Fees, when and to whom payable

No fee shall be payable in respect of the administration under this Act of any estate of less value than two hundred and fifty dollars, but on the total receipts of any estate so administered of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars and upwards the Public Trustee shall pay into the Consolidated Revenue Fund a commission at the rate of five per centum, and shall next, and before, satisfying any other claims against the estate, pay to the Registrar the same fees as would be payable in respect of the estate if it were being administered under the law relating to the administration of the estates of deceased