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RULES OF SUPREME COURT

19.

Administration Bond for Administrators with Will Annexed.

Know all men by these presents, that we, A.B., of

and E.F. of

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C.D. of are jointly and severally bound unto G.H., the Judge of Her Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court for China and Japan, sum of

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in the

to be

paid to the said G.H. or Judge of the said Court for the time being, for which payment we bind ourselves and each of us, for the whole, our and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals. Dated the day of

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A.B.

(L.S.)

C.D.

(L.S.)

E.F.

(L.8.)

day of

The condition of the above-written obligation is such that if the above-named A.B., the intended Administrator with Will annexed of the personal property of I.J., late of

, deceased, who died on the

do make a true and perfect inventory of the personal property of the deceased, left unadministered by

which has or shall come into [his] possession, or into the possession of any person for [him], and the same so made do exhibit into Her Britannic Majesty's Supreme Court or Her Britannic Majesty's Court at [Canton], whenever required by law so to do, and the same personal property [so left unadministered] and all other the personal property of the deceased which shall at any time after the making and exhibition of such inventory come into the possession of the said A.B., or of any person for [him], do well and truly administer, (that is to say,) do pay the debts which the deceased owed at [his] death, and then the legacies given by the said Will annexed to the said Letters of Administration as far as such personal property will extend, and the law bind [him], and all the residue of the said personal property shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons as shall be by law entitled thereto, and further do make a true and just account of [his] said Administration whenever lawfully required, then this obligation shall be void, and otherwise shall remain in full force.

Signed, sealed, and delivered before this Court.

20.

(Seal)

Declaration of the Personal Property of a Testator or an

Intestate.

In Her Britannic Majesty's Court at [Canton]

A true declaration of all the personal property of A.B., late of deceased, who died on the

day of

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at

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and had at the time

of his death his fixed place of abode at within the jurisdiction of this Court, which have at any time since his death come to the possession, or knowledge of C.D., the administrator with the Will annexed of the said A.B., [or adminis- trator, as the case may be], made and exhibited upon and by virtue of the oath [or solemn affirmation] of the said C.D. as follows :