§ VISCOUNT MAHONasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether he will be willing to consider the propriety of granting a scale of salary and superannuation allowances to the District Registry Clerks of Her Majesty's Court of Probate, on the same footing as enjoyed by the clerks of the principal Registry Office?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER,in reply, said, that by recent legislation district registry clerks of Her Majesty's Court of Probate were not Civil servants at all. They were em- 1709 ployed by the Registrars in the conduct of their private practice. The business in the District Registry offices was very different from that in the Metropolitan Offices, the first-named officials being only empowered to grant probate where it was unopposed. He therefore could not hold out any hope that the positions of the two classes of clerks would be assimilated in the manner suggested by the noble Lord's Question.
§ VISCOUNT MAHONsaid, he wished to know what position the district registry clerks held if they were not Civil servants?
THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERThey hold no position at all which can entitle them to the same terms as those enjoyed by Civil servants.