"the Kilmallock People's Buttermaking Society, Limited," of Kilmallock in the County of Limerick. The inquiry was duly held and a report was made by the said Inspector. One society, viz.: "The Co-operative Insurance Society, Limited," Long Millgate, Manchester, had its rules recorded in Ireland. One partial amendment of the rules of a society, whose rules were previously recorded in Ireland, was also recorded. TRADE UNION ACTS. Six trade unions were registered during the year, being three less than the previous year, as follows:- Reg. No. Name and Registered Office. 200. Carpet Planners of the City of Dublin Trade Union, 10, Upper Abbey Street, Dublin. 201. South County Dublin Labourers' Union, 8, Patrick Street, Kingstown, co. Dublin. 202. Dublin Silver Plate Workers' Society, Trades Hall, Capel Street, Dublin. 203. Clonmel Workingmen's Protective Union, 25, William Street, Clonmel, co. Tipperary. 204. Clonmel Operative. Bakers' Trade Union, 18, Irishtown, Clonmel, co. Tipperary. 205. Drogheda Operative Bakers' Trade Union, 26, Peter Street, Drogheda, co. Louth. The rules of the following trade unions were recorded in Ireland. Name and Registered Office. 206. Amalgamated Shipyard Helpers' Association, 10, Maxwell Street, Glasgow. 207. Associated Shipwright's Society, 3, Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne. One trade union, viz.: "The City of Dublin Regular Pork Butchers and Bacon Curers' Trade Society" (Register No. 146, Ireland), 9, Coombe, Dublin, was dissolved. Two complete and three partial amendments of rules of trade unions were registered. Two notices of change of office were received. SAVINGS BANKS DISPUTES. Eight disputes were heard by the Assistant Registrar during the year and awards were made in each of them. (Signed) Daniel O'C. Miley, Assistant Registrar of Friendly Societies for Ireland. 15, Dame-street, Dublin, March 1900. APPENDIX TO PART A. CONTENTS. APPENDIX (A.) DISPUTES Settled by the REGISTRAR under the TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANKS and POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS ACTS, in 1899. ADMINISTRATOR. On 1. Elizabeth Anne Driver, age 35, died in June 1898, unmarried and intestate. Her parents had been living apart for more than 30 years, and the mother had solely maintained the family, the father living with another woman in the same village. hearing that his daughter had a deposit account, the father took out letters of administration to her estate. Ultimately, the parties agreed that 47. should be paid to the father and the balance, 127. 19s. 1d., to the mother, and an award was made giving effect to this arrangement.-Post Office Savings Bank re Driver. Hearing, 16th December 1898; award, 31st January 1899. BRANCH. 2. Deposits in names of Misson, Tuffen, and Woods, as Trustees of Sanctuary Forest Stag 5,150 of the Ancient Order of Shepherds. The trustees and officers of the branch having neglected to obey the rules of the order for production of books to the district officers and for payment of levies, the branch was suspended and all its members ceased to be members of the Order. The district, thereupon, with the consent of the Central Body of the Order, claimed the funds, which by General Law 21a of the Rules of the Order, are to be "devoted solely to carry out the objects of the Society." Misson, one of the trustees, claimed them for division among the officers of the Sanctuary. Held, that such a division would be a misapplication of the fund and award for payment to the trustees of the district on behalf of the Order.-Post Office Savings Bank re Trustees of Sanctuary Forest Stag Ancient Order of Shepherds ex parte Trustees of London District Ancient Order of Shepherds. Hearing, 16th June 1899; award same day. CLUB. 3. Money of a sick and accident fund of the employés of Mr. W. Callingham were deposited in the joint names of Mr. Callingham, who was treasurer, and of his foreman, Mr. Goldfinch. By Rule 4 the treasurer shall take charge of all moneys. Mr. Goldfinch left the employment, and by Rule 8 any member leaving the firm will forfeit all claims to the funds. Mr. Goldfinch, however, refused to join in the withdrawal of the deposits, on the ground that he had a claim against Mr. Callingham for 2l. 11s. 8d. Award for payment to Mr. Callingham as treasurer of the fund.-Post Office Savings Bank re Callingham and Goldfinch. Hearing, 22nd August 1899; award same day. CREDITOR. 4. Mrs. Mary Ann Winton took proceedings in the High Court against the depositor to recover moneys due to her by him, and judgment was given against her. She applied to the Registrar, and the depositor relied on the judgment of the Court. Her counsel thereupon gave notice of appeal, and the appeal was finally determined by consent upon the terms that the plaintiff should receive 891. 5s. Award for payment of that sum to her.-Post Office Savings Bank re Price ex parte Winton. Hearing, 18th March 1898; award, 13th January 1899. 5. On the death of Ann Wilson, Elizabeth Johnson claimed her deposits of 641. 3s. 9d. as a donatio mortis causâ. Upon being informed that a claim upon that ground could not be established, she claimed for services rendered. Held, that in cases of this kind a liberal allowance may justly be made, and 201. awarded.-Post Office Savings Bank re Wilson ex parte Johnson. Hearing, 21st October 1898; award, 18th January 1899. 6. On the death of Mrs. Ann Gleeson, Mrs. Alice Williamson claimed the deposits, amounting to 201., as a donatio mortis causâ. Upon being informed that a direction for payment of the deposits of a deceased person to any other than the legal personal representatives could not be made otherwise than by nomination, she amended her claim to a claim for payments out of pocket and service endered. The payments out of pocket amounted to 47. 10s. The evidence in respect of the claim for services was not strong, but on the principle laid down in the case of Wilson ex parte Johnson, supra, was thought right to admit the claim to the extent of 87., making 127. 10s.-Post Office it Savings Bank re Gleeson ex parte Williamson. Hearing, 22nd December 1898; award, 1st February 1899. 7-9. Upon the death of a depositor, without relatives, the following claims of creditors were established against his estate, not exhausting the whole fund : To the Trustees of the Mitcham District 1.0.0.F.M.U. for Mrs. Carter £ S. d. 43 2 6 12 15 8 8 2 0 64 0 2 Awards for payment accordingly.-Post Office Savings Bank re Evans ex parte Holloway and others. Hearing, 22nd December 1898; award, 26th January 1899. 10. In a case referred to me by desire of the Assistant Registrar for Scotland, Miss Helen Graham Thomson had been found by judgment of the Sheriff Court of the Sheriffdom of the Lothians and Peebles at Edinburgh to be indebted to the Parish Council of Edinburgh in the sum of 217. Os. 1d., with 34. 1s. expenses. The Edinburgh Savings Bank held a deposit in the name of Mrs. Helen Thomson in trust for the debtor, and I directed the Assistant Registrar, under the Savings Banks (Barrister) Act, 1876, to make an award in favour of the Parish Council for the amount claimed, if not otherwise satisfied.-Edinburgh Savings Bank re Thomson. 25th April 1899. 11. Messrs. Kendal, Milne, & Co., drapers, obtained judgment in the Salford Hundred Court for 91. 7s. 6d. against a depositor who had to her credit 2007. 3s. 5d. Upon a statutory declaration by the solicitor that the judgment remains unsatisfied, and after notice to the depositor, who did not appear, award for payment of the amount claimed.-Manchester Savings Bank re Walton ex parte Kendal, Milne, & Co. Messrs. Blyth, Dutton, & Co., agents for Mr. John Domakin, Manchester, for claimant. Hearing, 9th May 1899; award, same day. 12. John Nelson, a pensioner, and his late wife lived from 1888 in the same house with Thomas Robert Marchant, a nephew of the wife, sharing the rent. He had a deposit account, then amounting to 2007., from which he drew as he required it, leaving 651. 7s. 9d. at the time of his death. Marchant and his wife Mary Ann claimed 107. funeral expenses, 10s. 6d. doctor's bill, and 1047. 10s. 6d., at the rate of 4s. a week for 10 years, for attendance on the depositor and his wife. George Glen, brother of the wife, also claimed the deposits, as having been the savings of his sister. An opportunity was given to the parties to come to terms, of which they did not avail themselves. Held, that the Marchants had failed to show any contract by which they were entitled to the 4s. a week claimed, but that a reasonable sum, say 15., might be allowed for services to the deceased, in addition to the 107. 10s. 6d. for funeral expenses and doctor's bill. Held also, that on the death of the wife of the depositor the deposits, even if they had been her savings, vested in him and were payable only to his next-of-kin, and that therefore George Glen was not entitled to any portion of them. Award accordingly.-Post Office Savings Bank re Nelson ex parte Marchant and ex parte Glen. Messrs. Wells and Son for the Marchants; Mr. Newton, Wymondham, for Glen. Hearing, 19th May; award, 7th June 1899. 13. Judgment against A. Klahr, a depositor, jointly with another person, for 140/. 12s., on which 1377. 12s. is still owing. Depositor stated that the deposit (67.) "belonged to his young children"; but offered no evidence in answer to the claim. Award for payment to judgment creditor.-Manchester Savings Bank re Klahr ex parte Barber. Hearing, 7th November; award, 8th November 1899. 14. Richard Evans obtained judgment in the County Court for 51. 9s. against John Buck and wife, who had no separate estate. Upon John Buck giving notice to withdraw his deposits, the Post Office, having notice of the claim, retained that sum to answer it. The judgment not having been otherwise satisfied, award for payment to Richard Evans.-Post Office Savings Bank re Burk ex parte Evans. Hearing, 10th November 1899; award, same day. curator CURATOR BONIS. 15. Miss Caroline Mary Miller, some time of Keswick, Cumberland, a depositor in the Liverpool Savings Bank, is now an inmate of the Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries. By an Act and decree of the Court of Session, Adam Davidson Smith. Chartered Accountant, Edinburgh, has been appointed curator bonis to the depositor. By s. 13 of the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act, 1889, "an official extract of the appointment of any shall have throughout the British Dominions, as well out of Scotland as in Scotland, the full force and effect of an assignment or transfer, executed in legal and appropriate form, of all funds, property, and effects, situated or invested in any part of the British Dominions and belonging to or forming part of the estate under his charge, and all debtors and others holding any such funds, property, or effects, shall be bound on production of such official extract to pay over, assign, or transfer the same to such curator." The deposits amount to 2007., and 81. 18s. 8d. 23 per cent. Consolidated Stock has been purchased with the surplus interest. An official extract having been produced, held, that the trustees of a savings Award bank are persons holding funds forming part of the estate of the depositor, and are therefore bound under the Act to pay and transfer them to the curator. accordingly-Liverpool Savings Bank re Miller ex parte Smith. 30th June 1899. ERROR. 16. The Trustees of the Bath Savings Bank in October 1890 transmitted to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, pursuant to 26 Vict., c. 14. s. 3, a certified list of the depositors and of the amounts due to them respectively. In that list Frederick Austin Pitman was entered for 31. 13s. 6d., being 11. 5s. 5d. deposited on 10th February 1882 and 17. 15s. on 27th June 1882, with interest. At the date of the deposits F. A. Pitman was four years old. Being now of age, he claims that the amount deposited on 27th June 1882 should have been entered as 5l. 15s. instead of 17. 15s., and produced the deposit book, in which the entry appeared as follows:"June 27. 17. 15s. Five pounds fifteen shillings. R. Mundy". The amount written in words and the signature were in the handwriting of Major Mundy, a manager of the bank. Mrs. Rebecca Pitman, mother of the depositor, gave evidence in support of the claim. By the statute the payment to the National Debt Commissioners of money sufficient to discharge the liabilities, as set forth in the list, when certified by the Commissioners, is a sufficient discharge to the trustees in respect of such money. Held, that the trustees were not discharged in respect of the excess of the deposits with interest over the amount stated in the list. The statute further enacts that the depositors named in such list shall thenceforth be considered to be depositors in a savings bank, and on presenting their deposit books at any Post Office Savings Bank shall be entitled to claim payment of the sums due to them respectively with the interest due thereon, and on establishing their claim shall be paid out of the monies so paid over by the trustees, and the surplus of such monies, if any, after providing for the sums due to such depositors, shall be carried to the separate surplus fund. It appeared that after providing for the deposits set forth in the list there had been an amount carried to the separate surplus fund more than sufficient to cover the 67. 4s. 5d., which is the amonnt of the 47. omitted from the list and interest thereon to date. Held, that it is the duty of the Trustees of the Bath Savings Bank or two of them to direct and authorise the National Debt Commissioners to transfer the said sum of 67. 4s. 5d. from the separate surplus fund, and that subject thereto the depositor is entitled to claim payment as a depositor in the Post Office Savings Bank of 107. 12s. 2d., being the whole amount of the deposits with interest. Award, that Lieut.-Col. Thomas Vaughton and Captain Edward Carter, two of the Trustees of the Bath Savings Bank, shall by writing under their hands request and authorise the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to transfer the sum of 61. 4s. 5d. from the separate surplus fund of the said bank to the credit of the Post Office Savings Bank; and that F. A. Pitman, a depositor in the Bath Savings Bank, is entitled to claim payment of the sum of 10l. 12s. 2d, as a depositor in the Post Office Savings Bank pursuant to s. 3 of the 26 Vict., c. 14; and that the same be paid to him accordingly. Post Office Savings Bank and Trustees of Bath Savings Bank re Pitman. Hearing, 13th January; award, 6th April 1899. Mr. Melliar Smith for claimant; Mr. Budd (Solicitor's Department) and Mr. Undrell (Savings Bank Department) for Post Office. EXECUTRIX. 17. John Shepherd died 21st September 1886. His will was proved by Eliza Jane Shepherd, his widow, executrix for life, to whom a life interest in the estate was given. The estate was sworn at 937. 9s. 6d., but resworn at 2941. 9s. 6d., on 9th September 1893, to include his deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank. These were then transferred to the name of Mrs. Shepherd, and at her death in 1899 stood at 87/. 17s. and 1007. 23 per cent. stock. The residuary legatees under the will of John Shepherd and the next-of-kin of Eliza Jane Shepherd are the same persons, viz., John William Shepherd, James Edward Shepherd, and Eliza Margaret Wright. Award for division of the fund among them. Post Office Savings Bank re Shepherd. Mr. Hatton for claimant. Hearing, 8th September 1899. Award same day. FALSE NAME. on 28th F of intere another a ly Maud Ric 18. Mary Prds had a deposit account in her own name, in which she deposited 301. 9, which she withdrew on 7th December 1880, leaving a small sum th October 1881 she deposited 307. in this account, and opened "whom she described as aged one year, by aid in 30l. to each account; and again on The amounts now due are 1477. 10s. 5d. Mary Richards had had a child, nths on 17th June 1881; and at the time was no Lilly Maud Richards in existence. a deposit 12th Septe the first a Lilly Maud, Coning the Decembe 3s. the |