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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 92, 19 July 1881, Page 3

: THE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE. O-uavanteed by tho Stato. ALTHOUGH this office has been in existence foi a period of more than seven yeniv, it w believed that the objects for which is was established are not sufficiently known or understood. It is desired to set forth in a concise form information respecting tin. 1 business which this office undertakes : — 1. The charge of all kinds of money trusts, such as Marriage Settlements, money to bo invested for tho bpuefit of Minors, moneys bequeathed for charitable objects, moneys the title to which is in dispute, or whose losrnl owner is unknown or cannot bo found, <fee, &c. 2. Ihe administration of the wills of persons who by nppointing the Public Trustee as their executor secure the guarantee of the State for tho due fulfilment of their wishes, a^d avoid the risk consequent on the ap« pointment of private persons as oxecutors, who not frequently, though earnestly desirous of acting for the benefit of parties in*erested, fait to carry out legally the objects for which they were appointed, and oensequently involve themselves and those whose interests they are striving to protect in costly and hirrassin^ litigation. S. The administration of all estates of which no disposition has been made by will, whenever relatives do not wish to incur the resposibility of administration, or cannot from any cause obtain the necessary powers to act. In euch cases it is the duty of tho Public Trustees to discharge all legal debts bi> far as tho aswets extend, and divide the residue amongst the nexi of kin. 4. Tho administration of the estates of lunatics, luuatie patients, and convicts. .3. The charge of all lands tying waste and unoccupied of which the uwner i« unknown, or who has been absent from tho colony for ten years, having left no known agent. The cost of administering estates is very small. liiformution may bo obtained from nil agents. R. O. HAMFRTOV. Pablio Trait. AI ANA WAT U COUNT \T CeUNOlf. P' ÜBLIC NOTICE is hereby give n that all dray traffic on the main road fiora Saoson to Bulls will be stopped daring tho erection of a Bridge over tho Kawaukawau By order, JOHN M'CULLOCH, Clerk to Council. Foxion, 6th July, 1881. | ,;..;[AjjAB©.J ; . TTi ; T> E '3f . CT, ERE r.; •• : -.:,■..■;.■„. ,i-,:i, . ' i FBI I, DING;, •" i ■■•■-■'-'■■■■■■ .