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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 666, 1 December 1882, Page 3

Auction $al«s A. I. MCGREGOR. SALE OF REGATTA PRIVILEGES. THE undersigned has the pleasure to announce that he has received instructions from the Akaroa Regatta Committee to Sell by Public Auction, on Tuesday, the sth December next, on the gronnd opposite Garwood & Co.'s store, at 3 p.m. The right of erecting— 1. 3 Publicans' Booths. 2. 2 Confectioners' Stalls, 3. The right of Sports. 4. The right of Sale of Cards, on the occasion of the holding the Akaroa Annual Regatta on Anniversary Day, 16th December. i On this occasion the Regatta will be more attractive than in previous years, and as the Union Company have agreed to run excursion steamers from Lyttelton and Timaru, a large number of exevrsionists may be expected to be present j also, the tradespeople of Kaiapoi, to the number of over 150, have arranged to be present. Under the new " Licensing Act,," ; steamers alongside the wharf will not be j allowed to sell liquors ; and the Com- I modore. W. B. Tosswill, Esq., will be present at the sale to fully explain the Committee's views on these subjects. A plan of the sites may be seen at the offices of the Akaroa Mail and Auctioneer. Terms Cash. a. innes McGregor, Auctioneer. Wool Sales TTTOOLI AUR SECOND SALE FOR SEASON 1882-188 3, WILL TAKE PLACE EARLY IN DECEMBERWOOLPACKS SUPPLIED. LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE H. MATSON & CO., Woolbrokers, Canterbury Wool Stores, Christchurch. Constituents forwarding consignments of skins, &c, per rail in bundles, will oblige by having same labelled with name or mark, and advise by letter numbers contained in each bundle. Government Advertisements PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. ANY person may appoint the Public Trustee executor and trustee under his will or codicil. Any present trustee may transfer the management of trust property to the Public Trustee, who will thereupon hold such property upon the original trusts attaching thereto. Any person, company, association, or public body within or without the colony, may place any property belonging to them in charge of the Public Trustee upon trust for such uses as may be defined in the deed creating the trust. Any building, land, or friendly society may, by its rules, provide that property belonging to it may be placed in the Public Trust Office, for such trusts and uses and with such powers as may be defined in or by the said rules. The advantages offered are :— Ist. State Guarantee against peculation, fraud, or dishonesty. 2nd. All proposed investments are considered by a Board, consisting of the Honorable Colonial Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Government Insurance Commissioner, and the Public Trustee. Careful consideration of all securities offered it is therefore insured. 3rd. The Public Trustee, in his corporate capacity, never dies, never LEAVES THE COUNTRY, and NEVER BECOMES incapacitated, thus avoiding the many inconveniences resulting from frequent fresh appointments of Trustees, necessitated by death, change of abode, or mental or bodily infirmity. 4th. Punctuality and promptitude in the remittance of periodical payments to beneficiaries under trust or will to any part of the colony or elsewhere at which it may be desired that payment should be made. sth. The effective check which is called into operation before any moneys can be paid from the Public Trustee's account. 6th. Reasonable charges : On estates such as are now being considered the Public Trustee is authorised to charge li per cent, on all recepts, and 1± per cent, on disbursments, imd 5s per cent, on all moneys invested. No charge is made for obtaining probate, nor for passing stamp and property tax returns, nor for correspondence, however voluminous. Thus the saving to estates placed in this office s considerable, R. C. lIAMERTON, Public Trustee.