HC Deb 14 April 1930 vol 237 c2642
86. Sir N. GRATTAN-D0YLE

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will state the number of estates of persons dying intestate and without kin, the administration of which he now directs; and the total value of the estates in question?

The CHANCELLOR of the DUCHY of LANCASTER (Sir Oswald Mosley)

The number of estates of persons dying intestate and without known kin, administration of which is now being undertaken by the Duchy Solicitor, is 35, and the total value of the estates in question now in his hands is, approximately, £13,000.