§ GENERAL SIR GEORGE BALFOUR (Kincardine)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Why the following sums, now entered in Vote 14, Class III., under Lord Advocate, have not been trans- 670 ferred to the Vote for the Secretary for Scotland—namely:—Legal Secretary, £500; Crown Agents and Clerks, £1,990 Expenses of Legal Secretary, £200 and, under Vote 16, Class III., the following: Preparation of Bills, £800; Clerks for preparing Returns to Parliament, £130; Fees and Expenses of Crown Agents, £50?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.), in reply, said, he did not quite understand what the hon. and gallant Gentleman referred to, because the charges he specified had always been provided for in Class III. That did not apply only to the Scottish Department, as the hon. and gallant Gentleman well knew. Class III. of the Civil Service Estimates included legal and cognate charges relating to the Department of the Secretary for Scotland, the establishment of which made no change requiring the transference of these charges to Glass II.