§ MR. CLANCYI beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the recent competition for clerkships in the Legacy Duty Office was confined to persons who had passed the final ex- 321 animation of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom; if so, why persons who had passed the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland were excluded; and whether, in view of the fact that the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland affords as good a test of the competency for the duties of the Legacy Office as that of the similar Body in England, he will take steps so to alter the regulations regarding candidates for the Legacy Duty Office as in future to give equal rights and privileges to English and Irish candidates?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTThe recent competition for clerkships in the Legacy Duty Office was confined to persons who had passed the final examination of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom. This course was considered advisable, as this competition—the first of its kind—was to fill vacancies at the Head Office in London only. The matter will again be considered before another competition is held.
§ MR. CLANCYWill the right hon. Gentleman state why advertisements were inserted in the Irish papers asking Irishmen to compete?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTI cannot answer that question.
§ MR. CLANCYAre we to understand that in future this distinction will not be made between the two classes?
§ SIR J. T. HIBBERTThe question will be re-considered.