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non-Government money.
7.
Section 3 provides that all sums of money which, for
a period of at least five years, have remained unclaimed
in the Treasury, or in the hands of any officer of the
Government, shall be at once transferred to the general
revenue of the Colony.
8.
Section 4 provides for the transfer to the general
revenue of future sums which remain so unclaimed, other
than (i) the balances of intestates estates and (ii) sums
of money in the Supreme Court. These two classes of
unclaimed money are dealt with in special ways, balances
of intestates estates being dealt with by sections 5, 6
and 7, and sums of money in the Supreme Court being dealt
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with by section 9. In both these cases the procedure is
more elaborate than under section 4. One class of
balances of intestates estates is reserved for the simpler
procedure of section 4, i.e., balances of intestates estates
administered by the Official Administrator under section
19 of the Probates Ordinance, 1897. That section applies
only to estates which do not exceed $250 in value. The
transfer under section 4 will be made by the Governor under
the hand of the Colonial Secretary. The order and any
conditions attached there to will be published in the
Gazette.
9.
Section 5 provides that where administration is granted
to the Official Administrator in respect of the estate of
any person who has died intestate, and where a balance
from such estate remains in the hands of the Official
Administrator and the next of kin of the deceased are not
known to him, he shall cause advertisements to be published