§ Sir J. PENNEFATHERasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of sittings of the First and Second Divisions of the Mixed Arbitral Tribunals, respectively, during the month of April and the number of cases disposed of by each during that month?
Mr. WEBBThe First Division of the Anglo-German Mixed Arbitral Tribunal sat on five days during the period referred to, and gave 14 judgments, namely:
Final judgments after trial … 3 Judgments by consent … 8 Interlocutory judgments … 3 Total … 14 The Second Division of this Tribunal sat on three days during the same period, and gave 11 judgments, namely:
Final judgments after trial … 5 Judgments by consent … 3 Judgments for costs … 3 Total … 11 In addition to the cases disposed of as above, several others were partly heard by both divisions and judgments reserved or directions given.
It should be pointed out that the Easter Recess occurred during the period in question; that, as regards the First Division, its sittings were limited owing to the illness of the German member, and that the Second Division, with the substitution of an Austrian for a German member, sat on six days during this month for the trial of Austrian cases.