London Gazette, August 4, 1882 - Page 3645
SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE.
PROBATE, DIVORCE, AND ADMIRALTY DIVISION.
THE Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, with the concurrence of the Lord
Chancellor and the Right Honourable Sir James Hannen, President of the above-named Division, do
hereby, in exercise of the powers for this purpose conferred upon them by the Courts of Justice
(Salaries and Funds) Act, 1869, as extended by the Supreme Court of Judicature Act, 1881, and of
all other powers enabling them in that behalf, determine and order as follows :-
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From and after the date hereof, the existing Clerks (other than the Record Keepers, the Sealer,
the Crier, and Clerk of the Rules and Orders, and the Assistant Clerk), and all future Clerks in the
Probate Registry, shall be classified respectively as Principal Clerks of Seats, First Class Clerks,
Second Class Clerks, and Third Class Clerks.
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Subject and without prejudice to the position and status of the existing Clerks, there shall be
employed in the said Registry so many Clerks as may from time to time be necessary, not exceeding
six Principal Clerks of Seats, five First Class Clerks, thirty Second Class Clerks; and seventy Third
Class Clerks.
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There shall be paid to the existing Clerks and to the Supernumerary Clerks the yearly salaries
specified in the Schedule hereto, with the annual increments therein mentioned, and to all future
Clerks the yearly salaries following, that is to say:- To Principal Clerks of Seats, £700, rising by
annual increments of £25 to £800; to First Class Clerks, £500, rising by annual increments of £20
to £600; to Second Class Clerks, £250, rising by annual increments of £15 to £400; and to Third
Class Clerks, £100, rising by annual increments of 110 to £200.
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The existing and all future Clerks shall be interchangeable and liable to be transferred to and
perform the duties of any office in the said Registry as the President of the Division may from time
to time direct.
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Unless, under special circumstances, the President of the Division shall otherwise direct, a
Clerk shall not be promoted to a higher class until the Senior Registrar (or, in his absence, one of the
other Registrars of the Division) has certified, in writing, to the President that such Clerk has discharged
his duties in a satisfactory manner in every respect, and that he is fully qualified for promotion.
Dated the 14th day of July, 1882.
Charles C. Cotes.
R. W. Duff.
We concur in the above Order,
Selborne, C.
James Hannen.
THE SCHEDULE
| Name |
George Hook Rodman |
| Rank |
1st Class Clerk |
| Salary from 1st April, 1882 |
£500 |
| Annual Increment |
20 |
| Maximum Salary |
£600 |
| Remarks |
From May 10, 1882 |
Source: London Gazette
Issue 25135, Page 3644