§ MR. GRAYasked Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Whether there is a considerable difference in emoluments, vacation, sick leave, and retiring allowance of the copying clerks attached to the different courts in Ireland; whether a report upon the subject has been made by Mr. Holmes, Treasury Remembrancer, proposing changes which would be detrimental to some of these clerks; whether some of the judges have refused their assent to the proposed changes; and, whether steps will be taken to give all the copying clerks the advantages now enjoyed by some in the matters stated?
§ MR. COURTNEY, in reply, said, the only foundation for the rumours upon which the Question appeared to be based was a recent Order of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and other statutory authorities as to the pay of copying clerks. Clerks who should be appointed after the date of the Order were put upon equality as to their duties and pay.
§ MR. GRAYasked whether a Report upon this subject had been made by Mr. Holmes, the Treasury Remembrancer, in reference to which some of the Judges had agreed, and some had not?
§ MR. COURTNEYsaid, he must decline to give any information on this point. The Report was strictly confidential. No Order had been made affecting the position or pay of copying clerks appointed previous to the date of that Order.