§ MR. GREGORYasked Mr. Attorney General, Whether he has made inquiry into the charge thrown upon suitors appearing before the Official Referees, and whether it is proposed to modify or discontinue such charge?
THE ATTORNEY GENERALSir, I have made inquiry into the matter referred to, and I find that suitors are charged a fee for the hearing of their causes before the Official Referees, proportioned to the length of such hearing. I think there has been as yet too slight an experience of the working of the system to say whether a modification of the practice should be introduced or not.