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1913. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE (PARTICULARS RELATIVE TO, FEES EARNED BY THE LEGAL BRANCH OF THE) FOR TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31st MARCH, 1912.

Laid on the Table of the House of representatives pursuant to Order of the House dated the 9th July, 1913, on Motion of Mr. Hanan.

Retubn showing—(l) The Fees eabned by the Legal Branch of the Public Trust Office fob the Twelve Months ended 31st Maboh, 1912; (2) the Classes of Work for which Pees were charged ; (3) the Classes of Wobk fob which No Pees webe chabged ; (4) the Cost of the Legal Bbanch. 1. Fees earned by the Legal Branch of the Public Trust Office for the Tweioe Months ended 31st March, 1912. £2,559 13s. lid. 2. The Classes of Work for which Fees were charged. (1.) Court Work :— (a.) Appearances by Office Solicitor in contested matters in Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. (b.) Ex parte applications to Supreme Court for orders to sell, lease, mortgage, to presume death, and other applications of a similar kind, (c.) Charging-orders, writs of sale and execution. (2.) Conveyancing and General Work : — (a.) Transfers and conveyances to purchasers of land from estates, the usual charge being £1 Is. (b.) Assignments of leases, mining privileges, and the like to purchasers from estates (usual fee, 10s. 6d. to £1 Is.). (c ) Transfers and mortgages prepared for members of land-settlement associations, at a special scale of which the maximum charge is £5 ss. for both documents. id,.) Ordinary mortgage securities in respect of loans from the common fund and estates; renewals and adjustments in connection therewith. («.) Securities in respect of loans raised by local bodies from the Public Trustee. A scale charge of 2s. 6d. per £100 of the loan (with a minimum charge of £3 35.) is made. (/.) Leases under the West Coast Settlement Reserves Acts and the Native Reserves Acts. (g.) Other leases, for the preparation which the Office regulations provide a fee of £1. (h.) Agreements to lease and for sale and purchase. (i.) Preparation of documents for and conduct of sales by the Public Trustee as mortgagee. (j.) Consents to dealings by lessees and mortgagors where the Public Trustee is lessor or mortgagee respectively. (k.) Assignments by way of mortgage from beneficiaries obtaining advances on account of their shares in estates. (I.) Bills of sale and chattel securities.