§ Mr. CHARLES EDWARDSasked the Attorney-General in how many provincial towns or cities the Public Trustee has offices; whether any such office exists in Wales; and, if not, will he consider establishing one of Cardiff, and thus relieve clients and others of much of the expense which they now have to bear through travelling to London when interviewing the above official?
§ Sir G. HEWARTThe Public Trustee has only one branch office, namely, in Manchester. Sir George Murray's Committee, which recently reported on the Public Trustee Office, stated that on general grounds they were in favour of an extension of the branch offices, but that they hesitated to recommend such an extension until they were satisfied that such new branches would be self-supporting. The Public Trustee, however, has the matter under his consideration.