§ MR. LOCKEsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, the reason of the delay in giving effect to the suggestions made by the Judge of the Court of Probate to the Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury for the future regulation of the 890 salaries and emoluments of the clerks and officers in the Principal Registry?
§ MR. CHILDERSSir, I have to state, in reply, that Sir James Wilde submitted to the Treasury early this year a plan for re-organizing the Registry of the Probate Court. Hitherto, officers have been appointed to specific duties at specific salaries, but no system of classification or annual increment in salary has been established. The Treasury were unable to take up the question at once from the pressure of other business, but the proposals were carefully considered and reported upon in March, and I hope before the end of this month that I shall be able to state the result to the House.