DEATH DUTIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1915, Page 6

DEATH DUTIES.

DECEASED PERSONS' ESTATES. THE SEPTEMBER LIST. During last month the estates of 218 deceased persona were certified for death duties. The largest was that of John Burns (Auckland), £01,983. Following are the principal estates in the various districts'. —

Wellington.—George Dear, £33,290; Frederick A. Krull, £22,121; John Newton, £21,327; Eavmond Power Collins, £19,708; Herbert Hodge, £14,084; Alexander J. Hadveld, £13,069; James H. Holder. £0879; Caleb Lusty, £6107; David R. Lewers, £GOSO; George W. Deller, £5061; John Priest, £5474; Thomas P. Lett,£4s4-4; Alexander Crow, £3509; Eugenie G. Cox, £2533; Alexander Garden, £2202; Edgar Collier, £2157; Mads Brodersen, £1833; Frank Brading,£r77S; Elizabc'Jh Dixon, £1532; Andrew Tombc, £1400; Frederick J. Dight, £1429; Helen Harton, £1419; John T. Scott, £1319; Edwin H. Shaw, £1300; Eliza K. Clendon, £1229; Hans Ohlsson, £1108; Mary McLean, £1012; Karl Rita, £998; Herbert H. £988; Martha Creighton, £871; George S. Otway, £858; James Finlay, £842; George Bail}-, £738; John Bardsley, £604; Sarah Wascoe, £053; Elizabeth Pattie, £5!4; Margaret A. Couch, £514.

Auckland.—John Burns, £01,983; Thomas G. Brown, £22,511; Frederick: N. George, £15,779; John B. Mann, £12,082; Thomas Cowley, £6385; R. H. Cowley, £5860; Katherine E. Halkett, £5480'. William Alderson, £3985; William T. K. Eadv, £3190; Jno. Snodgrass, £2463; John' Manson, £2082; Henry Bait, £1052: Elizabeth Penallcgan, £1190; Agnes Fraser, £1184; Elizabeth B. Mueller, £1144; William Wedding, £1050; John Oliver, £889; William V. Bindon. £820; William J. Moir. £S23; Annie. Beazlev, £708; Stephen T O'Keefo, £732;' Arthur Payne, £624; Helen Perkins, £612; John Gribble, £575; Joseph W. Hindley, £520. Canterbury.—William Montgomery, £45,503; Frederick H. Myer, £17,396; William T. House, £11,235; John Boulton, £10,438; Harry Haylock, £8202; Elizabeth Davidson, £5447; Charles K. Chisholm, £5173; David Moderate, £3892; Alexander O'Neill, £3848; Wm. Miller, £3500; Elizabeth Martin, £2325; Annie Clark. £2250; William Storer, £2132; Samuel Hayes, £2002; Wilhelmina Reid, £1957; Duncan Livingstone, £IO4S; David A. Baxter, £1512; Richard Taylor, £1511; Mary H. Taylor, -C1219;' Hugh L. Wilson, £1218; Peter Eaton, £108S; Annie C. Begg, £1088; Elizabeth Dixon. £1070; James G. Purvis," £910; Edward J. Thompson, £900; Esther A. Taylor, £874; Joseph Sirell, £782; Emma Folks, £766; Ruth Dent, £750; -Robert L. Paton, £594; Harry Child, £558; Thomas A. Murphy, £541.

Otago—Walter ft. Gedded, £12,281; Frank D. Bamfield. £9790; Mary F. M'Glashan. £030"; John Reid. £6284; William M'Kenzie, £4380; John Dryden, £3352; James Main, £3227; William J. Shanks, £2475: John H. Mce, £2127; John F. C. Woodhouse, £2io2; John Meade, £1520: John W. Sharp, £1404; George E. Oarard, £1404; Thomas Hitchcock, £1181: William Anderson, £1053; David Findlay, £813; JEdmond O'Donnell, £739; Michael ■Keenan, £728; Harriett S. Hanson, ! £5Bl.

New Plymouth.—Robert Henry Campbell £8284; Alice M. M. Herapton, £4301; Ann M. H. Nielson, £1814; William Bryden, £1595; John H. Armstrong, £H2B; Frances Smith, £1003; John Maxjaulay. £879; Trevor Marfell, £735; Charlotte Marshall, £573.

Poverty Bay—Elizabeth A. Mortlemaßj £5086; 'Richard Bright, £1527; George A. Beere, £I2BO. Napier. George James, £2590; Thomas Robert Saywell, £BIB. Hawke'a Bay—George Preseott, £lB,312; Guy Arthur Chambers, £6962; Sarah A. Addis, £1169; Alexander Smith, £887; Christina Magnusson, £675. Westland. Peter .IX Todd, £2914; Michael Hurley, £1205; Henry Jackson, £710; Patrick Drennan, £572. Southland—Alexander Bell, £3881; James Holloway, £3601; William Birss, £2499; Andrew Christie, £1818; Hector M'Neill, £1021; Edward C. Roberts, £747.