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Two Schemes of Arrangement were put through. Six petitions were withdrawn, 1 case was dismissed, 4 bankrupts obtained their discharge, and 1 Interim Receiving Order and 5 Receiving Orders were rescinded.
The estimated assets, in cases where Receiving Orders were made and not subsequently rescinded, were $47,272.44 and the estimated liabilities $96,275.22 as against $736,156.08 and $1,480,202.93 respectively in 1918.
The fees collected amounted to $6,342.70 as against $4,936.60 in 1918 and the Official Receiver's Commission as Trustee, where no Trustee had been appointed by the Creditors, was $7,126.32 as against $7,858.07 in 1918.
7.-PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION
One hundred and ninety-nine (199) grants were made by the Court being:-
Probate 100 Letters of Administration 99 199The figures in 1918 were respectively 112 and 126, total 238. The aggregate value of the estates was $4,538,965.00 as against $8,306,900.00 in 1918.
Probate and Estate Duties amounted to $157,543.00, Court Fees to $10,295.15, and Official Administrator's Commission to $1,157.38. The figures in 1918 were respectively $513,469.31, $14,253.23, and $6,365.15.
There were 82 Estates vested in or administered by the Official Administrator during the year, representing an aggregate value of $132,860.85. The figures for 1918 were respectively 75 and $137,261.48.
Ten (10) were wound up during the year, of the total value of $23,245.94, as against 16 in 1918 of the total value of $15,591.18.
8. OFFICIAL TRUSTS
The number of Trust Estates in the hands of the Official Trustees at the end of 1919 was 18, with Trust Funds amounting to $85,830.33, as against 24 Estates aggregating $53,044.16, plus certain house property, in 1918. One Estate was wound up during the year. No new Trust was opened.
The amount of Commission collected was $52.96 as against $433.73 in 1918.
9.-REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES
On the 31st December there were 307 companies on the Hong-kong Register, of which 21 were in course of liquidation. During the year 47 new companies were put on the Register and 14 struck off.