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Capital Funds of the Public Trust Office, and how invested, from 1899 to 31st March, 1904.

Number and Estimated Value of Estates in the Public Trust Office. The following was the number and estimated value of estates in the Public Trust Office on the 31st March on each of the years 1898 to 1904 : —

On 31st March, 1899. On 31st March, 1900. On 31st March, 1901. On 31st March, 1902. On 31st March, 1903. On 31st Maroh, 1904. £ £ £ £ £ £ 'he capital funds of the Public Trust Office amounted to )f which the amount held in cash at credit of the Public Trustee's Account was ... 956,153 1,056,868 1,672,304 1,782,951 1,936,073 1,660,716 13,512 27,880 53,925 59,501 74,765 65,386 Leaving a balance invested of 942,641 1,028,988 1,618,379 1,723,450 1,861,308 1,595,330 'he investments consisted— Of those made by the Public Trustee out of the Common Fund, and amounting to Of those made by the Public Trustee for estates, and amounting to Of those made by other trustees of properties afterwards transferred to the office ... 653,710 264,296 794,987 214,411 1,407,419 196,230 1,049,885 667,587 1,239,027 616,798' 1,477,123 112,689 24,635 19,590 14,730 5,978 5,483 5,518 942,641 1,028,988 1,618,379 1,723,450 1,861,308 1,595,330 'he capital funds invested were applied to investments — In Government securities of the colony, to the amount of In local bodies' securities, to the amount of In mortgages of real estate, to the amount of In fixed deposits, to the amount of ... In companies, to the amount of 160,308 137,778; 607,798 578,323 578,3431 103,363 12,839 19,439 19,239 28,129 31,129 44,129 766,371 1,689 1,434 871,771 991,261 .81 1,116,998 1,251,836 1,447,238 600 Total 942,641 1,028,988' 1,618,379 1,723,450 1,861,308 1,595,330

Number of Estates. Class. On On On On On 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. On On 31st Maroh, | 31st March, 1903. 1904. Wills ana trusts (inoluding sinking funas accounts) Intestates' estates.. ■■ Real estates* Lunatics' estates Native reserves West Coast settlement reserves Unclaimed lands Total .. .. I 498 538 797 821 84 79 558 507 112 115 293 293 76 138 i i 2,413 ' 2,491 576 903 75 555 110 293 155 684 867 69 626 110 293 249 651 923 69 728 143 309 226 744 989 71 802 143 312 253 836 1,062 854 119 333 266 2,667 2,898 3,049 3,314 3,470 lue of Estat< is. • Class. On 31st March, 1898. On 31st March, 1899. On 31st Maroh, 1900. On 31st March, 1901. On 31st March, 1902. On 31st Maroh, 1903. On 31st March, 1904. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Wills and trusts (inoluding sinking funds accounts) intestates' estates.. ieal estates* junatics' estates .. Sative reserves iVest Coast settlement reserves Jnol aimed lands 789,162 97,140 10,572 85,890 355,000 600,000 12,550 865,446 133,409 8,414 111,793 357,500 620,000 13,754 933,567 136,697 8,313 113,525 363,076 622,604 14,812 1,022,838 134,820 7,459 159,087 363,076 622,604 17,070 1,122,404 163,304 7,317 163,306 366,000 625,000 20,283 1,279,743 197,368 7,585 170,585 375,000 655,000 21,504 1,605,143 232,695 * 208,573 380,000 700,000 26,471 Total .. |l, 950,314 2,110,316 2,192,594 2,326,954 12,467,614 2,706,785 3,152,882 * Now included with unclaimed lanas.