§ MR. HENDERSONsaid, he wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, Why so much time has been wasted and the best season of the year for building purposes allowed to pass away without any progress having been made towards the erection of the new County Courts in the city of Durham, Government having purchased and had possession of a site for that purpose several months, and the house where the present Courts are held being most inconvenient and entirely unfit for the conduct of public business?
§ MR. SCLATER-BOOTHreplied, that he was informed that the purchase of land in the city of Durham was not for the purpose of County Courts, but for the construction of offices in connection with the County Courts; and the reason why the building was not proceeded with was because the Estimate connected with County Courts was already very large, and it was thought desirable to give the money to those towns where the accommodation of County Courts was wanted. Durham already had a County Court well adapted for its purpose.