ISLE OF MAN CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE.

REPORT
OF THE
DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE
ON THE
CONSTITUTION, &c., OF THE ISLE OF MAN.

Presented to Parliament By Command of His Majesty

LONDON:

PUBLISHED AT HIS MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

PRINTED BY
EYRE AND SPOTTISWOODE, Ltd East Harding Street E.C.,
PRINTERS TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

1911.

[Cd 5950]

List of Witnesses

First Day.

Mr. Hugh Bertram Cox, C.B.

Second Day.

Mr. Richard Daniel Gelling.
Mr. George Alfred Ring.

Third Day.

Mr. Bertram E. Sargeaunt.
Mr. James Forbes.
Mr. Dalrymple Maitland.
Mr. William Goldsmith.

Fourth Day.

Mr. William Goldsmith (Recalled).
Mr. William Maltby Kerruish.
Mr. W. T. Crennell.

Fifth Day.

Mr. W. T. Crennell (Recalled).
Mr. John Donald Clucas.
Mr. Reginald Douglas Farrant.
Mr. W. J. Corlett.
Dr. Robert Marshall.

Sixth Day.

Dr. Robert Marshall (Recalled).
Mr. Henry Hough.
Mr. William Maltby Kerruish (Recalled).
Mr. John Donald Clucas (Recalled).
Mr. Samuel Norris.
The Right Rev. The Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man.
Deemster S. Stevenson Moore.
Mr. John Thomas Cowell.

Seventh Day.

Mr. John Thomas Cowell (Recalled).
Mr. John Archibald Brown.
Mr. Thomas Kneen.
Mr. J. D. Fell.
Mr. J. C. Quine.
Deemster Callow.

Eighth Day.

Mr. Hughes Games.
Mr. John Thomas Cowell (Recalled).
Mr. Hughes Games (Recalled).
Mr. Dalrymple Maitland (Recalled).
Mr. Alexander Robertson.
Colonel Moore.
Mr. Frederick Malcolm Lamothe.
Mr. William Matthias Corkill.
Mr. Mark Carine.
Mr. John Joseph Taggart.
Miss Alice Margaret Mayer.
Mr. Richard Cain.

Ninth Day.

Mr. George Alfred Ring (Recalled).
Mr. William Maltby Kerruish (Recalled).
Mr. William Christian.
Rev. David Inglis.

Tenth Day.

 

Mr. F. W. A. Clarke.

Eleventh Day.

Sir E. Stafford Howard, K.C.B.

 

LIST OF APPENDICES.

Page
1. The Petition of the House of Keys, 27th February 1907
233
2. Letter from Ramsey Courier as to annual training of troops in the Island
242
3. Memorandum by Mr. Hall Caine on Constitutional Reform
243
4. Memorandum by Dr. Robert Marshall respecting the Government Chaplains
245
5. Vicar-General's statement
246
6. List furnished by the Attorney-General of Bills passed by the Legislative Council and rejected, or which failed to pass owing to amendments made, by the House of Keys
247
7. List furnished by the Attorney-General of Bills from the House of Keys not passed by the Council
248
8. Remarks by the Attorney-General upon the proposed Advisory Council
248
9. Some Acts compelling the Lieutenant-Governor to consult members of the Executive Council
250
10. Legislation from 1898-1910
250
11. Letter from Mr. Thomas H. Leece on the state of the Fishing Industry in the Island
254
12. Statement by Mr. W. A. Kelly on the state of the Fishing Industry in the Island
255
13. Statement by Mr. T. Champion (representing the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the Island)
256
14. Statement by Mr. T. Stowell, Secretary and General Manager of the Isle of Man Railway Company -
258
15. Memorandum from the Editor of the Isle of Man Times on the financial relations of the Island and the Imperial Government
259
16. Memorandum from Deemster Callow as to the position of Deemsters in the Manx Legislature
260
17. Statement by Mr. R. S. Corlett, H.K.
262
18. Statement by Mr. Thomas Cowley
264
19. Lists of sittings and cases in the Deemster's Court at Ramsey and Peel
266
20. Return of sittings of the Vicar-General's Court in respect of affiliation cases since the appointment of the present Vicar-General, 6th March 1906
268
21. Return of number of Inquests during 1908, 1909, and 1910, and other Judicial statistics
269
22. Return of sittings and cases dealt with by the Courts, 1905-1910
270
23. Classification of services in respect of control exercised by Tynwald
272
24. Letter from Mr. H. W. Stephen
273
25. Letter from Rev. Canon E. B. Savage, M.A., F.S.A., Chairman of "Manx Museum and Ancient Monuments Trustees "
273
26. Letter from Mr. J. E. Leece (Head Master, St. Thomas's Church of England Day School, Douglas),with regard to voluntary elementary schools
273
27. Memorandum on Secondary Education in the Isle of Man, by Mr. Fred R. Grundey, B.Sc., F.C.S.,Head Master of the Eastern District Secondary School, Douglas
274
28. Memorandum on Administration of Education in the Isle of Man, by Isle of Man Teachers'Association
274
29. Statement with regard to surplus Insular Revenue, by Lieut.-Colonel G. Moore
276
30. Memorandum from the Boarding and Lodging House Association
279
31. Memorandum by Mr. F. W. A. Clarke, Accountant and Comptroller-General, H.M. Customs and Excise
281
32. Memorandum by Mr. T. W. Kelly upon the Dairy Industry of the Isle of Man
283
33. Memorandum by Sir E. Stafford Howard
284
34. Memorandum on the relations between the Isle of Man and the Office of Woods, by Sir E. Stafford Howard
285
35. Memorandum on the financial condition of the Island, by the Clerk of the Rolls
287
36. Memorandum prepared by the Committee of Tynwald on Financial Relations
288


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