MR DAVID BERRY. PARTICULARS OF HIS BEQUESTS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 410, 12 October 1889, Page 4

MR DAVID BERRY. PARTICULARS OF HIS BEQUESTS.

We have already given some particulars concerning the death and history of Mr David Berry, a very old Sydney resident, and a relative of Di. Honeymoon, of this city. By the arrival of the mail steamer we are now placed in possession of information with regard to his bequests. The will, which covered ten pages of ioolscap, was read by the Hon. James Norton, M.L.C., after the funeral, which was attended by some 2,000 persons. Mr John Hay, cousin to the late Mr Berry, is made virtually heir, and inherits Coolangatta House, the steamerß, stock, etc., and 21,000 acres of land, including Berry and Garringong. Mr Hay and the Hon. James Norton are executors and trustees. Mr Berry bequeathes £100,000 for the foundation of a hospital at Berry for patients of non-infectious diseases, with power by the trustees to nominate trustees, etc. He bequeaths£loo,oootoSt. Andrew's University, Scotland ; £30,000 to the Sustentation Fund ot the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales ; £1,00 ) to Mr H. G. Merton and his present residence whilo he lives ; £500 to Mr Alexander TTraser and his house free while he lives ; £150 per year to Mr W. H. Matthews, his manager in Sydney ; £2,000 each to the widow of the Rev. Mr Robertson, of St. Leonards, and her sister ; £500 to Mrs L. Hall, of Terrara, and to have a new house, cost not to exceed £600, to be built at Bornaderry. Be-ides this the tenants are to have their land one year after their present term at the rent they now pay, such year to reckon from the time the leases or holdings could be quitted by notice. After providing for the several bequests noted in the will, the residue of the estate is bequeathed to Mr Hay and his heirs and assigns for ever. The whole district, says the "Broughton Creek Register," and, indeed, the colony, may be congratulated upon the fact that this magnificent estate has not been bequeathed to a foreign corporation, but to a son of the soil, a man in the full vigour of manhood. The bequest for the Berry Hospital ia a grand public gift, which will confer a boon upon ftll