PROBATE DUTIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1915, Page 6

PROBATE DUTIES.

DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES. The estates of 286 deceased persons were certified for death duties during the month of August, the largest being the of Joseph Thomas Knight, Canterbury, £66,804. Estates valued at-over £SOO were as follows: Wellington.—John Charles Fair, £21,437; Archibald MXeoa, £11,854; Robert B. O. Todman, £10,910; Adrian W. C. Higgie, £8,952; John Burke, £8,240; James Wilson, £5,164; David Scott, £3,888; Margaret Ellen Groves, £3,844; William Jennings, £3,576; Adelaide E. J. Percy, £3,14.3; John A. M. Davidson, £2,778; Amy M. Williams, £2,379; John Griffiths, £2,312; Celia Dustin, £2,285; Mary Farley, £2,164; George J. Hally, £2,081; Philip E. Butters, £2,062; Henry Cox, £1,887; Reginald W. Thompson, £1,802; Isaac Short, £1,796; Joseph M'Ghie, £1,581; James Grover, £l,374; Ellen E. Ranwell, £1,346; Malcolm M'Nie, £1,317; Henry Fielder, £1,283; Selina Ellen Smith, £1,147; William Scott, £1,096; Isabella Smith, £1,066; Patrick O'Connor, £1,059: Janet Fraser, £1,041; Ellen Farrington, 21,012; Maud L. Grigg, £1,004; Mary Williamson, £958; James Holmes, £952; Andru Olsen, £924; Marianne Hawk, £910; Ellen Jane Saunders, £832; Charles St. G. Gore, £820; Thomas Eastwood, £809; Hector M'Neilage, £718; Richard Bell, £716; John T. Butement, £708; James Reynolds, £649; Margaret Tomton, £629; James Thompson, £644; Mary Stobie, £643; Jens C. Pedersen, £562; Albert W. Mills, £551; Peter C. Madsen, £503. Auckland.—William Bloomfield, £50,517; Henry Gillett, £8807; Alfred Billing, £6449; Wright Vickers, £§lß4; Norman M. Grant, £4998; John M'Donald, £4433; George T. Scotcher, £4167; Charles H. Warr, £3777; Sara Waterman, £3604; Rogers B. Smith, £3576; John M'Donald, £2272; William E. Cramp, £1935; Hector Maekay, £1689; Alfred E. Love, £1655; William Corbett, £1407; Elizabeth M. Shorland, £1300; Bessie D. Bell, £1292; Boulton Ormandy, £1277; Rose H. B. Moss, £1239; Janet Graham, £1148; Mary E. Baker, £1034; Mary Ann Holiday, £1029; Andrew Clarke, £946; Roderick Matheson, £895; Elizabeth Harris, £851; John Crawshaw, £823; Ellon Boyde, £75,9; Robert W, Murray, £692; Thomas Asher, £600; Thomas Sturch, £520; Robert Campbell, £512, Otago.—Thomas Fergus, £27,840; Bridget A. Ilaxlett, £7252; Malcolm Macdonald, £6803; George L. Jones, £4888; William Ranson, ' £4638; Matthew Carson, £4233; Jane A. Swan, £3564; Robert J. N. Donaldson, £2923; Richard Gallon, £2807; Robert Fairbairn, £2427; Alexander Webster, £2200; Anno Frame, £2175; Thomas Hunter, £190.1,• David Kerr, £l-141; John Davidson, £1411; John Tansoy, £1262; Caroline A. Gilpin, £1555; ' Elizabeth Lawrie, £1017; Joseph If. Roberts, £944: Daniel O'Fee, £941; Charles Lning, £927; Peter Wilson, £856; Charles O'Fee, £692; David Sutherland, £667; William O'Brien, £571; John Hancock, £S6S. Canterbury.—Joseph. Thomas Knight, ,£GG,BO4; Frederick Rathgen, £9527; George Sandry, £8908; Martha L. Sims, £6061; George Harris, £4538; Michael F. Gaffaney, £3998; Thomas W. Edmonds, £3835; Alfred C. Newton, £3546; John O'Brien Beckett, £3176; Mary A. E. Hastings, £3142; Ruth Robinson, £2542; Bethel P. Manhire, £2282; David Grant, £1900; Arthur G. Kerrison„ £IS4O; Margaret Brim, £1803; Robert R. Bowie, £1496; William N. Andrews, £1469; Emma I. Freeman, £1172; Henry Stanton, £1050; Charles M. Downey, £810; Harriet Newton, £873; Charles Cattermole, £768; Mary Thomas, £691; Charles Lezard, £667; Isabella Rathgen, £SBO. Southland.—Daniel M'Bride, £26,894; Lewis Coutts, £8892; Duncan Macpherson, £2705; Herman E. Dahlenburg, £2176; William Affleck, £1690; Stephen O'Brien, £1432; James Mahon, £1022; Christian Hansen, £832. West-land.—John T. Tidd, £1721; William Mitchell, £984. Nelson.—Elizabeth Annie Lucas, £lO.379; Thomas A. Cook, £9397; George Gibbs, £6709; George J. Silcock, £1152. Marlborough.—Ernest F. D, Walker, £3985; John Hcaly, £2819; George Gee, £2094; James Tombs, £1066, Hawke's Bay.—David Ross, £15,006; Hannah M'Lcan, £6478; Ahitana Nopera, £2841; John L M'llrov, £2024. New Plymouth.—Alice Clark, £4235; David Sole, £4052; James Rayward, £2058; James Way, £1656; Edwin George, £1280; George Jordan, £1154; Seville B. E. Layard, £1122; John J. Kavanagh, £623. Poverty Bay.—.Tames M. M'lldowic, £29,789; Francis T. H. Bullen, £1663; William M'Kay, £1517; Fanny A. East, £llßl.