§ MR. BRISTOWE (Lambeth, Norwood)I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, having regard to the fact that the Order in Council dated 15th August, 1890, was issued to secure greater uniformity in the rules, governing officers of higher rank than the Second Division in the several Departments of the Civil Service, and that the Treasury Minute of 12th December, 1890, addressed to heads of Departments states that the Order in Council should be brought at once into operation for all Civil servants, any, and if so, what steps have been taken to retire officers in the Central Office of the Supreme Court of Judicature above the age prescribed by the said Order and Letter?
§ MR. GOSCHENUnder the Order in Council, the Treasury Minute referred to, compulsory retirement on the ground of age does not take effect until after a period of grace ending 1st January, 1892. In the interval the Lord Chancellor will consider what provisions of the Order should be applicable to officers of the administrative departments of the Supreme Court, whom he does not consider to be in a position in all respects analogous to that of other Civil Servants.