Where an inventory is deemed requisite, and is directed by the Court or trustee to be taken by a high bailiff or officer of the Court, a proper remuneration may be allowed for taking it, having regard to the time occupied, and the nature of the property included in it.

Where no trustee is appointed by the creditors, or where there is a vacancy in the office of trustee, and the bankruptcy is carried on with the aid of the registrar as trustee for realization of the estate 57. per cent. on the first amount of 1007. or any less sum realized by the registrar; 24 per cent. on the next amount of 4007. per cent. on the next amount of 5007. or any less sum; and or any less sum; per cent. on all further sums.

On dividend 27. per cent. on the first amount of 1,000l. or any less sum actually divided, and 1 per cent. on all further sums.

TABLE C.

The fees and allowances payable on proceedings had after the thirty-first day of December, 1869, in respect of any matter which was pending in any Court having jurisdiction in bankruptcy on the said day shall be the same as if those proceedings had been taken before such day, and shall be applied to the same purposes.

We, the undersigned Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, do hereby sanction the foregoing scale of fees, and do direct that the fees to be taken by stamps shall be those mentioned in Table A., and that the fees mentioned in Table B. shall be taken in money, and that the fees and allowances referred to in Table C. shall be taken by stamps or money according as they have hitherto been taken.

And we further direct that the stamp shall be affixed or the money paid in respect of every fee before the proceeding is had in respect of which the fee is payable, and that the charge to be made by the London Gazette for the insertion W. P. ADAM. of each notice authorized by the Act or Rules shall be ten shillings. W. H. GLADSTONE.

10th August, 1871.

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APPENDIX V.

LIST OF FORMS.

THE BANKRUPTCY RULES, 1870.

1. Declaration of Inability to Pay.

2. Affidavit for summoning a Debtor.

3. Affidavit for summoning Debtors in partnership.

4. Debtor's Summons.

5. Affidavit of Service of Debtor's Summons.

6. Substituted Service of Debtor's Summons.

Notice in Gazette or paper.

7. Substituted Service of Debtor's Summons. Notice in local paper. 8. Affidavit on Application to dismiss Debtor's Summons.

9. Order on Application to dismiss Debtor's Summons.

10. Petition.

11. Affidavit of Truth of Statements in Petition.

12. Affidavit of Truth of Statements in Petition.

13. Application for Appointment of a Receiver, and Order thereon.

14. Affidavit of Service of Petition.

15. Substituted Service of Petition. Notice in Gazette.

16. Substituted Service of Petition. Notice in local paper.

17. Notice by Debtor, disputing the Truth of Statements on Petition.

18. Order to stay Proceedings on Petition.

19. Bond on stay of Proceedings.

20. Notice of Sureties.

21. Affidavit of Justification.

22. Transfer of Proceedings.

23. Dismissal of l'etition.

24. Dismissal of Petition upon which Proceedings are stayed where Adjudication

made on a subsequent Petition.

25. Adjournment of Petition.

26. Adjudication.

27. Notice of First Meeting in local paper.

28. Certificate declaring Registrar Trustee.

29. Order for First Meeting and for the Attendance of the Bankrupt thereat.

30. Order of Court for General Meeting of Creditors.

31. Restraining Action, &c., after Bankruptcy.

32. Affidavit for Proof of Debt with or without Security.

33. Proxy (when not added to Proof).

31. Affidavit of Proof of Debt by Agent of a Company.

35. Minutes of Proceedings at First Meeting.

36. List of Creditors assembled to be used at every Meeting.

37. Certificate of Judge for Transfer of Proceedings.

38. Report and Certificate of Appointment of Trustee.

39. Bankrupt's Statement of Affairs for First Meeting.

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40. Bond of Trustee.

41. Certificate of Appointment of Trustee.

42. Notice in Gazette of the Appointment of Trustee and of day for public Examination of Bankrupt.

43. Admission of Debt by Debtor of Bankrupt.

44. Order to pay admitted Debt.

45. Memorandum of public Examination of Bankrupt.

46. Notice of Meeting to be held on Resignation of Trustee.

47. Minutes at Meeting for receiving Resignation of Trustee, &c.

48. Report and Certificate of Appointment of Trustee to fill a Vacancy caused by a Resignation.

49. Notice in Gazette of intended Dividend.

50. Application by Creditor for Order for Trustee to pay Dividend and Order

thereon.

51. Report of Trustee for closing Bankruptcy.

52. Order on Report of Trustee as to the closing of a Bankruptcy.

53. Application for Directions by Trustee.

54. Order on Application of Trustee for Directions.

55. Notice in Gazette of Meeting to authorize the Trustee to accept a Composition.

56. Order to stay Proceedings on a Composition, &c.

57. Application to annul Adjudication under Sect. 28.

58. Order annulling Adjudication under Sect. 28.

59. Notice in Gazette and paper of Bankruptcy having been annulled.

60. Application for Release by Trustee and Order thereon.

61. Notice in Gazette of day a Bankrupt will apply for his Discharge.

62. Application for Order of Discharge where a Dividend of not less than 10s. has been paid.

63. Application for Order of Discharge where the failure to pay a Dividend of 10s. arose through Negligence or Fraud of Trustee.

64. Application for Order of Discharge on a Special Resolution that the Bankruptcy or the failure to pay a Dividend of 10s. arose from circumstances for which the Bankrupt should not be held responsible.

65. Application for an Order of Discharge during continuance of Bankruptcy. 66. Memorandum of Application for Order of Discharge.

67. Order of Discharge.

68. Notice to Creditors of a Bankrupt, who has paid an additional Sum after close of his Bankruptcy, making up a Dividend of 10s. in the Pound, that he will apply for an Order of Discharge.

69. Notice in Gazette of Order of Discharge.

70. Notice in Gazette that a Creditor seeks to enforce Payment of his Debt out of the Property of an undischarged Bankrupt.

71. Search Warrant.

72. Warrant of Seizure.

73. Warrant against Debtor about to quit England, &c.

74. Subpoena (London Bankruptcy Court).

75. Subpoena or Summons to Witness in County Court.

76. Summons under Sect. 96 (in a County Court).

77. Order setting aside Pay,, Pension, &c. under Sect. 89.

78. Notice to Bankrupt under Sect. 90.

79. Order setting aside Salary or Income under Sect. 90.

80. Application for Enforcement of Provision in a Composition.

81. Affidavit in support of Application for Enforcement of Provisions of a Com. position under Sect. 28 or 126.

82. Order for Enforcement of Provisions in a Composition.

83. Application by Trustee for Committal of Bankrupt or other Person.

84. Affidavit in support of Application for Committal of Bankrupt for Contempt

under Sect. 19.

85. Affidavit of Trustee under Sect. 93.

86. Affidavit of Person interested in a Composition for Committal.

87. Notice of Application for Committal under Sect. 19.

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88. Notice of Application for Committal under Sect. 93.

89. Notice of Application for Committal under Sects. 28, 126.

90. Order of Committal under Sect. 19.

91. Order of Committal under Sect. 93.

92. Order of Committal under Sect. 28 or 126.

93. Warrant of Committal for Contempt.

94. Order for Discharge from Custody on Contempt.

95. Warrant to apprehend a Person summoned under Sect. 96.

96. Order to Postmaster-General.

97. Certificate to Speaker of the House of Commons under Sect. 122.

98. Order to Summon a Common Jury.

99. Order for a Special Jury.

100. Form of Oath to be taken by the Usher of the Court on Jury retiring to

consider their Verdict.

101. Register of Bankruptcies in London Bankruptcy Court.

102. Bankruptcy Petition Book to be kept by Chief Registrars of the London Bankruptcy Court, and Registrars of the County Courts.

103. Debtor's Summons Book to be kept by the Chief Registrar in the London Bankruptcy Court or a Registrar of a County Court.

104. Estate Book.

105. Annual Return to be made by Trustees.

106. Petition under Sects. 125, 126.

107. Affidavit in support of Petition under Sects. 125, 126.

108. Notice to Creditors of General Meeting.

109. Affidavit to be annexed to the Notice summoning First General Meeting. 109B Proxy when not added to Proof under Liquidation.

110. Request with List of Creditors.

111. Notice for Gazette.

112. Order changing Place of Meeting.

113. Nomination of Receiver or Manager by Creditors.

114. List of Creditors assembled to be used at every General Meeting.

115. First General Meeting where Liquidation by Arrangement resolved on.

116. First General Meeting where Composition resolved on.

117. Notice concerning Second General Meeting.

118. Resolution at Second General Meeting.

119. To be added to Statement of Affairs in cases under Sect. 126 where necessary. 120. Form of Affidavit to be used upon Registration of a Special or Extraordinary

Resolution.

121. Certificate of Trustee's Appointment.

122. Resolution for Debtor's Discharge.

123. Report of Trustee as to Debtor's Discharge.

124. Debtor's Discharge.

125. Notice to Creditors to come in and prove their Debts.

126. Notice to Claimant of Trustee's rejection of his Claim.

127. Affidavit of computed Amount of estimated Assets or Composition.

128. Præcipe on issuing Execution.

129. Writ of Fieri Facias on an Order for Payments of Debt admitted in Court to be due to the Estate of a Bankrupt.

130. Writ of Fieri Facias on an Order for Payment by Instalments of Debt admitted in Court to be due to the Estate of a Bankrupt.

131. Writ of Fieri Facias on an Order for Payment of Debts admitted in Court to be due to the Estate of a Bankrupt, and Costs assessed by the Court. 132. Writ of Fieri Facias on an Order for Payment of Costs to be taxed.

133. Writ of Venditioni Exponas.

134. Writ of Elegit on an Order for Payment of a Debt admitted in Court to be

due to the Estate of a Bankrupt.

135. Writ of Elegit on an Order for Payment of a Debt admitted in Court to be due to the Estate of a Bankrupt, and of Costs assessed by the Court. 136. Writ of Elegit on an Order for Payment of Costs to be taxed.

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BANKRUPTCY RULES, 1871.

1. Notice to Trustee at instance of Comptroller.

2. Order of Discharge,

3. Notice in Gazette of Dividend declared.

4. Form of Affidavit on nomination of Receiver by Creditors.

5. Order for Payment of Moneys out of Bank of England.

6. Certificate of no Receipts or Payments by Trustees.

7. Affidavit of no Receipts or Payments by Trustees in cases where there is no Committee of Inspection.

The following Forms are not given in the Rules, but have been specially prepared and approved.

137. Particulars of Demand and Notice requiring Payment.

138. Affidavit as to Election of Chairman at Meeting of Creditors.

139. Notice in Gazette of the Appointment of Trustee under Liquidation.

140. Order restraining Action, &c., under Liquidation.

140A Affidavit in support of Application for restraining Order under Liquidation. 141. Application under Liquidation.

142. Affidavit as to Posting Notices to Creditors.

143. Notice of Application to register Resolutions where proof objected to.

144. Notice of Application to register Resolution.

145. Affidavit that Vote of Creditor absent from Meeting had not affected Resolution.

146. Notice of Motion for Injunction restraining Proceedings.

147. Affidavit of Service of Notice of Motion.

148. List of Registered Letters.

149. Affidavit as to Trading.

150. Affidavit as to Petitioning Creditor's Debt.

151. Affidavit as to Act of Bankruptcy by Declaration of Inability to Pay. 152. Bankrupt's Summons.

153. First Meeting, Memorandum of Registrar as to.

154. Debtor's Consent to Adjudication.

155. Examination Heading.

156. Order for Adjournment of Examination.

157. Form of Common Order.

158. List of Creditors who have proved Debts.

159. Order for Adjournment of Debtor's Summons.

160. Certificate for Trustee of not having received or paid.

160A Application for Proofs off File by Trustee.

161. Order for substituted Service of Petition.

162. Order for substituted Service of Debtor's Summons.

163. Affidavit of fitness of Receiver or Manager.

164. Summary of Receipts and Payments by Trustee.

165. Order for substituted Service of Petition by Advertisement.

166. Order for substituted Service of Debtor's Summons by Advertisement.

167. Affidavit of Search.

168. Affidavit of no separate Debts or Estate.

169. Affidavit verifying Charges.

170. Certificate by Trustee that he has not received any Remuneration.

171. Certificate by Trustee as to Charges.

172. Notice of Application to dismiss Debtor's Summons.

173. Request for Proceedings.

174. Notice of Dividend under Liquidation.

175. Summons of Debtors to Estate.