§ MR. CALDWELL (Lanarkshire, Mid.)To ask the Lord-Advocate if he will furnish a list of the fines or deductions made from the earnings of engrosing clerks in the Sasine Office, Edinburgh, during the last five years, the reason for these deductions, and the authority under which they are deducted; and state to which of the public accounts they are credited.
(Answered by Mr. Scott Dickson.) The total fines and deductions during the last five years were £18 9s. 6d. out of a total sum earned of £57,503. The fines are imposed on account of irregularities in writing, under authority of the Act of Sederunt of the Lords of Council and Session of 10th July. 1811, and are accounted for by His Majesty's Treasury under Register House Vote.