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consent and approval of

the then

Colonia ' . Secretary, Attorney General

ریا یا کسی است است

Jegistrar.

These Regulations have d

believe worked satisfactorily and Jam

not prepared to recommend

alteration.

they

As

regards

any-

Intestate Estates.

are inconsistent with Section 45.

of Ordinance 8 of 1860 . This Section

has been constantly ignored and should be repeated.

The Official Assignee's duties are now confined to Bankruptcies

the declared before the

passing of the recent Ordinance / N. 20 of 1891) . The office of Official Receiver was creaks by the new Ordinance in place of that of Official Assique but it differs from the latter office in not being held by the Registrar of the Court. The account of the Official Receiver

are

are not therefore kept with the Court accounts and the instructions above mentioned have no

the Official Receiver.

application to

The Official Receivers orduiary duties are to keep the Estate together until a Trustee is appointed. It

often happens however, especially in Chinese Bankruptcies, that no satis-

Trustee

can be found and in such case the Official. Receiver is

factory

mades Trustee

I think that when the Official Receiver acts as Trustee his accounts should be subject to thore.ugh audit

be the Hongkong Government Auditor and that it would not be enough for the latter (as Mr Nicolle suggests) merily to see that merity

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balance's

any bal

: appearing in the books are in the

hands

the official Receiver."

It is true that the Ordinance

prartes