsettled; but steps are being taken to enable any bond fide claimant to dividends to search for and discover whether any sum owing to him is lying derelict in the Irish Court of Bankruptcy. I do not think the burden can be thrown upon the Court of searching out claimants, as notice is always given to creditors when dividends are declared.

MR. O'SULLIVAN

asked why the list that was annually made out was not published, so that the people might see what the dividends were?

MR. COURTNEY

The lists are quite open to the public.