§ MR. LABOUCHERE (Northampton)asked the President of the Board of Trade, When Mr. Britten ceased to act as Deputy Official Receiver at Guildford, and the dates of the several applications to the Board made by the Official Receiver for the appointment of a Deputy, the grounds thereof (if any), and the periods for which Mr. Britten was nominated to be Deputy?
§ THE PRESIDENT (Sir MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH) (Bristol, W.)Mr. Britten's last appointment as Deputy Official Receiver for the Guildford District under the Bankruptcy Act, 1883, expired on the 3rd of October, 1887, since which date no further application 709 has been received from the Official Receiver for an appointment of Deputy under the Act. Mr. Britten was appointed Deputy Official Receiver for a period of eight days in October, 1884; for about a month in September, 1886; for five days in July, and for between three and four weeks in September, 1887. The grounds of the applications were the absence of the Official Receiver on his vacation, or for other causes.