DEATH DUTIES

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 82, 5 October 1915, Page 10

DEATH DUTIES

DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES Estates b.f deceased persons finally certified by the Commissioner of Stamps during September were over 200 in number. The largest were : — John Burns. ! Auckland, £61,983 ; Wm. Montgomery, t Canterbury, £45,503; George Dear, Wellington, £33,296. Following is a list of the estates of £500 and over : — WELLINGTON. £ George Dear 33.296 Frederick A. Krull 22,121 John Newton 21,027 Raymond Power Collins 19,768 Herbert Hodge 14,984 Alexander J. Hadfield 13.669 James H. Hodder ... , 6,879 Caleb Lusty ... , 6,167 David R. Lewers .... 6,050 George W. Deller 5,661 John Priest 5,474 Thomas P. Lett ... 4,544 Alexander Crow ' ... 3,569 Alfred R. Duggan ... ... 2,908 Eugenic G.^Cox ... i# . ... 2,533 Alexander, Garden ... 7 2,202 Edgar Collier ... „. . . 2,157 Mads Brodersen ... 1,833 Frank , Brading ... 1,778 Elizabeth Dixon ... 1,532 Andrew Tombe t .. 1,496 Frederick J. Dight 1,429 Helen Harton 1,419 John T. Scott . ... '. . 1,319 Edwin H. Shaw 1,300 'Eliza K. Clendon ... , 1,229 Hans Ohlsson 1,108 Mary M'Lean ... „. *.. 1,012 Karl Ritz 998 Herbert H. Welch .... 988 Martha Creighton . . 871 George S. Otway 858 James Finlay 842 George Baily f .. 738 John Bardsley ]... 664 Sarah Wascoe " 653 Elizabeth Pattie 514 Margaret A.. Couch ... . 514 AUCKLAND. John Burns £6*1,983, Thomas G. Brown £22,511, Frederick N. George £15,779, John B. Mann £12,682, Thos. Cowley £6385, R. H. Cowley £5860, Catherine E. Halkett £5486, William Alderson £3985, William T. R. Eady £3196, Jno., Snodgrass £2463, John Manson £2082, Henry Bait r£1652,r £1652, Elizabeth Penallegan £1196, Agnes Fraser £1184, Elizabeth B. Mueller £1144, William Wedding £1056, John Oliver £889, William V. Bindon £826, William J. Moir £823, Annie Beazley £768, Stephen T. O'Keefe £732, Arthur Payne £624, Helen Perkins 2612, John Grabble £575, Joseph W. Hindley £520. CANTERBURY. William Montgomery £45,503, Frederick H. Meyer £17,396, William T. House £11,235, John Boulton £10,438, Harry Haylock £8202, Elizabeth Davidson £5447, Charles K. Chisholm £5173, David Moderate £3892, Alexander O'Neill £3848, William Miller £3500, Elizabeth Martin £2325, Annie Clark £2250/ William Storer £2132, Samuel Hayes £2002, Wilhelmina Reid £1957, Duncan Livingstone £1648, David A. Baxter £1512, Richard Taylor £1511, Mary H. Taylor £1219, Hugh L. Wilson £1218, Peter Ealam £1088, Annie C. Begg £1088, Elizabeth Dixon £1070, James G. Purvis £940, Edward J. Thompson £900, Esther A. Taylor £874, Joseph' Snell £782, Emma Folks £766, Ruth Dent £756, Robert L. Paton £594, Harry Child £558, Thomas 1 A. Murphy £541. OTAGO. Walter G. Gedded £12,281, Frank D. Bamiield £9796, Mary F. M'Glasnan £6367. John Reid £6284, William M'Kenzie £4386, John Dryden £3352, James Main £3227, William J Shanks £2475, John H. Mcc £2127, John F. C. Woodhouse £2102, John Meade £1526, John W. Sharp £1494, George E. Garard £1404, Thomas Hitchcock £1181, William Anderson £1053," David Findlay £813, Edmond O'Donnell £739, Michael Keenan £728, Harriet S. Hanson £581. NEW PLYMOUTH. Robert Henry Campbell £8284, Alice M. M. Hempton £4361, Ann M. H. Nielsen £1814, William Bryden £1595, John H. Armstrong £1128, Frances Smith £1063. John Macaulay £879. Trevor Marfell £735, Charlotte Marshall £573 / POVERTY BAY. Elizabeth A. Mortleman £5086, Richard Bright £1527, George A. Beere £1280. NAPIER. George James £2590, Thomas Robert Saywell £818. HAWKES BAY. George Prescott £18>312, Guy Arthur Chambers £6962, Sarah A. Addis £1169, Alexander Smith £887, Christina Magnusson £675 WESTLAND. Peter D. Todd £2914, Michael Hurley £1265, Henry Jackson £710, Patrick Drennan £572. SOUTHLAND. Alexander Bell £3881, James Holloway £3601, William Birss £2499, Andrew Christie £1818, Hector M'Neill €1021, Edward C. Roberts £747.