THE LEVIN BEQUESTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 248, 19 October 1893, Page 4

THE LEVIN BEQUESTS.

(BY. TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Wellington tbis day. Probate has been granted of the will of. the late Mr W. H. Levin. The deceased bequeaths to his wife a sum of £1,000 for her own use, to be paid out of tho firab money which cornea into tli« hands of his executors; to his aunts Mrs Rose How, widow, M'»s Sarah Levin, spinster, and Miss Miram Levin, spinster (all of London), he loaves to each the sum of £250 ; tho resb of his real. and personal property he leaves in the hands of the Hon. George McLean, M.L.0., of Dunedin, Mr Edward Pierce, merchant, Wellington, and Mr G. Fitzgerald, of Blenheim, civil engineer, in trust. The sheep farming property at Bowlands is to ba boW in trust, and on the eldesbeon attaining tne age of 25 years it is to bo ottered bo his two eldest eons at the amount of valuation, en"l amounb to be charged againsb the sharei of the song in the capital of residuary estate. Tho eons will be allowed three months in which to accept the offer. If there is <W one son surviving, or only one eon denwj to accept the estate the same rights ana privileges are to be extended to that «* As to the Bhare in the firm of W'» and Co., the trustees are directed «" receive interest moneys payable and mv« them. Tho trustees are also empowered w leave in the hands of continuing p«tnei iv the business a sum not exceeding tli*™' the Grey and Panama-street premises an to bo leb to continuous partners it wq""": The remainder of the estato is dirf*: to be sold aa soon as convenient' tho trustees, and the Proc6ed, Bf'ra8 f ' ra ivoeted. Oubof the income received rtw> all Bources they are to pay to Mra W™- , long as she remains a widow, an annuity £3,000. If she should marry ■&■»•"£ from the date of marriage she is t°. rcCB. an annuity of £500 out of the surplus inconi The trustees are to pay to Mrs lannyi i^ gerald, widow of the deceased a brotner law, an annual sum of £100, bo long ««n continues a widow. After tbo deaiu second marriage of Mrs Levin the) «ms are directed to eeb apart a sum ot **,"> faJ Hugh Levin, nephew of the dewweo,, w rf paid to him when he reaches Zl yea. age. The residuary capital of the c J to be equally divided among the chiio in the event of none of the children "Jj ing 21. After the death of the.W^ widow the whole of the capitol of tne \ estate in to be applied to HujJ nephew, and deceased's feister, MH uw Beetbam.