NEW ZEALAND
DECEASED PERSONS ESTATES
STAMP DUTY ASSESSMENTS
FOR MAY 1908
From - Evening Post (Wellington) - 1 June 1908 Page 8.
The number of estates of deceased persons finally certified for stamp duty last month was 156. The largest were those of the Hon. Walter W Johnston, of Wellington (�496,615) and the Rev. J C Andrew, Ica Station, Wairarapa (�109,786). Amongst other estates dealt with were the following:-
| WELLINGTON | ||
| BOSHER | Esther | �653 |
| BOYS | Burton | �2480 |
| DARBY | Thomas | �731 |
| DEATH | Thomas | �2009 |
| GIBBONS | Samuel | �10,213 |
| HESLOP | George | �937 |
| HOWE | George | �12,102 |
| JAMES | William H | �2540 |
| MASON | Neils P | �528 |
| MATTHEWS | Jonas | �5956 |
| POLLEN | Sybil Amy | �1441 |
| SCOTT | David | �13,868 |
| SUSSEX | Thomas | �858 |
| AUCKLAND | ||
| BAKER | William | �10,027 |
| BURTT | James | �992 |
| CLARK | Louisa | �2243 |
| COLES | Honor A | �929 |
| COXHEAD | Charles | �1339 |
| CROKER | Samuel B | �730 |
| FRASER | Donald | �840 |
| KEIR | Norman McL | �500 |
| ROBERTS | Jessie M | �1385 |
| STEWART | Archibald | �4054 |
| STOKES | Henry | �1911 |
| TAYLOR | William H | �619 |
| YATES | Edmund | �1648 |
| CANTERBURY | ||
| BENHAM | William F | �17,858 |
| BOYLE | Henry | �8566 |
| HOOD | William B | �751 |
| MANCHESTER | George | �11,439 |
| MEYER | Franz H | �1516 |
| O'CONNOR | Hugh | �927 |
| PRING | Thomas | �501 |
| STEWART | Christina | �6719 |
| WHARTON | Ellen C | �531 |
| OTAGO | ||
| AHERN | Jeremiah | �524 |
| BREEN | James | �10,217 |
| CHURTON | William R R | �1563 |
| CRAIG | John W C | �523 |
| FRASER | Thomas A | �662 |
| GALAGHER | Edward | �1314 |
| JOHNSTON | Robert A | �1252 |
| McLAY | George | �1869 |
| McMILLAN | John | �560 |
| MURRAY | Barbara | �845 |
| PATERSON | James | �1089 |
| ROSS | Catherine | �812 |
| SPETHMAN | Christina | �2219 |
| HAWKES BAY | ||
| COOPER | Thomas R | �4081 |
| POVERTY BAY | ||
| PIETZEN | Frederick C H | �4358 |
| ROBB | Alexander | �2174 |
| NELSON | ||
| GRANT | Thomas M | �1086 |
| LANKOW | Henry | �3233 |
| NEW PLYMOUTH | ||
| DOBBIN | Thomas H | �1088 |
| GAMBLIN | Joseph | �560 |
| MALONE | Louisa | �1065 |
| WICKHAM | Philip W | �4631 |
| WESTLAND | ||
| ADAIR | Elizabeth A | �551 |
| CAMERON | John H | �2178 |
| PERRITT | Robert S | �2459 |
| SOUTHLAND | ||
| BOYLE | Isabella | �1405 |
| BOYLE | Isabella (Settlement) | �2058 |
| FLECK | Mary | �1152 |
| FREW | Alexander | �529 |
| HANLEY | Matthew | �3555 |
| HOLMES | James | �21,105 |
| LUCAS | John | �542 |
From - Evening Post (Wellington) - 3 June 1908 Page 3.
His Honour Mr Justice Chapman yesterday granted letters of administration in the following deceased persons' estates:-
| BENEFIELD | Albert Edward | Fruiterer | Wanganui |
| GAPES | George | Settler | Waikanae |
| HICKS | Annie | Married Woman | Wellington |
| JOHN | Heinrick | Farmer | Tiratu |
| LAWSON | Thomas A | Engineer | Auckland |
| MALONEY | William | Settler | Wairoa |
| WILLIAMS | Mary | Widow | Hawera |
Probates of the wills of the following deceased persons were granted:-
| BUCHANAN | George | Cordwainer | Nelson |
| BUCKWELL | Jane | Widow | Greytown |
| FOREST | Ellen Dick | Widow | New Brighton |
| HALL | John | Minister | Westport |
| HARRIS | Frederick Edward | Carter | Taratahi |
| HARRISON | William Christopher | Gardener | Oamaru |
| LASCELLES | John Craig | Settler | New Plymouth |
| NORTON | Kezia | Widow | Canterbury |
| SIMMONDS | Chas | Ironmoulder | Napier |
| TROUSON | Lucy Sarah | Married Woman | Napier |
| WILSON | Arthur Kennedy | Coachbuilder | Hawkes Bay |
| YALE | Mary | Widow | Campbelltown. |
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