Public Trust Office
STATEMENT POE AFRIL, 1931 Estates of a value of £456,981 were reported and accepted for administration by the Public Trustee during the month of April, 1934. The total value of the estates under administration by the Public Trustee on March 31, 1934, was £60,760,493 as compared with £59,757,449 on March 31, 1953, a net increase of £1,003,014 (after allowing for estates closed during the year). Grants of administration made by the Court in favour of the Public Trustee, numbered 13S for the month. During the mouth 306 new wills appointing tho Public Trustee executor were deposited for safe custody with the Public Trustee by living testators and in 306 cases existing wills on deposit with the Public Trustee were redrafted, or codicils to wills were prepared, at the request of testators to provide for changes in their plans for distributing their estates. The total number of wills now held in the Public Trust Office is 81,572.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7471, 23 May 1934, Page 3
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159Public Trust Office Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7471, 23 May 1934, Page 3
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