§ MR. MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)May I ask the indulgence of the House while I make a personal explanation? On Friday night, in answer to the Attorney General for Ireland, who read an extended extract from the charge of Baron Dowse, I said that Baron Dowse, in open Court remarked that a Resident Magistrate could no more draw up a case than he could write a Greek ode. I think it only fair to the learned Judge, who has been a distinguished member of this House, to read the following explanation which I have received from him:—"My dear Mac Neill"—[Ministerial laughter] Yes. Baron Dowse is an irremovable, and therefore is un doubtedly able to address an Irish Member with courtesy.
My dear Mac Neill"—"I observe by the morning papers that you have, no doubt unintentionally, misrepresented what I said recently in Court. There was some observation made about the delay in settling a special case, and it was stated that the Justices had-to get assistance in settling the case. I remarked that country Justices might as well be asked to write a Greek ode as to state a case without assistance. I did not mention Resident Magistrates, nor did I intend to allude to them in any way. Very truly yours, W. Dowse.My only excuse for mentioning this matter is that through a pardonable mistake I had thought the observation of Baron Dowse was made in a case which came before him, not from the ordinary Justices, but from a Coercion Court. In another case, however, which did come from a Coercion Court the learned Judge said:—There are several things which I have never been able to understand in the course of my life, and one is the mind of Local Justices, or how they bring their mind to bear on a case; and I am less able to understand very often the state of mind of the Justices of whose legal competence the Lord Lieutenant is satisfied.
§ Return of Transactions pursuant to the 16th section of the Act 26 and 27 Vic. c. 87, and the Rule of the Savings Bank.
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| Uninvested Balance in hands of the Treasurer at 20th November, 1888. | ||||||
| Sums received from Depositors for Investment in the year ended 20th November, 1889 | ||||||
| Interest received from Investments in the year ended 20th November, 1889 | ||||||
| Sums received for Securities Sold or Paid off in the year ended 20th November, 1889, viz.:— | ||||||
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| Sums paid to Depositors in respect of Investments in year ended 20th November, 1889 | ||||||
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| Sums paid for Commission on Purchases and Sales of Securities, year ended 20th November, 1889 | ||||||
| Sums paid for Securities Bought in the rear ended 20th Nov., 1889, viz.:— | ||||||
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| Liability to Depositors at the 20th day of November, 1889, in respect of Moneys received for Investment pursuant to the 16th section of the Act 26 and 27 Vic. c. 87 | £ |
§ Nature and Amount, in detail, of all Assets, including the Reserve Fund (if any) held out to meet above Liability to Depositors, pursuant to the 16th section of the Act 26 and 27 Vic. c. 87:—
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| We do hereby certify that the a foregoing is a true account. | |||
| Witness our hands this | day of | 189 | |
| — | Two Trustees (or) Two Managers (or) a Trustee and a Manager of the said Savings Bank. | Witness | Secretary or Actuary. |
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| (in continuation of Parliamentay Paper, No. 64, of Session 1889.)"—(Mr. Jackson.) |
§ Copy presented accordingly; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed [No. 51.]