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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 173, 5 August 1901, Page 3

The Poverty Bay Herald states that j th« Himand for pastoral lend in the Gi h-iTve district still remains good and n w country is continually being taken' up. Becently two blocks io the Man-! If* tu district, totalling about 7000 acirfs, h»ve be?n selected. Tbere is evidently need of a redis t. itution of feats in the Parliament of th a colony, as at the present time the p p 'Vion o r the Nor'h Inland is over b(!i;0 »bov6 thwt of the South, practically as marh ps is required for a singlen otnbtr elestora'e; yet the North Island has but 30 membsrs, while the Sou! h has 32. To put matters right the Noith should have 33. Mr. J. W. Poynton, Public Trustee, reports tha*. the business of his office during 'he p:ist year has been very BAtisfac'ory. A large profit, .£5691, on the year's working has been obtained, and there has been no lots on investments. He thioks the time has arrived when a reduction in the office charges should be made and the scale of fees simplified. This will diminish the profits for the next few ye*rs, but, on the other har d, it will increase the populirty of the department, and before long the increasd business should more than make up any loss. The building for the head office has not yet been smarted. A valuable fits has been secured, but tha amount of the office funds authorised by Parliament to be expended in the erection and furnishing of the office will not be *uffioient. Only two complaints concerning the administration of the Department wera m<de during the yeir. On investigation these were proved to be unfounded. The number of wills deposited in the office by which the Public Trustee was appointed eX'Cuto- has largely increa«ed during the past vaar. This is *aid to be a satisfactory indication of the growing confidence of tbe public io the institution,