CHARITABLE BEQUESTS
SIR PERCY SARGOOD’S ESTATE. DUNEDIN,, This Day. The estate of the latie Sir Percy S‘argood has been sworn at under £200,000. Apart from specific bequests and certain legacies the residue is teft. for charitable purposes. Ini addition to several works of art the Dunedin. Art Gallery benefits by a legacy of £2OOO for a new'’ wing. The testator’s ethnological collection is left to the museum. The residue of the estate is to be held upon trust to distribute income and capital among such charitable institutions or other charitable objects in New Zealand! as the trustees may select, irrespective of locality, religious creed or persuasion. The testator expresses the wish that the whole of this fund be paid, within 25 years from his death. It is estimated that the estate duty will amount to £120,000.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 42, 29 November 1940, Page 6
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