These are References under section 5 of the Court-Fees Act. O.S.. No. 201 of 1949 was filed on the file of the Court of the Subordinate Judge of South. Kanara for division of the plaint B. Schedule immovable properties and C. Schedule movables into 16536 shares and for allotment to the plaintiff of 851 shares therefrom and to direct the first defendant to account for the income of the family properties realised by him and sale-proceeds of the clay sold by him from items 13 and 14 of the B. Schedule to defendants 99 to 102, and other incidental reliefs. The suit was valued in respect of the relief of partition at a sum of Rs. 100. On 30th July, 1952, the learned Subordinate Judge passed a supplementary preliminary decision whereunder defendants 1, 4 and 8 were directed to render accounts to the family for the sale-proceeds of clay realised by them and they were also made liable to pay the other members of the family their shares of Rs. 21,600 after deducting their own share. Defendants 1, 4 and 8 preferred separate appeals to the High Court. The appeal preferred by the first defendant is S.A. No. 3174 of 1953 and that by defendants 4 and 8 is S.R. No. 1257 of 1953. Both the M