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The Rent Restriction Act, 1924. Scheduling of inward correspondence in District Offices. Reviewing system : Conference of Reviewing Inspectors. Preparation of wills for deposit. Powers of District Public Trustees in delegated estates. Statement of account in connection with farms, businesses, &c. Income-tax on annuity: No exemption under section 83 (1) of Land and Income Tax Act, 1923. Fire insurance : List of companies. Stamp Duties Act, 1923 : Memoranda of variation of Common Fund mortgages. New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, 1925-26. Death duties : Publication of rulings and points of practice. Payments without probate or administration. Agents' commission : Regulations. Distribution of proceeds of estates to alien enemies. Collection of assets by one District Office on behalf of another. Incidence of estate and succession duty : Provision in wills. Withdrawals from and closing of Post Office Savings-bank accounts. Section 26, Aged and Tnfirm Persons Protection Act, 1912: Wills of protected persons. Administration of the estates of deceased Natives : Native land. Mortgages Final Extension Act: Summary of provisions. Fees for— («.) Obtaining exemplifications of New Zealand probates. (!).) Preparing power of attorney in connection therewith. (e.) Resealing in New Zealand of foreign grants of proba,te. Counsel's costs where the Public Trustee is directed by Court to represent litigant. Investments in the Common Fund : Advantage of the system. Instructions to Cashiers : Identification of payees. Custody of Common Fund securities. Insurance agreements : Short-dated policies. Mortgages Final Extension Act, 1924: Notice by Attorney-General to mortgagors. Aged and Infirm Persons Protection Act, 1912 : Investment of funds. Land and income tax: Outline of Office practice. Application for probates, &c., in case of former alien enemies. Payments from Public Service Superannuation Fund. Business estates : Accounts and organization. Deposits on agreements for sale and purchase. Protection of securities against builders' liens where loans are advanced by progresspayments. Mortgages Final Extension Act, 1924 : Calling-up of overdue mortgages to estates. Regulations and directions with respect to Office interest and commission and legal fees and charges in estates. Intestate distribution in England : English Law of Property Act, 1922- postponement. Instructions for building and repair work in estates. Safe-deposit lockers : New form of lease, and form of authority to Deputy. Memoranda of increase of mortgages: Delegation to District Public Trustee of power to sign on behalf of the Public Trustee. Consents of beneficiaries to action taken by the Public Trustee in the administration of estates. Notices of applications for probate or administration under section 4 of the Administration Amendment Act, 1911. Care of mental patients: Method of supplying small articles of luxury such as stores, tobacco, and fruit. Apportionment of accumulated dividends on preference shares. Renewal of Common Fund, National Provident Fund, and Superannuation Fund mortgages. Overdue mortgages in estates: Renewal. Stamp Duties Act, 1923, section 166 (b): Declaration by the Public Trustee. Official receipts: Death duties, stamp duties, registration fees, &c.

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