§ MR. FRASER - MACKINTOSH (Invernessshire)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that certain of the engrossing clerks in the Sasine Office, Edinburgh, complain of exclusion from the benefits of the Act of 1879, although holding appointments prior to its date; and whether he will lay upon, the Table Copies of the Correspondence on the subject which took place in the years 1879 and 1880, between the Treasury and the Keeper of the Register of Sasines, and the Report of the Committee appointed in 1888, which reported favourably on the claims of these clerks?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON,) Leeds, N.Engrossing clerks in the Sasines Office, Edinburgh, are temporary copyists paid by the folio. They are allowed to compete, with a special addition of 10 years to the maximum limit of age, for vacancies on the permanent establishment. They are not excluded from any benefit which the Act of 1879 was intended to grant them. I cannot consent to lay on the Table the Departmental Correspondence relative to the organisation of the Sasines Office. The Report of the Committee of 1888 is confidential; it is addressed to the Secretary for Scotland, and not to the Treasury.