Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1956-1957 — Page 36

Explanatory.

PART VILI

OFFICIAL TRUSTEE

50. The office of the Official Trustee was established by Ordinance No. 7 of 1873. The

of 1873. The present law relating to his appointment and duties is contained in Part VII of the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29) and the Administration of Trust Funds Rules made under Section 76 of that Ordinance.

Number of Trusts.

51. The number of trust estates administered by the Official Trustee remained at 13.

Trust Funds.

52. Table XVII sets out the Receipts and Payments for the year, and the Assets and Liabilities as at 31st March, 1957. The Official Trustee's commission for the year amounted to $186.49. At the close of the year the total funds administered amounted to $182,968.24.

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