CO129-518-11 Request for information regarding the levying of poundage on all monies paid into Supreme Court... 29-8-1929 - 14-12-1929 — Page 10

In eplying to this Letter the

following number should be quoted:

Anad 4

Sir,

NATIONAL

SCHEME

FOR DISA

DISABLED

MEN

Зверне

3.

HOUSE OF LORDS,

10

S.W.1.

26th November, 1929.

I am directed by the Permanent Secretary

to refer to Mr. Ellis' letter of the 28th October

{

2.

last (62906/29) transmitting a copy of a despatch

from the Governor of Hong Kong relative to the

levying of poundage on monies paid into Court.

In reply 1 am to give the following

information so far as the question affects the High

Court and the County Courts in England.

1.

The High Court.

All moneys paid into Court are dealt with

in the Accountant General's department of the

Supreme Court. There is no system of poundage in

force in the High Court, the nearest approach to any

such system being the Lunacy Percentage Fee which is

a percentage charged, to cover administration

expenses, on the income of each Lunacy Fund in Court.

(1) In inquisition cases it is payable in

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