This is a Codicil to the Last
Will and Testament of me Thomas George Collett of Mangaroa in the Provincial
District of Wellington and Dominion of New Zealand, Farmer
In addition to the legacies
bequeathed by my said Last Will and Testament I give and bequeath unto each of
my daughters Elizabeth Sarah Goss, wife of William Goss of Nireaha near
Eketahuna in the Provincial District of Wellington and Dominion aforesaid farmer,
and Emily Alice Benge, wife of John Thomas Benge of the Upper Hutt in the
Provincial District of Wellington aforesaid Blacksmith, the sum of Twenty Five Pounds
(£25) and I direct that the aforesaid legacies of Twenty Five Pounds (£25)
shall be a charge upon section two hundred and ninety three (293) and part
section two hundred and ninety four (294) on the plan of the Hutt District
devised and bequeathed to my son William Herbert Collett and shall be paid
within six calendar months of the date of my decease together with interest
thereon at the rate of Four Pounds (£4) per centum per annum payable
half-yearly
And I further declare and direct
that the two foregoing legacies of Twenty Five Pounds (£25) shall be for the
sole and separate use of the respective legatees and that free from the debts
control or engagements of any husband and that by this Codicil modified or varied
thereby confirm my said Will
In Witness whereof those hereunto
subscribed my name this Seventh day of July in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Eight
Signed by the said Thomas George
Collett as and for a Codicil to his Last Will and Testament in the presence of
us both being present at the same time who at his request in his sight and presence
and in the sight and presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names
as attesting witnesses
W H Field, Solicitor of
Wellington
R Stansell, Flaxmiller of
Waikanae