Unclaimed Fortunes.

Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 128, 10 November 1884, Page 3

Unclaimed Fortunes.

' A ;^i^pleWenV of the Londttn Xrfi&etie i eguiariy publishes a iW^pf . unclaimed legacies, m, England, ' which, libwew/tl'fes n'6^Teac i many of; those interested m the Auitr^iliah ' .Colonies. r Thjs is a triennial f üblicatfonV drd^rbd by « the Co|urt of Chancery Funds Act of 1872r The list includes legacies only of <£>50 and upwards. .i! In Febuary, 1873, there was the enormous balance on hand ojf sixtyfive miUion,thr.ee Juindred thQusandi seven hundred and^orty I seven, pounds, all unclaimed. In [Febr'uJ ary, IB^^Jjthe. amount reached seyentyrfeven miilibn, six hundred %nd ninety- three thousand, seven hundred and sixty-nine pounds, an "jncrease 6f Vhorethatf twelve millions. The increase m teii years, of :^or^ than4Welyjeimillion pounds, U p^r^ic-. , ularly obf ervable. .l^eljstof bgateesi emWacesjnofe than* six thousand namesf those of aU ranks m publiq ; and private ]ife, of all sociali coVidi- ; .tions. ,An 4 the list constantly, year iffby year,; iiacreases m volume. It ; sedms/. rstrange. So much (money (dormant; : : •So muc}* undaiini ;d^4nd therefore unfTUCtrfyins 1 , 1 of no use to anyon^ when it : be put to private or public .advan^ge, if but tfiaiits sevei-al owners 1 icduM jbe discoverecL*""'^ • g, i;^7' Be C^aucery Cou^t has, hdwever^ now turned o vet a new leaf tin its, &mhs*s |t has . apporab^jl an, experienced gentleman, Sir Geotge Kellner, a man o^fTiiati-i cial ability,' to prepare the list for <1887» •« 'Hp-ik-'itd lit gives the j exact amounts to which the severflH^gateJeSi are entirfed;-efforts are to bej made to find those who are entitled; to, the locked-up treasure ; publicity) is ato be giveh where heretofore 4here has j been what may be called enable concealment ; and the, vaults of the iCTh^cery^ourt'are to'-b4 unlocked to, legatees pr n th:eir; heirs wl ereyer oiijtbp ftofyff thse.gloMft; } $}icy may" be found. 1