CO129-272 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [5-9] — Page 77

The will left property to the wife for life and afterwards to brother and sister of diceased. The widow is in Scotland and is still alive and the property.

was invested and the interest has been.

pamitted to her from time to time.

the

money might, provably, have been paid into Court and vested in the Official Trustee but it would only have bea.

passing money from the right hand to the left to deal with. When

Re

the wife dies the cotare will no doubt,

be wound up. I will

any case,

take one more case that of Howraps, Sûre Letters of Administration were

granted

to the ufficial Administrator, at the re- quest of the widow, as she was unable

give

to

a bond with oureties. Howroyd

died in 1888 leaving

children minors.

The achin

nistrator

Ats

of

the

A

widows and hoo

Official Aduni.

all the cases has been mast

beneficial to those interested in the estate

and

only

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in that sense has the Registry

"been huned into an.

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Agency . It is dif=

ficult to see how these estates could have: been advantageously wound up within " the legal time", "if by that the,

of twelve months is meant.

4 periva

Such cases involve some trouble to the Official Administrator and no doubt it is advisable that such estate should be wound up I cannot see that any grave irregularity

ad som do n

may

be

is involved in what has been done but

I concur

with

by

with Mr. Kyshe in the desira=

bility of not requiring estates to be deact the Official Administrator any than is necessary for the public advantage and welfare.

longer

may

( e ) Its regards the 6th head. It be desirable that judicial stamps should be provided for now in the de= gistry unstead of Postage Stamps that a more efficacious system of cellation by perforation should be inaw,

and

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gurata