174.-(1) Where a debtor is adjudged bankrupt, and a trustee is appointed, the Official Receiver shall forthwith put the trustee into possession of all property of the bankrupt of which the Official Receiver may be possessed; provided that such trustee shall have, before the estate is handed over to him by the Official Receiver, discharged any balance due to the Official Receiver on account of fees, costs, and charges properly incurred by him and payable under the Law, and on account of all advances properly made by him in respect of the estate, together with interest on such advances at the rate of nine pounds per cent. per annum, and shall have discharged or undertaken to discharge all guarantees which have been properly given by the Official Receiver for the benefit of the estate; and the trustee shall pay all fees, costs, and charges of the Official Receiver which may not have been discharged by the trustee before being put into possession of the property of the bankrupt, and whether incurred before or after he has been put into such possession.
(2) The Official Receiver shall be deemed to have a lien upon the estate until such balance shall have been paid, and such guarantees and other liabilities shall have been discharged.
(3) It shall be the duty of the Official Receiver, if so requested by the trustee, to communicate to the trustee all such information respecting the bankrupt and his estate and affairs as may be necessary or conducive to the due discharge of the duties of the trustee.