§ MR. SADLEIRasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland what information, if any, had been collected by the Government to justify the scale of salaries, the stamp duties, and fees, proposed by the Civil Bills, &c. (Ireland) Bill, and whether any and what returns had been obtained from the assistant barristers and clerks of the peace of counties, with reference to the amount of business done in the Quarter Session Courts during the last few years?
§ SIR W. SOMERVILLEwas understood to say that the scale was founded on returns made in 1849 and 1850.