Forgotten Balances.
In the N.Z. Gazette, of January 15tM 1903, there is some, interesting reading... In 1898 the Unclaimed Moneys Act was passed, making it imperative on Banks to keep a regis- ; ter of such’moneys .lying in their hands, alid io dfe in the month of'.'January in the journal . named. Such a ■ list is now pub-; lished, “ under, protest,” by the Bank of New iSouih • /Wales. It occupies eighUpages, covering about; 560 names,- and showing that no legs than £6,072 10s was lying in their handsjundaimed. * Among the items are unclaimed am6u#j'Misg Ajfafy vlbclu ded tbe following Francis Gifford, editor Evening Post, Wellington,- <£sl 6s 10d, September, 1872. Alfred Troop, of' cavalry, . Bulls, Captain' John Stevens, £1 13s 2d (1880); estate of George North (do any of omfreaders remember that little in-' cident of 1881 ?), £7 7s 3d; Isaac - Freeth, cattle dealer (1877), 10s 2d; Matthew Hammond, farmer, Bulls (1876), £8 6s lid ; and John Edward May, cadet, Mount Somers — evidently a remittance man —£'16 Is (1890). ..min i iwirrm-n-T —f
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Manawatu Herald, 31 January 1903, Page 3
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171Forgotten Balances. Manawatu Herald, 31 January 1903, Page 3
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