§ Mr. LARDNERasked the Chief Secretary the number of bankruptcies and arrangements in each of the four provinces in Ireland for each of the past five years, giving the figures for both the High Court and local Bankruptcy Courts?
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§ Mr. BIRRELLsubmitted the following statement showing the number of bankruptcies and arrangements in Ireland for each of the five years, 1907–11, in the King's Bench Division (in Bankruptcy), Dublin, and the local Courts in Belfast and Cork:—
(Extracted from the Reports on Judicial Statistics (Ireland).—Part 2 Civil Statistics). Proceedings in Bankruptcy. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. King's Bench Division (in Bankruptcy), Dublin. Petitions of Bankruptcy— By Creditors 76 97 62 59 46 By Debtors 17 16 7 16 6 Private Arrangements turned into Bankruptcy 30 31 26 36 20 Petitions for Arrangement* 158 155 145 163 126 Local Court, Belfast. Petitions of Bankruptcy— By Creditors 34 28 30 14 26 By Debtors 4 2 11 10 7 Private Arrangements turned into Bankruptcy 4 7 7 9 6 Petitions for Arrangement* 39 36 43 45 43 Local Court, Cork. Petitions of Bankruptcy— By Creditors 11 7 11 10 6 By Debtors 2 1 1 3 2 Private Arrangements turned into Bankruptcy 4 1 1 3 2 Petitions for Arrangement* 14 8 9 16 10 * The "Private arrangements turned into bankruptcy" are included herein, The jurisdiction of the Belfast Court extends to the counties of Antrim, Down, and Armagh, and the City of Belfast, and that of the Cork Court to the County and City of Cork and the County of Kerry. It would not be possible to state in what province the cases in the High Court arose without a reference to each case.