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Dunstan Times, Issue 1188, 5 December 1884, Page 1

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 the trust property to the Public Trustee, who will thereupon hold such property upon the original trusts attaching thereto. Any persou, 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. All proposed investments are considered by a board, consisting of the Honorable I Colonial Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Government Insurance Commissioner, and the Public Trustee. Careful consideration of all securities offered is therefore ensured, 3. The Public Trustee, in his corporate capacity, never dies, never leaves the COUNTRY, AND NEVER BECOMES INCAPAcxated, thus avoiding the many inconveniences resulting f-om frequent fresh appointments of Trustees, necessitated by death, change of abode, or mental or bodily infirmitv. 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 payments should be made. 5. The effective check which is called into operation before any moneys can be drawn from the Public Trustee’s account. 6th. Reasonable charges : On estates such as are now being considered the Public Trustee is authorised 1 , o charge 1£ per cent, on all receipts, and 1 j per cent, on disbursements, and os per cent, on all moneys invested. No charge if made for obtaining probate, nor for passing stimp and property tax returns, nor for correspondence however voluminous. Thus the saving to estates placed in this office is considerable. R. C. HAMKRTON, { Public Trustee.

H ANGER BROS., St. Bathans, Beg to intimate thatjhaving taken over tie BLACKSMITHS BUSINESS Lately carried on by Mrs Hanger, the work of GENERAL BLACKSMITHS, SHOEING, Etc., Will be conducted as efficiently as before. They also beg to notify that having IMPORTED All the necessary appliances of a superior kind for IRON PIPE MAKING, They are prepared to execute orders for IRON PIPING Of all Guages and Sizes. The Workmanship will be unsurpassed, and Tariff of Charges Extremely Moderate. Price Lists on Application, A COMPETENT SMITH Will attend at HILLS CREEK every WEDNESDAY as usual. mHOMAS PATERSON & CO., I Shipping, Custom House, and General Commission Agen s, Craw-ford-stveet, Dunedin. Agents for the Sale of all kinds of Tasmanian and Australian Timber, Fruit and produce. Receive all descriptions of New Zealand Timber, Fruit and Produce lor Sale on Commission. Charges Reasonable, Quick Sales, and Prompt Returns. Consignments are respectfully Solicited. TAANCY GOODS. " L i A LARGE VARIETY, including the USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL, AT W. F, FORRESTS, Alexandra South. Before you purchase give a look at THE ORIGINAL ANCY GOODS WAREHOUSE, Next to Card’s Timber Yard. Agent for the Dunstan Times. PRINTED Forms of Application tor all Licenses under the Vincent County Bye Laws, regulating Hawking, Slaughtering and Depasturing to be had at the Office of this Paper. Price, Is each.