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No. 2 of 1897.
PROBATES.
passenger dying on voyage to the Colony.
the course of a voyage to the Colony on board of any vessel which afterwards arrives in the Colony:-
(a) where any passenger has died on board of any vessel in the course of a voyage to the Colony, the master of the vessel in which such passenger has died shall, immediately upon the arrival of the vessel in the Colony, hand over to the Harbour Master all the goods and effects of such passenger then on board of such vessel;
(b) thereupon the Harbour Master shall take possession of such goods and effects, and--
(i) if he thinks that their value is more than one hundred dollars he shall forthwith hand them over to the Official Administrator, to whom he shall also furnish in writing all such information as he may have been able to obtain about the deceased passenger and as he may consider likely to be useful for the due administration of the estate; and
(ii) if he thinks that their value is not more than one hundred dollars, he shall, in such manner as he may consider just and convenient, distribute them amongst the persons who may appear to him, in his discretion, to be entitled thereto, or, if he can find no such persons within one month of the time when the goods and effects came into his hands, then he shall sell them and pay the proceeds of the sale into the Treasury, to a special account to be there kept for that purpose;
(c) at any time within twelve months of the time when the proceeds of any estate have been paid into the Treasury under this section, any person entitled to the said proceeds, or to any portion thereof, may apply to the Harbour Master for the same, and, at the expiration of the said twelve months, the Harbour Master may make application in that behalf to the Treasurer, and the Treasurer shall pay to the Harbour Master the said proceeds or a portion thereof, and the Harbour Master shall distribute the same amongst the applicants in such manner as he may consider just and convenient;
(d) before distributing any estate or paying the proceeds of any estate into the Treasury under this section, the Harbour Master shall deduct the amount of any expenses or costs which
* As amended by No. 14 of 1933 [23.6.33].
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