[357:1] Sir Courtenay Ilbert, himself Parliamentary Counsel at the time he wrote his work on "Legislative Methods and Forms," has given therein an excellent description of the history (67-69, 80-85) and the work (85-97, 218-19, 227-31) of the office.

[357:2] "Leg. Methods and Forms," 229-31.

[358:1] "Leg. Methods and Forms," 254.

[358:2] Rex vs. West Riding of Yorkshire, (1906) 2 K.B., 676.

[358:3] Atty. Gen. vs. West Riding of Yorkshire, (1907) App. Cas., 29.

[359:1] Ilbert, "Leg. Methods and Forms," 217, 241.

[359:2] Ibid., 217-18. Cf. 254-66.

[359:3] This is particularly true in the case of local and private bills, where the provisions of "Clauses Acts" must often be incorporated, either by the terms of those acts, or in consequence of the standing orders on private business. Ibid., 261.

[359:4] Cf. Ibid., 266-68.

[360:1] Ilbert, "Leg. Methods and Forms," 230.