'''1872-1957 - Public Trustee.''' Under certain circumstances, a will or administration could be placed in the Public Trust Office to be probated. In these instances the Public Trustee was appointed as executor or administrator. Most often these were administrations. Executors could appoint the Public Trustee sole executor (when the executor was absent from New Zealand or was not of full age or full mental capacity or was under any other disability.) These were all abstracted in the New Zealand Gazette and can be accessed in many archives and libraries throughout New Zealand. Indexes from 1866-1900 are available at the FamilySearch Library. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|642425|title-id|disp=microfiche 6344551}}.) | '''1872-1957 - Public Trustee.''' Under certain circumstances, a will or administration could be placed in the Public Trust Office to be probated. In these instances the Public Trustee was appointed as executor or administrator. Most often these were administrations. Executors could appoint the Public Trustee sole executor (when the executor was absent from New Zealand or was not of full age or full mental capacity or was under any other disability.) These were all abstracted in the New Zealand Gazette and can be accessed in many archives and libraries throughout New Zealand. Indexes from 1866-1900 are available at the FamilySearch Library. (FamilySearch Library {{FSC|642425|title-id|disp=microfiche 6344551}}.) |