THE MARQUESS OF CLANRICARDEasked, "Whether it is intended to fill up the Office, now vacant, of a Third Taxing Master in the Court of Chancery in Dublin; also, What progress has been made in collecting Judicial Statistics in Ireland, and how soon the Return for the past Year may be expected to be presented to the House?
EARL GEANVILLEsaid, the Treasury had entered into some communications with respect to the appointment of a taxing master. Those communications had not yet closed, and therefore he could give no definite answer on this subject. As to the judicial statistics, it was thought that further improvements might be introduced into the system adopted, and some delay might therefore occur before they were presented.