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7.--PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION.
Two hundred and ninety-nine (299) grants were made by the Court being:
Probate 138
Letters of Administration 161
Declarations for Commissioner 299
The figures in 1926 were respectively 120, 152 and 1.
Court fees amounted to $18,917.20 and Official Administrator's Commission to $393.04. The figures in 1926 were respectively $22,225.15 and $3,119.99.
At the end of the year, there were 269 Deceased Estates Accounts on the Court books. The invested funds for these Estates totalled $50,402.17 and the cash balances $74,901.56.
108 Accounts were closed during the year and 130 new Accounts were opened.
8.-OFFICIAL TRUSTS.
The number of Trust Estates in the hands of the Official Trustee at the end of the year was 22. The invested funds totalled $160,803.73 and the cash balances $17,964.86. No trust was wound up during the year and one new trust was opened.
The amount of commission collected was $151.02 as against $81.34 in 1926.
9.-REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES.
On the 31st December there were 512 companies on the Hong Kong Register, of which 61 were in course of liquidation. During the year 47 new companies were put on the Register and 33 struck off. One company was transferred from the Shanghai to the Hong Kong Register and no company from the Hong Kong to the Shanghai Register.
The fees collected in respect of "China companies" amounted to $125,196.99, and those in respect of other companies to $12,564.80.
One firm was registered under the Chinese Partnerships Ordinance, 1911, and no firm was registered under the Limited Partnerships Ordinance, 1912.
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7.--PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION.
Two hundred and ninety nine (299) grants were made by the Court being :
Probate
Letters of Administration
138
161
Declarations for Commissioner
299
The figures in 1926 were respectively 120, 152 and 1.
Court fees amounted to $18,917.20 and Official Administra- tor's Commission to $393.04. The figures in 1926
in 1926 were respectively $22,225.15 and $3,119.99.
At the end of the year, there were 269 Deceased Estates Accounts on the Court books. The invested funds for these Estates totalled $50,402.17 and the cash balances $74,901.56.
108 Accounts were closed during the year and 130 new Accounts were opened.
8.-OFFICIAL TRUSTS.
The number of Trust Estates in the hands of the Official Trustee at the end of the year was 22. The invested funds totalled $160,803.73 and the cash balances $17,964.86. No trust was wound up during the year and one new trust was opened.
The amount of commission collected was $151.02 as against $81.34 in 1926.
9.-REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES.
On the 31st December there were 512 companies on the Hong Kong Register, of which 61 were in course of liquidation. During the year 47 new companies were put on the Register and 33 struck off. One company was transferred from the Shanghai to the Hong Kong Register and no company from the Hong Kong to the Shanghai Register.
The fees collected in respect of "China companies amounted to $125,196.99, and those in respect of other com- panies to $12,564.80.
One firm was registered under the Chinese Partnerships Ordinance, 1911, and no firm was registered under the Limited Partnerships Ordinance, 1912.
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