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As the accounts of the Supreme Court are now kept with the Bank without passing through the Treasury, these half yearly returns now only comprise amounts, unclaimed or indivisible, of Bankrupt or Intestate Estates, and the Interest upon the Registrar's Balances in current account with the Bank paid into the Treasury to the credit of the Government. It is of course still necessary that such a Book should be kept.
Registrar's Letter Book.
Official Trustee's Letter Book.
Registrar of Companies Letter Book.
It is necessary to keep a Letter Book but I think one Letter Book would now be sufficient for all purposes.
Registrar of Companies Fee Book.
This Book I think night be dispensed with as there is no reason why the Fees should not go into the General account, the more especially as there is no reason why they should not be collected by stamps.
Register of Companies.
This Book is required to be kept by Ordinance No. 1 of 1865. It contains not only the registration of Companies, but also a number of other documents required by the Companies Ordinance to be registered.
It has apparently been properly kept, and the entries which are somewhat numerous appear to have been duly made, at the time when the documents were filed. Since 1865 the date of the first Ordinance, 34 Companies have been registered, 16 of which I believe to be in working order and 18 have been either abandoned or have not registered their annual returns.
The fees received from 1865 to the end of 1881 amount to $9,729.90 or an average for the 17 years of $554.88 one year 1870 they amounted to $1,826.
Register of affidavits sworn and filed in Administration and Probate matters. If a general file book is kept in which all entries are made at the time of filing, this Book might I think be dispensed with.
Register of Public Notaries under Ordinance 3 of 1871 Section 2.
This Book does not contain many entries.
Register of Bankruptcies.
Book of Investments containing a statement of amounts belonging to various Estates on fixed deposits and on Mortgage, together with the dates when the fixed deposits expire and money, either principal or interest, becomes due.
Register of suits in Original Jurisdiction.
This Book has not been well kept. I have endeavoured to have it brought up to date for the last 2 or 3 years. Mr. EwENS has fairly succeeded in doing so, but to
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