OHAP. III] JUDICIAL APPEALS 1375
Sir Samuel Griffith, Chief Justice of the High Court of
Australia, who became Privy Councillors in 1904 and 1901
respectively. Sir Samuel Griffith has never attended to hear
an appeal, owing to his judicial duties in Australia. On the
death of Sir H. Strong, Sir E. Barton, Chief Justice of the
High Court of Australia, became a member, but he has not
attended to hear an appeal. In 1911, on Sir H. Taschereau’s
death, Sir C. Fitzpatrick became a member.
As normally constituted the Committee contains the Lord
Chancellor, four Lords of Appeal in ordinary, two persons,
viz. Lord Haldane (formerly Lord James of Hereford), and
Mr. Ameer Ali (formerly Sir Andrew Scoble), who are ap-
pointed under the express powers given in s. 1 of the Act of
1833; until 1911 Sir Arthur Wilson, who was appointed under
the Act of 1887 as an ex-judge in the East Indies, and who
drew an allowance of £800! a year; and any Colonial judge
under the Act of 1895 who may at intervals be able to attend.
The functions of the Judicial Committee are not confined
to hearing appeals from the Colonial Courts ; they hear also
appeals from India, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man, and
the Consular Courts; the Judicial Committee under Acts
of 1840, 1874 and 1892 hears appeals in ecclesiastical cases,
and is also an Appeal Court in maritime and prize cases,
from schemes framed under the Endowed Schools Acts, 1869
and 1873, and in miscellaneous other questions, as, for
example, cases under the Union of Benefices Act, 1860,
applications for compulsory licences under the Copyright Act,
1842, applications under the Patents Acts of 1883 and 1902,
appeals under the Colonial Courts of Admiralty Act of 1890,
and appeals with regard to the appointing of legislative
councillors in New Zealand? New South Wales 4 and Queens-
land.®> Moreover, from time to time matters are referred
to the Judicial Committee under s. 4 of the Act of 1833.
* i. e. the double allowance of £400 a year each allowed by the Act of 1871,
* These matters now come in the first place before the Controller of
Patents or the ordinary Courts under the Patents Act of 1907.
* Legislative Council Act, 1891, 5. 5; Consol. Stat., 1908, No. 101, s. 5.
' Act No. 32 of 1902. s. 20. 5 Act 31 Vict. No. 38. s. 24.
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