I move:—
That a supplementary sum not exceeding £2,250 be granted to defray the Charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1959, for such of the salaries and expenses of the District Court as are not charged on the Central Fund (7 Edw. 7. c. 17, sec. 3; No. 27 of 1926, secs. 49, 50 and 66; No. 15 of 1928, sec. 13; No. 48 of 1936, secs. 51 and 77; No. 4 of 1946, secs. 35 and 36; No. 21 of 1946; No. 8 of 1951; and No. 32 of 1953) and for a capitation grant.
The Supplementary Estimate is required to meet the extra expenditure which has been necessitated by the appointment of three temporary additional justices to fill vacancies. The reason that these vacancies have not been filled on a permanent basis is that it is proposed later in the year to make an Order under Part V of the Courts of Justice Act, 1953, reducing the number of district justices. As the House knows, the salaries of permanent justices are charged on the Central Fund.