§ MR. BRADLAUGH (Northampton)asked Mr. Attorney General, Whether the examination of the accounts of the late Registrar of the Wolverhampton County Court after his decease showed a 1714 sum of £7,000, or what other sum, to be due from the Registrar to the County Court Department; on what account the said sum was so due, and how long any part of it had been outstanding; whether moneys held on balance by Registrars of County Courts often amount to many thousands of pounds; whether such balances are kept apart in official accounts at the local bankers, or are paid to the Registrar's private banking account; and, whether the County Court Department receives any interest which may be paid by the banker to the Registrar on current balances?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir RICHARD WEBSTER) (Isle of Wight)As to the first paragraph, the accounts of the Registrar did not show a sum of £7,000 to be due from the Registrar. They showed that £1,126 Os. 7d. was due from the estate of the late Registrar, and that there was due to such estate £497 9s. 8d. The executors paid the balance, £628 10s. 11d., into the Bank of England in March, 1875, four months after death. Moneys held on balance by Registrars of County Courts never amount to many thousands of pounds. In Courts in which the entry of plaints exceed £2,000 in a year, Registrars keep separate official accounts. The County Court Department does receive the interest paid by the banker to the Registrar on current balances.