CHARITABLE DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS (IRELAND).
EETURN to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons,
dated 18 March 1844;—^r, RETURNS made into the Office of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Requests, since 1830, specifying Name of Testator or Donor, particular Diocese or Court: Number of Bills filed, or Actions or other Suits instituted, in any Courts, in each Year; specifying the Time of filing the Bills or commencing Actions: Number and Particulars of Cases Prosecuted to Conclusion, or Settled by Compromise ,* the Amount of Money realized, and the Taxed Costs or Expenses deducted: Number of Cases where the Commissioners have interfered, and Recovered or Administered any Funds or Property without Cost, with the Amount and Expenses: Amount of Sums Voted by Parliament in Aid of the Board of Charity, since 1830: Number and Names of the Counsel for the Board in each Case, and Amount of Fees paid to Counsel in each and every Year: Number of Cases in which Suits instituted have not been Prosecuted to a Final Decision or Termination: Number of Cases in which the Board of Donations now administer the Funds; Compen¬ sation by way of Agency : Sums in Progress of Recovery : Sums in each Case Recovered, and the Expenses, comparatively: Sums now Invested in the Names of the Commissioners, and Specifications of Annuities and Charities now under the Administration of the Board: Specification of the Number and Particulars of the Charitable Donations and Bequests which appear to have been devoted to Roman Catholic Schools, Institutions, or Charities: The Number of Meetings in each Year, for the last Five Years, held by the Commis¬ sioners ; also, the Names of the Commissioners present at each Meeting: The Total Number of Commissioners, their Names, and Occupations.
RETURN of all Communications between the Commissioners and the Reverend Mr.
Bermingham, of Bally sax % also, his Answers to same respecting a Legacy left to Endow a School at said Place : Copy of that part of the Will of the Person who left said Legacy, as far as relates to said Bequest: Amount of all Costs incurred in all Cases since 1830: Names and Particulars of Cases, when Proceedings commenced, what Progress made, and when Terminated: Amount of Principal Monies in Dispute, and Costs deducted in each Case.
(Sir Henry Winston Barron.
[Note.—In
reference to the peculiarities of expression in the extracts from Wills, rendering the meaning in some instances unintelligible, it is necessary to observe, that, in printing this Return, the letter of the Copy presented to Parliament has been strictly adhered to.]
Ordered, hy The House of Commons, to be Printed,
5 July 1844.
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