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 14

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entries, which depends upon the number of instal-

ments. Such a fee would, therefore, hit the

poorest class of debtors, as it is in the case of

such debtors that instalment orders are made. The

County Court system under which the plaint and

hearing, etc., fees payable in the early stages of

the action are fixed at poundage rates sufficient

to provide for the cost of the subsequent book-

keeping transactions works well. It is at this

stage of the action that it appears most reasonable

that the Court fees should be proportionate to the

amount claimed.

Different considerations apply in the case

of moneys paid into Court in order that the Court

may act as trustee for the benefit of infants,

workmen's dependants, etc. In such cases the money

is paid into Court not for the purpose of being paid

out again almost immediately to a creditor but in

order that the Court may invest and administer it