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Probate of The Will
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of Bir Catchick
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given to the Trustees of this my Will by that or any other description shall be vested in and exercisable by the said Trustees hereby appointed and the survivors or survivor of them or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of this Will and that a sole Trustee for the time being shall be competent to act for Paul Chater all purposes Provided always and it is my wish that the number of the Trustees deceased. of this my Will shall at all times be kept up to not less than two and that in the (Continued)
event of the number becoming at any time by death or otherwise reduced below that number the vacancy or vacancies shall as soon as circumstances will conveniently admit be filled up so as to restore at least that number but neverthe- less any acts or proceedings of the Trustee for the time being in the interval 10 before the filling up of such vacancy or vacancies shall not be invalidated by reason of the same not having been done And I express the desire that the senior active member of the firm of Messieurs Deacons Solicitors of this Colony shall always be one of my Trustees.
2. I DESIRE that I may be buried in Hongkong next to my brother Joseph Theophilus Chater and that should I die outside Hongkong I may be brought there for burial. I further desire that on her death my wife be buried beside me.
3. I BEQUEATH to my wife (free of all death duties) all my wearing apparel personal ornaments trinkets and jewels furniture plate plated goods 20 linen glass china books manuscripts pictures prints statuary musical instruments porcelain and pottery and all other articles of personal use or ornament and all my wines liquors consumable stores and provisions and all my motor cars and garage furniture and all my plants and garden tools and implements and if she shall predecease me I declare that the same shall fall into my residuary estate Provided always that my collection of procelain and pottery and my collection of prints and pictures of Hongkong and the Far East (of which a book has recently been published by James Orange) shall not be deemed to be included in this bequest but shall form part of my residuary estate And I declare that my Trustees shall determine and be the sole Judges of the items which form part of 30 the said collections.
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I BEQUEATH the following pecuniary legacies all free of all death
(a) To my wife the sum of Five thousand Pounds Sterling to be paid to her as soon as possible after my death and in priority to all other legacies hereby or by any Codicil hereto bequeathed.
(b) To my sister Sophia Matilda Gunn the wife of William Gunn the sum of Two thousand five hundred Pounds Sterling to be paid to her as soon as possible after my death and in priority to all other legacies (save the legacy bequeathed by Clause (a) hereof) hereby or by any 40 Codicil hereto bequeathed.
(c) To the said William Edward Leonard Shenton the sum of Five thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency to the said Reginald Frederick Mattingly the sum of Five thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency
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and to the said Arthur Howard Barlow the sum of Ten thousand Probate of Dollars Hongkong Currency each legacy to be upon the condition The Will that the Donee proves my Will and accepts the Trusteeship thereof of Sir AND SHOULD one only of the said William Edward Leonard Catebick Shenton and Reginald Frederick Mattingly prove my Will and deceased. accept the Trusteeship thereof I bequeath to that one the sum of Ten (Continued) thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency in lieu of the said bequest of Five thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency.
(d) To the Hongkong Jockey Club or its successor the sum of Fifty thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency And I express the hope that it will out of the income thereof annually provide a Cup to be called "the Chater Cup."
5. I BEQUEATH the following annuities all clear of all death duties and income tax payable to the respective persons hereinafter enumerated commencing from my death by equal quarterly payments the first payment in each case to be made at the expiration of Three months from my death:-
(a) To my wife during her life the annual sum of Ten thousand Pounds
Sterling.
(b) To my said sister Sophia Matilda Gunn during her life the annual
sum of Two thousand five hundred Pounds Sterling.
(c) To Mrs. Annie Macpherson the wife of Reverend
Macpherson during her life the annual sum of Five hundred Pounds Sterling,
(d) To Helen Jordan the widow of my nephew the late Paul Jordan
during her life the annual sum of Fifteen hundred Pounds Sterling.
(e) To my grand-nephew Percy Manuk at present of Patna in the Empire of India Barrister at-law the sum of Rupees Two hundred thousand (Indian Currency).
(f) To each of my Trustees (other than my wife) who shall take an active share in the administration of the trusts of this my Will and any Codicil thereto the annual sum of Two thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency during such period as he shall take such active share in such administration as aforesaid Provided always that if and during such period as the said William Edward Leonard Shenton and Reginald Frederick Mattingly shall both take an active share in such administration as aforesaid each shall be paid the annual sum of One thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency and not the said annual sum of Two thousand Dollars Hongkong Currency.
6. I GIVE devise bequeath and appoint all my real estate of every tenure and all my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever not hereby
Paul Chater,