Section 70

It shall be lawful for the Probate Officer to allow to any executor or administrator, including an administrator appointed pendente lite as aforesaid, (or to a person acting under a power of attorney as attorney for an executor or administrator in the matter of the sealing of a probate or administration under Part VI, or in the matter of the realisation and administration of an estate under a probate or administration so sealed) such remuneration out of the estate of the deceased person as may be just and reasonable for his pains and trouble therein:

Provided that no allowance whatever shall be made to any executor or administrator or attorney who neglects to pass his accounts at such time, or to dispose of any moneys, goods, chattels, or securities with which he is chargeable in such manner, as, in pursuance of any rule or order or prac-tice, may be requisite:

Provided further, that no such remuneration shall exceed five per cent on the first otle thousand dollars, two and a half per cent on the next four thousand dollars and one per cent on the balance of the gross value of all property of what-soever nature administered.