§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Chief Secretary whether he had received a request from the president of the Associated Petty Sessions Clerks in Ireland to have petty sessions clerks in Ireland supplied with O'Connor's Irish Justice of the Peace; was he aware that the office of Law Adviser was abolished in 1883, and that the magistrates largely rely on the 975W assistance and advice of their clerks in the discharge of their magisterial functions; and would he in the circumstances accede to the request of the petty sessions clerks in this instance?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe application referred to was received, but it was decided that, in view of the fact that it had never been the custom on the publication of any particular text-book to supply Clerks of Petty Sessions with copies, it was not advisable to depart from this practice. I see no reason for interfering with this decision.