Administration of Trusts
129. The number of trusts administered remained unchanged at
seventeen.
130. The Registrar General continued to act as Judicial Trustee of one estate on behalf of which $9,293 was held at the close of the
year.
Trust Funds
131. Table XXV sets out the Official Trustee's receipts and pay- ments for the year, and the assets and liabilities of the trusts adminis- tered by him as at 31st March 1966. The total income of the trusts, being interest and dividends on investments, fixed deposits and bank accounts, amounted to $6,147. Payments to beneficiaries totalled $2,457 (including $1,006 on capital account), and the Official Trustee's commission amounted to $122.96. At the end of the year the total funds administered by the Official Trustee amounted to $218,849, of which $69,646 was held on income account, representing for the most part accumulations of income held pending the clarification of the position with respect to seven charitable trusts.
PART VIII
MARRIAGE REGISTRY
Explanatory
132. All marriages except non-Christian customary marriages are governed by the provisions of the Marriage Ordinance. Under this, after a notice of intended marriage has been exhibited at the Registry for fifteen clear days, a certificate is issued which enables the marriage to be celebrated at a licensed place of worship, or contracted as a civil marriage before a Deputy Registrar. Where he is satisfied that there are special circumstances justifying his doing so, the Registrar may issue the certificate at any time within the fifteen days. Under Section 12 the Governor may, when he sees fit, grant a special licence dispensing with notice altogether or with the certificate of the Registrar or with both. Such licences are given only in exceptional circumstances.
133. Notices of marriage are exhibited at the Registry where given and also at the principal Marriage Registry, to which records of all marriages under the Ordinance are sent for permanent retention.
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