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The number of Receiving Orders made was 20, being 11 on creditors' petitions and 9 on debtors' petitions. The figures for 1919 were respectively 14, 5, and 9.
The number of Public Examinations held was 4 as against 13 in 1919. There were 9 Adjudications as against 10 in 1919.
One Scheme of Arrangement was put through. Four petitions were withdrawn, 4 bankrupts obtained their discharge, and 6 Receiving Orders were rescinded.
The estimated assets, in cases where Receiving Orders were made and not subsequently rescinded, were $300,467.29 and the estimated liabilities $613,633.07 as against $47,272.44 and $96,275.22 respectively in 1919.
The fees collected amounted to $2,700.45 as against $6,340.70 in 1919 and the Official Receiver's Commission as Trustee, where no Trustee had been appointed by the Creditors, was $4,625.00 as against $7,126.32 in 1919.
7.-PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION.
Two hundred and seventy-five (275) grants were made by the Court being:--
Probate 126 Letters of Administration 149 275The figures in 1919 were respectively 100 and 99, total 199. The aggregate value of the estates was $7,065,247.00 as against $4,538,965.00 in 1919.
Probate and Estate Duties amounted to $367,958.25, Court Fees to $14,238.80, and Official Administrator's Commission to $979.90. The figures in 1919 were respectively $157,543.00, $10,295.15, and $1,157.38.
There were 80 Estates vested in or administered by the Official Administrator during the year, representing an aggregate value of $127,514.87. The figures for 1919 were respectively 82 and $132,860.85.
Twenty-eight (28) were wound up during the year, of the total value of $18,732.16 as against 10 in 1919 of the total value of $23,245.94.
Twenty-six (26) new accounts were opened during the year amounting to $13,386.18.
8.-OFFICIAL TRUSTS.
The number of Trust Estates in the hands of the Official Trustees at the end of 1920 was 19 with Trust Funds amounting to $86,461.58, as against 18 Estates aggregating $85,830.33 plus certain house property, in 1919. None was wound up during the year. One new Trust was opened.