PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE
Estates of a value of £438,244 were reported and accepted for administration by the Public Trustee during the month of November 1939. The total value of the estates and funds under administration by the Public Trustee on March 31, 1939, was £61,715,713, and the new business for the eight months ended November 30 was £3,947,927. Grants of administration made by the Court in favour of the Public Trustee numbered 165 for the month. During the month 614 new wills appointing the Public Trustee executor were prepared on behalf of testators and lodged for safe custody, and 329 existing wills were revised to provide for changes desired by testators. The total number of wills now held in the Public Trust Office on behalf of living persons is 95,763.
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Southland Times, Issue 24004, 20 December 1939, Page 5
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130PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE Southland Times, Issue 24004, 20 December 1939, Page 5
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