PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE
STATEMENT FOR AUGUST Estates of a value of £886,693 were reported accepted for administration by the Public Trustee during the month of August. The total value of the estates and funds under'administration by the Public Trustee on March 31, 1940, was £62,622,175, and the new business for the five months ended August 31 was £3,212,099. Grants of administration made •by the Court in favour of the Public Trustee numbered 189 for the month.’
During the month 726 new wills appointing the Public Trustee executor were prepared on behalf of testators and lodged for safe custody, and 472 existing wills were revised to provide for changes desired by testators. The total number of -wills now held in the Public Trust Office on behalf of living persons is 100,679.
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Southland Times, Issue 24236, 20 September 1940, Page 7
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130PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE Southland Times, Issue 24236, 20 September 1940, Page 7
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