MR. JOHN ELLISI beg to ask the Attorney General if he can inform the House how many Registrars of County Courts reside within the district of their Courts, as required by Section 25 of "The County Courts Act, 1888"; and whether steps are being taken to enforce the provisions of that section in the case or Registrars not so residing?
§ THE ATTORNEY GENERAL (Sir E. WEBSTER,) Isle of WightI am informed that out of 500 Registrars of the County Courts, 471 either reside in their districts or have their places of business as practising solicitors in the Court towns. Of the remaining 29, five were appointed before the year 1850, 12 are Registrars of Metropolitan County Courts, and three have only just been appointed, and will reside within their districts. As to the remaining nine I have no information. In April, 1888, after the passing of the County Courts Consolidation Act the Lord Chancellor brought to the notice of all the County Court Judges, with whom the appointment of Registrar rests, the provisions as to residence, and his attention has not been called to any case since the County Courts Act, 1888, came into operation.