§ MR. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)On behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for Merionethshire (Mr. T. Ellis), I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether he can state the reason for withdrawing the concession made to antiquarians, of giving them, free of charge, a search order to examine unregistered wills in district registries; and whether the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury can re-consider their decision, and again grant this privilege to antiquarians and literary men?
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY (Mr. JACKSON, Leeds, N.)There has been no withdrawal of a concession, but attention has been drawn to the existence of the rule that requires the payment of a fee, which rule has not in all cases been acted upon.