§ Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Attorney-General the number of magistrates appointed in the Duchy of Lancaster during each of the last three years and the areas to which they have been allotted?
§ The ATTORNEY-GENERALThere were 139 appointments in 1926; 53 in 1927; and 129 in 1928. Magistrates so appointed were allotted to the following areas:
1138W
Lancashire County Bench. Petty Sessional Division. Appointments. 1926. 1927. 1928. Amounderness 1 1 — Ashton-under-Lyne 2 — 1 Bolton 5 3 1 Burnley 1 — 2 Church 5 1 3 Garstang 1 — — Hawkshead 2 — — Hornby 2 — — Kirkdale 1 — — Kirkham 1 — 5 Leigh — 1 — Leyland 1 4 — Manchester 1 3 — Middleton — 3 — North Lonsdale 1 — — Oldham 1 9 — Ormskirk 2 — — Prescot 1 — 4 Rossendale — 2 — Saint Helens 1 — — South Lonsdale 1 — 1 Southport 2 — — Warrington 5 — — 37 27 17
LANCASHIRE CITY AND BOROUGH BENCHES. 1926. Appointments. Blackpool 17 Bolton 16 Heywood 9 Liverpool 28 Manchester 32 102
1927. Appointments. Ashton-under-Lyne 12 Middleton 6 Southport 8 26
1928. Appointments. Barrow in Furness 7 Burnley 8 Colne 4 Eccles 8 Manchester 26 Mossley 5 Nelson 6 Oldham 16 Preston 10 Rochdale 8 Salford 14 112