PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE.
Estates of a value of £456,984 were reported and accepted lor administration by the Public Trustee during the month of April, 11134. The total value of Public Trustee on March 31, was £60,760,493, 'as compared with £59,757 - 449 on March 31. 1933, a net increase of £1,003,044 (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 month 306 new wills appointing the 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 tlie request, of testators to provide for changes in their plans for distributing their estates. The lotal number of wills now held in the Public Trust Office is 51,572.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20314, 25 May 1934, Page 12
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