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No. 2 of 1897.

PROBATES.

Administra-

tion of estate of passenger dying on

voyage to the Colony.

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such person, by certificate under his hand, to the Registrar for registry in the Court; and he shall also pay over to the Treasurer the balance of every such estate, after payment of all lawful claims against the same.

(2) It shall be lawful for the Colonial Secretary, on the applica- tion of the Captain Superintendent of Police, at any time to sign an order upon the Treasurer for the payment of the whole or any part of such balance to such person or persons as may appear to be entitled thereto, and the Treasurer shall comply with such order.

Estates of Persons dying on Voyages to the Colony. 65.-(1) The following special provisions shall regulate the ad- ministration of the estates of passengers who die at sea in 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 100 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 100 dollars, he shall, in such manner as he may consider just and convenient, dis- tribute 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 12 months of the time when the proceeds of any estate have been paid into the Treasury under this section, * As amended by No, 80 of 1911, No. 50 of 1011 and No. 21 of 1912.

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