§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTON (Tower Hamlet's, Poplar)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, In how many instances, during the years 1884, 1885, and 1886, the opinion of the Attorney General was obtained in cases of non-contentious business?
§ THE SECEETAEY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)The opinion of the Attorney General and Solicitor General was obtained in non-contentious business in 1881 in 350 cases; in 1885, in 405 cases; in 1886, in 300 cases. These figures do not include consultations, or the numerous cases in which the opinion of the Attorney General or Solicitor General has been taken by the various Departments of the State by means of personal inquiry, or informal letter; nor do they include cases decided by the Attorney General as to licences in mortmain, or cases referred to him for direction under the Public Prosecutions Act, nor hearings under the Patent Act.