MR KRUGER'S WILL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2652, 11 January 1905, Page 37

MR KRUGER'S WILL.

-STRANGE CATALOGUE.

The following cirious extracts are from documents which have been deposited with the Deeds Office, Pretoria, bearing on the last will and testament of the late Mr Kruger : — "On this, the 14th day of December, 1901, appeared before me Wynand Corners Veuystingh, notary, at Utrecht, Holland, in the presence' of the following witnesses: — His Excellency Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, President of the South African Re* public, domiciled at Pretoria, temporally residing at Utrecht, Holland, who, desirous of making his will, has instructed me, and I, in accordance with his wishes, have taken down in writing, as follows: — " '1, testator, declare as executors of my last will, directors of my funeral, managers of my inheritance, and executors in my estate, and in my inheritance, Messrs Frederick Christoffel Eloff, my son-in-law, and! Hermanus Christiaan Bredeli, my private secretary.' " ' * A codicil was added to his will at Clarens, Switzerland, bestowing a gift of £200 on Susanna Cornelia Kruger, daughter of the latft Sarel Johannes Kruger. Among the articles included in the movable property left by ex-President Krugcr in Europe, the following" ar's enumerated for the purposes of the will : — One bottle of snuff, one tall silk hat, one black ear-tube, various psalni books, a large Bible, six smaller Bibles, eight button decorations, a purso containing -one Transvaalsovereign, one Transvaal half-sovereign, and one Transvaal shilling; one straw hat, the Great Cross' of the Netherlands line, the > German Red Eagle, the Portuguese, the Belgian : and the French Cross of the Legion of Honour, the Great Cross of Monaco, and two envelopes containing hair and beard of deceased. " ' There are also portraits of the following : Cemetery, Pretoria; the Dutch Reformed Church, Pretoria; coffin of the late Mrs Kruger, and pictures of the' late President's arrival at Marseilles in 1900; portrait of L. Jacobsz; map of tiip Transvaal and Orange Free State; portraits of Boer prisoners at Ahmednagar fort, and the Rev. Mr and Mrs P. Postma; some psalm books; a wirecutter; a purse, containing one 'Transvaal half-sovereign of 1897, one Netherlands 10guilder piece,, one 10-cent piece, one English sovereign, two English half-sovereigns, one- shilling, two English sixpences, and seven English threepenny pieces; one gold watch and chain ; ' a gold ring ; another large Bible; and one State coach, with harness. Cash in European banks as' follows:— French francs, 183 (about); Dutch n-uilder, equivalent to £32.228; English sovereigns, 2149;— total, £34,377. - The fixed property of Mr Kruger m Europe was returned as nil.