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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 945, 9 December 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE. Guaranteed by the State. ALTHOUGH this 'office has been in existence for a period of more than seven years, it is believed that the objects or which it was established are not sufficiently known or understood. It is desired to set forth in a concise form information respecting the business which this office undertakes 1. The charge of all kinds oi' money trust, such as Marriage Settlements, moneys to be invested for the benefit of Minors, moneys, bequeathed for charitable objects, moneys the title to which is in dispute, or whose legal owner is unknown or cannot be found, ito,, lie., 2. The administration of the wills of persons who by appointing' tho Tublic Trustee tliCjir executor secure the guarantee of t he State or the due fulfilment of their wishes, and avoid the risk coiiHe;|iicnt on tho appointment of private persons as executors, who not unfrequcntly, though earnestly desirous of rcf.ing for the bcnclit of parties intoiostod, fail to carry out legalb the ob jects for which they wero appointed and consequently involve themselves and those whose interests they are striving to protect in costly and harassing litigation. 3. Tho administration of all estates of which no disposition has been made by will whenever relatives do not wish to incur tho responsibility of administration, or cannot from any cause obtain the necessary powers to act, In such cases it is the duty of the Public Trustees to dkclmrgc all legal debts as far as the assets extend, and divide the residue amongst the next of kin. 4. The administration of the estates of lunatics, lunatic patients, and convicts. 5. The charge of all lands lying waste ami unoccupied of which tho owner is unknown, or who has been absent from the colony for ten years, having left no known agent. The cost of administering estates is very small. Information may be obtained from all agents.— R C. HAMEETON, l 'ublic Trpotoe. miMJTE PLAINS. Crown Lauds Office, Patea, 16th November, 1881. TjIURTHER SALE of 10,000 acres of J- RURAL LAND for Cash at public auction, and on deferred payments on application. RURAL BUSH LAND IS THEKAUPOKONtJI, NGAERE, HAWERA AND WAIMATE SURVEY DIS'MOTS. Residence not Compulsory. M sections (about 2,500 acres) of Lam in the above districts will be open foi application on Deferred Payments or Monday, 19tli December, at Patea ani Hawera, and 72 sections (about 7,501 acres) on sale by public auction, for Cash at Hawera, ou Thursday, the 22nd Dec. The sections in Blocks XIV. and XV. Kaupokonui, abut on the continuous re serve between the Manaia and Auron roads; in Block XII,, Kaupokonui, am Block IX,, Ngaere, west of the Waingon goro Stream andEltham Railway Station The hush is mainly light timber, sof woods, and a few rata, Land is wel watered, The sections in Block III.) Waimate are about two miles inland of the town e Manaia, about hall being open gras lands, the remainder being light bus] witli clearings, The sections in Block 1., Hawera, ad join the railway line from New Plymout to Hawera, and are about two miles froi the Normanby Station, : liand level an partially cleared. Contested applications for any of tli Deferred-payment Sections will be decide on the 22nd December at Hawera. Full particulars may be obtained an plans inspected at any Land Office in tl: Oolonv. 0. A. WRAY, ..