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as are connected with the personal 

 service of his majesty, or of his 

 royal family, regard being had to 

 the existing interests in any offices 

 so to be abolished or regulated. 



III. Resolved, That it is expe- 

 dient to reduce all offices, of which 

 the effective duties are entirely or 

 principally discharged by deputy, 

 to the salary and emoluments ac- 

 tually received for executing the 

 business of such offices; regard 

 being had to any increase which 

 may appear necessary on account 

 of additional responsibility, and 

 sufficient security being taken for 

 due performance of the service in 

 all cases of trust connected with 

 public money ; regard being also 

 had to the existing interests in 

 such office. 



IV. Resolved, That it is expe- 

 dient, after the expiration of any 

 existing interest in any office which 

 is entitled to the sale of any ap- 

 pointment in any of the courts of 

 law, to make provision to prevent 

 the sale of such offices, under such 

 regulations as may be conducive 

 to the public interest, by appro- 

 priating a part of the emoluments 

 of such offices towards defraying 

 the salaries of the judges, or other 

 officers on the establishment of 

 such courts, or towards the be- 

 nefit and dignity of the offices in 

 which such right of sale is now 

 vested. 



The offices which come within 

 the purview oftheseresolutionsare, 



1. Offices having revenue with- 

 out employment ; 



2. Offices having revenue ex- 

 tremely disproportionate to 

 employment ; and, 



3. offices of which the effective 

 duties are entirely or princi- 

 pally discharged by deputy. 

 I^Exceptingalwayssuchoffices 



as are connected with the per- 

 sonal service of his majesty, 

 or of his royal family.] 

 4. Offices, the appointments to 

 which are allowed to be sold 

 in any of the courts of law. 

 The saleable offices in thecourts 

 of law mentioned in the fourth re- 

 solution, constitute a distinct head 

 of inquiry. 



The number of offices which 

 have revenue without any employ- 

 ment, eitherof principal ordeputy, 

 is very inconsiderable ; and by far 

 the greatest number of offices 

 which are conmioniy described as 

 " sinecure offices," fall properly 

 under the description of " offices 

 executed by deputy," or " offices 

 having revenue disproportionate 

 to employment." 



To some of these, great pecu- 

 niary and official responsibility is 

 attached ; and from the holders of 

 some of them large securities are 

 required. It may therefore be 

 expedient that such offices should 

 not at any time be filled by per- 

 sons less responsible than those 

 who at present hold them. 



In other cases, the deputy may 

 receive a lower salary than that 

 which might fairly be considered 

 as an adequate remuneration for 

 the services to be performed, and 

 which might, indeed, be necessary, 

 to ensure the due performance of 

 those services, should it be found 

 expedient to withdravy tiie super- 

 mtendance and authority of the 

 principal. 



It appears therefore, to your 

 committee, that in some instances 

 it might be expedient to annex the 

 duties of such of the offices to be 

 regulated, as have great responsi- 

 bility, without requiring continual 

 personal attendance, to other of- 

 fices of an efficient nature ; by 



