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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 18, 1932.

one of the bankrupts, and there being no separate creditors of such bankrupt, it is the intention of such trustee, at the expira- tion of

days from the appearance of this notice in the Gazette, to transfer such surplus to the credit of the joint estate in the said bankruptcy.

Dated this

day of

19

G.H.,

Trustee.

PART II.

Regulations as to Costs.

R. 31.

1. The scale of costs and the amount and the mode of taxation thereof shall be that applicable from time to time in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

2. In respect of business connected with sales, purchases, leases, mortgages, and other matters of conveyancing, and in respect of other business not being business transacted in court or in chambers, and not being otherwise contentious business, the solicitor's remuneration shall (in the absence of any agree- ment to the contrary) be regulated by the conveyancing scale charges for the time being in force; provided that, in cases of sales of mortgaged properties, the trustee's solicitor shall be entitled to percentage only upon so much of the proceeds of sale as shall not be chargeable by the mortgagee's solicitor with the percentage, and such percentage shall be payable only out of the proceeds of sale.

3. All court fees and other proper disbursements shall be allowed in addition to the remuneration in the authorised scale.

4. Extra allowance for length of sittings, or other increased- allowances not inconsistent with the scale, may be allowed; provided that any such allowances shall have been ordered and certified by the court at the time, or all such charges shall be disallowed.

5. Vouchers shall be produced on taxation for all payments, or such payments shall be disallowed.

6. As to all fees or allowances which are discretionary, the same are, unless otherwise provided, to be allowed at the dis- cretion of the registrar, who in the exercise of such discretion is to take into consideration other fees and allowances to the solici- tor and counsel, if any, in respect of the work to which any such allowance applies, the nature and importance of the matter, the amount involved, the interest of the parties, the estate or person to bear the costs, the general conduct and costs of the proceed- ings, and all other circumstances.

7. The allowances to witnesses in bankruptcy proceedings in the court shall be in accordance with those from time to time ordinarily made in proceedings in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

1932.

Courts of Justice, Hong Kong, this 15th day of October,

J. H. KEMP,

Chief Justice.

Approved by the Legislative Council this 10th day of November, 1932.

R. A. C. NORTH,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.