§ MR. MACARTNEY (Antrim, S.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether estates under receivers in the Land Judge's Court contribute to the expenses of the staff of the receivers' department; and, if so, by how much has the contribution exceeded the expenditure; whether the balance, if any, may be applied to any other object than the expenses of that department; and, if so, how has it been applied, and by whose authority.
§ MR. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAINMy information is that the expenses, which were intended to be covered by fees in respect of receiver's accounts, have exceeded the receipts from those fees. The question of dealing with a balance has not therefore arisen.