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other sufficient cause, the service of any notice, proceeding, or document (other than a Civil Bill or petition) cannot be made, the Judge may, upon an affidavit showing ground, order notice by advertisement or otherwise in lieu of said service.

8. The Judge or Clerk of the Peace or Registrar shall direct in what newspaper any advertisements which may from time to time be ordered in any suit or proceeding shall be inserted, and the expense of such advertisement shall be paid to the Clerk of the Peace by the party requiring the same before they are inserted.

9. The Judge may order what party shall have the conduct of any suit or matter.

10. The Judge may, upon such terms, if any, as he may think reasonable, enlarge or abridge any of the times fixed by these rules for taking any step, or filing or sending any document, or giving any notice in any action, suit, or matter; and where any person shall have failed to take any step, or to file or serve any document, or to give any notice within the time or in the manner prescribed by these rules, the Judge may, upon the application of such person, and if he thinks sufficient excuse exists for such failure, and upon such terms as to costs or otherwise as he shall think fit, declare the taking of such step, or the filing or serving of such document, or the giving of such notice so done or effected to be sufficient.

11. Where an estate has been ordered to be administered creditors shall be entitled to interest in respect of debts, as to such of them as carry interest after the rate they respectively carry, and as to all others after the rate of 4 per cent. per aunum, from the date of the order, and to the costs of successfully proving such debts.

12. Interest is to be computed on legacies after the rate of 4. per cent. per annum from the end of one year from the date of the death of the testator, unless otherwise ordered, or a different rate or time of payment is directed by the will, or established by law.

13. All proceedings and documents may be in forms similar to the forms in the schedule of forms annexed to these rules, where the same are applicable; and in cases where no forms are provided, parties shall frame the proceedings or documents, using as guides those contained in the said schedule.

14. When anything required by the practice of the Court to be done by either party before or during the trial has not been done, the Judge may, in his discretion, and on such terms as he shall think fit, adjourn the trial to enable the party to comply with the practice.

15. When by these rules any party is required to give notice according to a form in the schedule, it shall be sufficient if the notice given complies substantially with such form.

16. In the computation of time for the purposes of these rules, month shall mean calendar month, and the days, when