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Return of Wills and Estates administered by the Public Trustee.

Number accepted I in each Provincial District. ! 1873. 1874. 1875. 187G. 1877. 1878. 1870. 1880. 1881. 188-2. 1883. I 1884. J 1885. 1888. 1887. 1888. ■ 1, The Number of V ILLS nder A< .ministi •ation by the Public Trustee i: 12 3 2 112 1 u each Provini ;ial Disl ;rict in each Year. 35 Auckland .. .. .. I 2 5 5 2 8 18 17 4 4 5 20 18 30 10 Taranaki 1 7 3 5 9 Hawke's Bay 1 1 .. .. 12 2 3 0 5 I 22 ... .. ! „ 50 46 "7 90 Wellington 1 1 2 3 8 12 15 16 17 28 30 49 6 Marlborough 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 i 8 Nelson . 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 i * 18 Canterbury 3 5 5 6 1 2 4 5 7 8 7 8 15 Westland 2 3 4 0 17 17 20 9 10 9 59 Otago 1 0 9 14 28 33 36 245 Totals 9 17 23 27 38 86 19 66 ] 83 109 137 130 138 I 2. The Number of Intestate Estates administered by the Public Trustee. I 234 419 575 745 842 921 1,027 I 1,120 1,227 1,273 1,230 1,348 1,410 1,243 1,144 1,111 Total, 3,781. 3. The Number of all Other Estates in the hands of the Public Trustee. 80 121 154 109 229 252 282 312 368 682 828 874 S03 927 953 950 Total, 1,648.