MR. MACDONALD CAMERON&c.) (Wick,asked the Lord Advocate, Whether it is true that eight clerks of the first class in the Sasines Office, referred to on page 4 of the Treasury Minute of 27th March, 1881, perform the duties assigned to them by said Minute; and, whether six such clerks act as second in command to the assistant keepers of each of the districts of said Register, as required of them in said Minute; and, if not, why the terms of said Minute have not been complied with in this respect?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)I can only refer the hon. Member to the answer which the Secretary to the Treasury gave to a somewhat similar question on the 28th of last month—namely, that it is within the province of the Head of the Department of the Sasines Office to distribute the work of the Office among his staff as he may think best in the public interest.