Logan Republican | 1903-04-14 | Page 2 | Prizes of the British Bar

PRIZES OF THE BRITISH BAR, High Salaries and Large Fortunes Are the Rule. Tho Lord High Chancellor of Great llrltalti Is second only in position to tho Archbishop of Cnntorbury, and he enjoys nn Income of 10,000 n year. Tho I-ord Chief Justice of Englnnd has a salary of JC8.000 a year. The Master Mas-ter of the Itolls has a salary of JCC.000 a year, and tho Lords of Appeal In Ordinary Or-dinary have tho same. Tho lord Justices Jus-tices of tho Court of Appeal and tho Judges of tho High Court earn C,000 n year each. Tho masters of tho High Court aro chosen cither from barristers barris-ters or from solicitors, but all tho other officeholders to whom wo have alluded must havo como from tho bnr. Tho Attorney General makes much moro money than nny of theso dignitaries. digni-taries. His salary Is only JC7.000, but ho has fees as well, sometimes to a very Inrgo amount. Tho Solicitor General Gen-eral has 0,000 a year besides his fees. Of course, tho doublo work, legal le-gal and parliamentary, which theso olllcors havo to undertake Is most arduous, ar-duous, requiring nn Iron constitution nnd a mind that requires but llttlo time for rest. Tho private practitioners practition-ers In somo fow cases mako larger incomes in-comes than any of tho official persons at tho bar. It Is not, indeed, many who mako salaries of flvo figures, but thero may bo always ono or two leaders lead-ers who aro nchlovlng this. Tho leaders lead-ers who aro chiefly beforo tho public In ordinary enscs do not often mako moro than from 5,000 to 0,000 a year. Larger fortunes aro frequently mado by men who spcclallzo In patent pat-ent cases, who aro engaged In rating nppenls and compensation work, or who practice their profession nt tho parliamentary bar. Cornhlll Magazine.