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There were 9 Adjudications and 2 Compositions. The figures in 1908 were 14 Adjudications and 1 Scheme of Arrangement approved by the Court.
There was 1 Discharge, as against 2 in 1908.
The aggregate amount of declared Assets was $65,803 and declared Liabilities $189,155, as against $776,144 and $1,261,136 respectively in 1908.
The fees amounted to $14,104, including the Official Receiver's Commission as Trustee where no Trustee had been appointed by the Creditors, as against $6,176 in 1908.
7.-PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION.
There were 210 Grants made by the Court, being:
Probates, - 90 Letters of Administration, - 120 ► 210The figures in 1908 were respectively 101 and 133.
The aggregate value of the Estates was $3,422,250, as against $3,405,400 in 1908.
Probate Duties amounted to $95,647. Additional Probate Duty paid in 1909-$2,375. Court Fees amounted to $8,290 and Official Administrator's Commission to $1,154. The figures in 1908 were respectively $81,136, $120, $8,236 and $1,812.
There were 18 Estates vested in, or administered by, the Official Administrator during the year, representing an aggregate value of $25,900. The figures for 1908 were respectively 69 and $14,978.
19 Estates were wound up during the year, representing an aggregate value of $10,210, as against 28 in 1908 representing $42,479.
8.-OFFICIAL TRUSTS.
The total number of Trust Estates in the hands of the Official Trustee at the end of 1909 was 23 and the aggregate amount of Trust Funds $88,067 as against 25 Estates aggregating $115,052 in 1908, and certain house property.
The amount of Commission collected was $396, as against $234 in 1908.
9. REGISTRATION OF COMPANIES.
The total number of Companies registered from the commencement of the "Companies Ordinance, 1865," was 599 with an aggregate capital of $270,240,647.
Of the 599 Companies on the Register 99 are defunct, 2 were not floated, 132 were wound up and 67 were in the course of being wound up, leaving 299 on the Register at the end of 1909 representing an aggregate capital of $264,464,647.
The figures in 1908 were respectively 561, $256,761,334, 561, 99, 2, 123, 66, 271, and $353,246,635.