MR. BRAD LAUGHI beg to ask the Attorney General whether any arrangement has yet been formally determined on by the Lord Chancellor, by which Registrars of County Courts, whose income amounts to £1,000 per year, are 338 required to devote their whole time to the duties of the office?
SIR R. WEBSTERI am informed by the Lord Chancellor that any appointments made since the County Courts Act, 1888, where the salary is sufficient to obtain a fit and proper Registrar it has been made a condition that the Registrar shall not practice as solicitor and notary, and arrangements of the same principle will be made in the case of any existing Registrar who may consent thereto. I need not point out to the hon. Member that by the provisions of Sections 25 and 45 of the Act of 1888 the rights of Registrars holding appointments at the time of the passing of the Act were preserved.
§ MR. BRADLAUGHDoes the Lord Chancellor consider £1,000 a sufficient salary?
SIR R. WEBSTERAs far as I am informed, the Lord Chancellor states that £1,000 a year is quite a sufficient salary, and I think that even a smaller sum would be sufficient.