| Description | Printed memoranda, Command Papers, and draft legislation, arranged chronologically, relating to Land Purchase Schemes, Prevention of Crimes, and Local Government Acts, the activities of the Irish Land League, and general Irish affairs [education]
Including /8-11 Memoranda relating to Land Purchase legislation, 1884; /12-14 Memoranda by Lord Spencer [John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl of Spencer: Viceroy of Ireland, 1882-1885] relating to Prevention of Crimes Act, with memoranda by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman [MP; Chief Sec for Ireland, 1884-1885] and the Lord Chancellor of Ireland [?Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne: MP; Lord Chancellor of Ireland with seat in the Cabinet, 1885], 1885; /15-17 Memoranda and draft memoranda by Joseph Chamberlain and William Gladstone [Prime Minister, 1886] relating to Land Purchase Scheme, 1886; /23 'Irish Land Commission. Return of Proceedings under the Land Law (Ireland) Acts, 1881 and 1887; the Labourers (Ireland) Acts, 1885-1886, and the Purchase of Land (Ireland) Act, 1885 during the Month of April , 1888', C. 5405, 1888; /26 'Purchase of Land and Congested Districts (Ireland). A Bill to provide further facilities for the Purchase of Land in Ireland', 1890; /31-33 'Universities (Ireland). Draft of a Bill to provide for the Endowment of Two Universities in Ireland', 'St Patrick's University. Draft Charter', and 'Queen's University. Draft Charter', 1898; /35-36 Memoranda relating to Local Government Bill, 1897-1898; /37-38 Memoranda relating to provision of university education in Ireland, 1898 |