§ Resolution reported: "That it is expedient to authorise the payment, out of moneys to be provided by Parliament, of a Salary to the Accountant of Court, who may be appointed under any Act of the present Session to amend and extend the law relating to Judicial Factors and others in Scotland, and to unite the office of the Accountant of the Court of Session and the Accountant in Bankruptcy in Scotland, and of Salaries to the clerks who may be appointed by him, also the payment of compensation to the holder of the office of Accountant of the Court of Session for abolition of his office, and of remuneration to such persons as may be employed to audit accounts under the provisions of the said Act."
§ Resolution agreed to.
§ The House resumed.
§ Attention was drawn to the fact that forty Members were not present.
§ The House was counted, and forty Members were found to be present.