PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE
Estates of a value of £527,424 were reported and accepted for administration by the Public Trustee during the month of January 1940. The total value of the estates and funds • under administration bv the Public Trustee on March 31, 1939, was £61,715,713, and the new business for the 10 months ended January 31 was £4,919,316. Grants of administration made by the Court in favour of the Public Trustee numbered 109 for the month. During the month 675 new wills appointing the Public Trustee executor were prepared on behalf of testators
and lodged for safe custody, and 336 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 96,684.
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Southland Times, Issue 24057, 22 February 1940, Page 11
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130PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE Southland Times, Issue 24057, 22 February 1940, Page 11
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