This was some $27,000 more than in the previous year. The fees collected in a year are not a reliable index to the amount of work during that year, for by the nature of things they include fees in respect of work done in previous years and do not include many fees payable in respect of current cases.
PART VII
OFFICIAL TRUSTEE, JUDICIAL TRUSTEE AND OFFICIAL SOLICITOR IN LUNACY
Explanatory
131. The Official Trustee's functions are laid down in Part VII of the Trustee Ordinance and the Administration of Trust Fund Rules made under Section 76 of that Ordinance. The Judicial Trustee Rules, made under Section 64 of the Trustee Ordinance, provide that where an official of the Court is appointed Judicial Trustee, the Registrar General shall be so appointed unless for special reasons the Court directs that some other official of the Court be appointed.
132. Section 8(2)(c) of the Supreme Court Ordinance provides that the functions and powers of the Official Solicitor in Lunacy shall be exercised by the Registrar General.
Administration of Trusts
133. The number of trusts administered was reduced from seventeen to sixteen by the closure of a trust consequent upon the beneficiary's attaining her majority and being paid out the capital held in trust for her during her minority.
134. The Registrar General continued to act as Judicial Trustee of one estate on behalf of which $3,935 was held at the close of the year.
Trust Funds
135. Table XXIX sets out the Official Trustee's receipts and pay- ments for the year, and the assets and liabilities of the trusts administered by him as at 31st March 1968. The total income of the trusts, being interest and dividends on investments, fixed deposits and bank accounts and refund of tax from Government, amounted to $12,526. Payments to beneficiaries totalled $24,790 (including $23,271 on capital account), and the Official Trustee's commission amounted to
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