§ Mr. LOUGHasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has received a petition from a meeting of depositors and current account holders in the Birkbeck Bank, requesting him to receive a depu- 2337W tation from an association which has been formed of those persons; and, if so, what reply he has sent?
Mr. BUXTONI have been asked to receive a deputation of depositors and current account holders in the Birkbeck Permanent Benefit Building Society, who feel aggrieved by a recent decision of the Court as to the method of distribution of the assets of the society. I have pointed out that as notice of appeal from that decision has been given, and the matter is, therefore, stillsub judice, I do not think that it would be right for me to receive such a deputation.