PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE OF NEW ZEALAND. ANY person may appoint the Public Trus- tee executor and trustee under his will or codicil. Any present trustee may transfer the management of trust property to the Public Trustee, who will thereupon hold such pro- perty upon the original trusts attaching thereto. Any person, company, association, or public body within or without the Colony, may place any property belonging to' them in charge of the Public Trustee upon trust for such uses as may be defined in the deed creating the trust. Any building, land, or friendly societymay, by its rules, provide that property belonging to it may be placed in the Public Trust Office, for such trusts and uses and with' such powers as may be defiued in or by the said rules. The advantages offered are :—: — Ist. State Quabahtee against peculation, fraud, or dishonesty. 2nd. All proposed investments are con- sidered by a Board, consisting of the Honor, able Colonial Treasurer, the Attorney Greneral the Comptroller and Auditor Greneral, the Government Insurance Commissioner, and the Public Trustee. Careful consideration of all securities offered is therefore ensured.' 3rd. The Public Trustee, in his corporate capacity, never dies, never leaves the country, and never becomes incapacitated, thus avoid- ing the many inconveniences resulting from frequent fresh appointments of Trustees, necessitated by death, change of abode; or mental or bodily infirmity. 4th. Punctuality and promptitude in the remittance of periodical payments to bene- ficiaries under trust or will* to any part of the Colony or elsewhere at which it may ba desired that payments should be made. sth. Tbe effective check which is called into operation before any moneys can be drawn from the Public Ti ustee's account. 6th. Reasonable charges : On estates such as now being considered, the Public Trustee is authorised to charge 1£ per cent, on all receipts, and 1£ per cent, on disbursements, and 5s per cent, on all moneys invested. No charge is made for obtaining probate, nor for passing stamp and property tax returns, nor for correspondence however voluminous. Thus the saving to estates placed in this office is considerable. R. C. HAMERTON, Public Trustee. CALEDONIAN HOTEL, WALKER^ STREET, DUNEDIN. B. ZURBANO, Proprietor. : rpHE Proprietor (formerly of the Spanish Res. 