§ MR. ROBERT COXI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether the vacancy in the staff of the Deeds Office, Her Majesty's General Register House, Edinburgh, will be filled up in terms of the Minute issued by Her Majesty's Secretary for Scotland, and dated 14th September 1893, or on the recommendation of the Deputy Clerk Register; or will the appointment, as has hitherto been the case, be confined strictly to the Office, which means the promotion of one of the engrossing clerks to the staff?
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. GRAHAM MURRAY,) ButeshireThe appointment referred to by the hon. Member will be made in accordance with the "conditions of admission" stated in Article IV. of the Minute issued by the Secretary for Scotland on 14th September 1893. I may add that this is the first vacancy in the staff of the Office of Deeds since the passing of the Minute, and the Secretary for Scotland does not feel justified therefore in departing from the conditions laid down therein by his predecessor.