§ MR. STUART-WORTLEYasked the Secretary of State for the Homo Department, Whether it is the fact that com- 1736 plaints have recently been made that applications to the office of the Paymaster General in Chancery have in some cases remained unattended to for three, four, and even six months; and, whether such delay is owing to the insufficient number of clerks employed in that office; and, if so, whether he will consider what steps can be taken to remedy the inconvenience thereby occasioned?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir HENRY JAMES),in reply, said, it was quite true that great delay had lately arisen in dealing with applications to this office. That delay was owing to the insufficiency of clerks; but arrangements had now been made to increase their number.