Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the President of the Board of Trade what have been the legal and scientific qualifications of the person holding the office of Comptroller of the Patent Office since 1930 up to the present time.
§ Sir D. EcclesThey have been barristers-at-law and have had a university degree or degrees in some branch of science, apart from the present Comptroller-General who does not have specific legal or scientific qualifications.