§ MR. SAMUEL YOUNG (Cavan, E.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will explain why the fee payable on the appointment of a magistrate in Ireland is£6, seeing that it is only 10s. in Scotland.
MR. BRYCEI am informed that the fee of £6 payable on each Commission of the peace in Ireland is fixed by an order made a good many years ago by the then Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Treasury, under the provisions of the 84 Section of the Supreme Court of Judicature (Ireland) Act, 1877. I understand that the fee payable in Scotland is now but five shillings. The matter is not within the control of the executive Government, but I will bring the Question to the notice of. The Lord Chancellor.