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(A 26)

SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.

FEES OF COURT,—Continued.

SCHEDULE III,—Contd.

Commission of Official Administrator including Appraisement if necessary- 5 per cent. of the gross value of the Estate (to be deducted therefrom). Any other Matter or Proceeding not herein specified-The samne Fee as is charged in the Original Jurisdiction in respect of a similar Matter or Proceeding.

Estates under $500 in value,

Estates sworn at and under $100,

For every $50 or fraction of $50 over the first $100, The above fees do not include Probate Duties.

Estates sworn under $500 exempt from Estate Duty.

SCHEDULE II.

BANKRUPTCY JURISDICTION.

ORDINANCE No. 7 of 1891.

SCALE OF FEES AND PERCENTAGES.

$1.00

0.20

The Supreme Court Fees Order, 1903. (Vide Government Notifica- tion No. 256 of 24th April, 1903.)

Ordinance 2 of 1897, (Second Schedule.) Ordinance 38 of 1902,

Note to Item 43.

TABLE A.

Every declaration by a debtor of inability to pay his debts,

2.50

Every bankruptcy notice,

2.50

Every bankruptcy petition,

30.00

Every bond with sureties,

6.00

Every affidavit filed, other than proof of debts,

1.00

Every subpœna or summons under Section 26,.

0.50

(4.) For taking an affidavit, or an affirmation, or a declaration, or altesta-

tion upon honour in lieu of an affidavit or

declaration, except for

proof of debt, each person making the same,..

1.00

(b.) And in addition thereto for each exhibit therein referred to and

required to be marked................

0.50

On every proof of debt above $20,

0.50

Every petition under Section 81,

30,00

(a) Every application for an order of discharge, including expense of

gazetting,

15.00

(6.) And for each creditor to be notified.

0.50

Every application for search other than by petitioner, trustee, bankrupt, or

any officer of the Court,

1.00

Every application to the Court, except by the Official Receiver when acting

either as Official Receiver or Trustee,

3.00

Every order of the Court.......

4.00

Every office copy, each folio of 72 words,

0,25

Every allocatur by the taxing officer of the Court for any costs, charges, or

disbursements:-

Ordinance 7 of 1891,

Where the amount allowed shall not exceed $100,

3.00

(Second Schedule). Vide Government

Where the amount exceeds $100:-

Notification No. 110

For the first $100,

3.00

of 22nd April, 1910.

For every additional $100 or fraction thereof,

1.00

Every application to the Court to appoint a special manager or to carry on

the business of a debtor.

3.00

Every application under Section 80 to the Registrar of the Supreme Court

for payment of money out of the Bankruptcy Estates Account, Every application to the Court to approve composition, a fee computed at the following rates on the gross amount of the composition, riz., $10 on every $1,000 or fraction of $1,000 up to $50,000 and $5 on every or fraction of $1,000 beyond $50,000.

1.50

Every application to the Court to approve a scheme of arrangement, a fee computed at the following rates on the gross amount of the estimated assets (but not exceeding the gross amount of the unsecured liabilities), viz., $10 on every $1,000 or fraction of $1.000 up to $50,000 and $5 on every $1,000 or fraction of $1,000 beyond $50,000. Provided that, where a fee has been taken on a previous application to the Court to approve a composition or scheme, or where a fee bas been paid under this table on the account submitted for andit, seven-eights of the amount thereof shall be deducted from the fee payable on an application to approve a composition or scheme,

On one copy of an account, showing assets realized, forwarded by the Official Receiver or Trustee to the Registrar of the Supreme Court, a fee according to the following scale on the gross amount of the assets realized and brought to credit, viz., $10 on every $1,000 or fraction of $1,000 up to $50,000 and $5 on every $1,000 or fraction of $1,000 beyond $50,000.