-5-
entries, which depends upon the number of instal-
ments. Such a fee would, therefore, hit the
poorest class of debtors, as it is in the case of
such debtors that instalment orders are made. The
County Court system under which the plaint and
hearing, etc., fees payable in the early stages of
the action are fixed at poundage rates sufficient
to provide for the cost of the subsequent book-
keeping transactions works well. It is at this
stage of the action that it appears most reasonable
that the Court fees should be proportionate to the
amount claimed.
Different considerations apply in the case
of moneys paid into Court in order that the Court
may act as trustee for the benefit of infants,
workmen's dependants, etc. In such cases the money
is paid into Court not for the purpose of being paid
out again almost immediately to a creditor but in
order that the Court may invest and administer it