JUDGMENT

Richard Garth, C.J. - Mr. Evans has argued the case before us on behalf of the Administrator-General, and has directed our attention to the several enactments which bear upon the question, as well as to the practice which has prevailed in the other Presidencies since the passing of Act XIII of 1875.

2. After considering his argument, I have arrived at the conclusion, that grants of administration to an Administrator-General must still be limited to his own Presidency, and that those grants are not affected at all by the Act of 1875.

3. It seems to me to have been the intention of the legislature, that grants of administration to the Administrator-General should be regulated entirely by the Act of 1874.

4. By the 66th section of that Act it is provided that "nothing contained in the Succession Act, 1865, shall be taken to affect the rights, duties, and privileges of the Administrators-General of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay."

5. Then it is very important to observe, that Act XIII of 1875 does not contain any substantive provisions, but is entirely confined in its operation to amending certain sections of the Succession Act of 1865.

6. The recital is that "Whereas under the Successi