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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 22ND MAY, 1897.

Second Schedule.

Power of Colonial Treasurer where sum not exceed- ing $500 is payable by public depart-

ment to de. ceased

person.

Validity of payment

made under

last preceding

section.

Administra-

of deceased

subordinate member of

required according to the practice of the Court; and he shall also in due course make out and seal the letters of adminis- tration of the estate of the intestate and deliver them to the applicant, without payment of any fee except as is provided by this section.

(2.) The Registrar may require such proof as he may think sufficient to establish the identity and relationship of the applicant.

(3.) If the Registrar has reason to believe that the whole estate of which the intestate died possessed exceeds in value the sum of five hundred dollars, he shall refuse to proceed with the application until he is satisfied that such value is below that amount.

(4.) An applicant under this section shall not be required by any table of fees framed under this Ordinance to pay a greater amount of fees than the amount applicable to the case which is mentioned in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance,

(5.) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any duty for the time being payable by law on adminis- trations,

Small Sums payable by Public Departments

to Deceased Persons.

62.-(1.) On the death of any person to whom any sum of money not execeding five hundred dollars is payable by a public department within the Colony in respect of civil pay or allowances or annuities granted either under the authority of Her Majesty's Government or of the Gov- ernment of the Colony, it shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer, on being satisfied of the expediency of dispensing with probate or administration, to authorize the payment of such sum to such person or persons as the Colonial Treu- surer may consider entitled thereto, without requiring the production of probate or administration.

(2.) Payment of all such sums of money shall be made under such regulations (if any) as the Colonial Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, from time to time make for that purpose.

63. Any payment made under the provisions of the last preeeding section shall be valid against all persons whatever, and all persons acting under the said provisions shall be absolnicly discharged from all liability in respect of any moneys duly paid or applied by them under the said provi-

sions.

Estates of Deceased Members of Police Force.

64.-(1.) Any person employed in the Police Force tion of estate under the rank of Inspector and dying whilst so employed shall not be deemed to be within the meaning of the preceding provisions of this Ordinance; but the Captain Police Force. Superintendent of Police is hereby constituted the official administrator of his estate, and is required to get in and administer the same, with the sanetion of the Colonial Se- cretary, and, within one month after the death of any such person, to certify the same and the amount in value of the estate of such person, by certificate under his hand, to the Registrar for registry in the Court: and he shall also pay over to the Colonial Treasurer the balance of every such estate after payment of all lawful claims against the same.

(2.) It shall be lawful for the Colonial Secretary, on the application of the Captain Superintendent of Police, at any time to sign an order upon the Colonial Treasier for the payment of the whole or any part of such balance to such person or persons as may appear to be entitled thereto, and the Colonial Treasurer shall comply with such order.

Administra-

Estates of Persons dying on Voyages to the Colony.

65.-(1.) The following special provisions shall regulate tion of estate the administration of the estates of passengers who die at of passenger

sea in the course of a voyage to the Colony on board of dying on voyage to the ally vessel which afterwards arrives in the Colony, that is

Colony.

to say,-

(a.) Where my passenger has died on board of any vessel in the course of a voyage to the Colony, the master of the vessel in which such passenger has died shall, immediately upon the arrival of the vessel in the Colony, band over to the Harbour Master al! the goods and effects of such passenger then on board of such vessel;