xviii Orders.
was substantially the same as last year.
The" number of cases in which we refused to grant these applications has, however, slightly increased, and we continue to impress on the local authorities the necessity of meeting the debts incurred in anv particular year out of the rates raised for that year.
Meeting of Public Bodies.
During the year, at the request of the public bodies concerned, we made Orders in pursuance of Section 14 of the Local Govern¬ ment (Ireland) Act, 1902, altering the time at which the statutory monthly meetings may be held in thj Urban Districts of Bray, Dungannon, Enniscorthy, Howth, Killiney and Ballybrack, Kingstown, Strabane, Tralee, Warrenpoint and Wexford : and in the Towns of Antrim and Newcastle (Co.
Limerick).
The number of Orders made under this Section shows a con¬ siderable increase over that of the previous year, when only two Orders were made.
General Cattle Diseases Fund.
In accordance with a certificate furnished by the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland, showing that a sum equivalent to a rating of one farthing in the pound on the net annual value of the property in all Irish administrative counties was required for the purposes of the Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1914, we made an Order on the 10th February, 1920, assessing the amount cerl ified on the several counties and county boroughs according to their respective valuations.
Juries (Ireland) Acts.
An Order in Council was made on the 26th November, 1919, fixing a new scale of expenses of Clerks of the Crown and Peace and local officers in carrying into execution the several purposes of the Juries (Ireland) Acts.
The Order revoked previous Ordeis in Council of the 18th December, 1877, and 21st December, 1903, on the subject.
The new Order does not apply to the Town Clerk of Dublin nor to the Poor Rate Collectors in Dublin County Borough.
We issued copies of the Order to the local authorities concerned with a covering circular dated 10th December, 1919.
Sligo Corporation Act, 1918.
In pursuance of Section 9 of the Sligo Corporation Act, 1918, we made an Order on the 30th October, 1919, prescribing regu¬ lations with respect to the qualification, appointment, salary and tenure of office of officers of the Sligo Corporation,
