APPENDIX 1
ESTATE OF CHARLES HENRY BOND
Charles Henry Bond died intestate in Jan 1909. His eldest son William James Bond with the consent of Charles' widow Betsy was appointed as administrator of the estate and compiled the following list of assets and liabilities:-
ASSETS
Real Estate:- Nil
Land held under lease or licence:- Allotment 109, Parish of Darragan, County of Lowan,552 acres of 4th class land subdivided into two paddocks on which are two four-roomed houses of hard-wood with iron roofs, a seven stall stable and several small sheds. 120 acres were cultivated in the preceding year with the balance uncleared. The land is part of Mallee fringe scrub and is in places roughly timbered. Its value is estimated at 92/6 per acre. 345-00-00
Crops:-Half-share in uncleaned wheat as taken off by strippers. 40-00-00
Livestock:- 2 Draught horses 40-00-00
2 very old Draught horses 7-10-00
Machinery:- Stripper and Winnower 5-10-00
Stump-Jump Plough 15-00-00
Set of Stump-Jump harrows 5-00-00
Wagons, Carts etc.:- 1 Pole-wagon 15-00-00
1 Pole-wagon 5-00-00
Equipment:- 4 sets of farm harness 5-10-00
Chaffcutters and horseworks 12-00-00
Household furniture and effects:- 10-00-00
Watches, Jewellery etc:- Nil
Personal effects:- Nil
Money in house:- Nil
Money in Banks. Building Societies etc.:- Nil
Interest:- Nil
Debentures, Mortgages etc:- Nil
Sundries 001-00-00
TOTAL ASSETS 506-10 00
LIABILITIES
Hagelthorn & Bolton (Horsham) - mortgage of stock 82-13-06
Noske Bros, Millers (Horsham) - goods 36-15-05
H.Tootill, Ironfounder 43-01-00
Renard Fertilizer Co. 40-00-00
James Berry, Ironmonger - goods 00-07-09
H.J.Harper, Butcher 4-13-00
J.Dripps, Bootmaker 5-05-00
Jones & McCann storekeeper (Horsham) - goods 40-12-00
Gerlach Bros, chaff-merchants 11-15-09
E.Francis (Lower Norton) 6-00-00
Dr Robinson medical attendance 3-13-06
A.R.Burt, chemist - medicine 1-12-00
Sundries 10-00-00
TOTAL LIABILITIES: 286-08-11
BALANCE:-220-01-01
Included among the administration papers were two letters written on behalf of Mary-Ann Sinclair (widow and sister-in-law of the deceased) and Henry Toothill (Ironfounder) in which each appeared to claim the sum of 528 pounds from the estate. There was nothing to indicate the outcome of their claims (if that is in fact what they were) and in any case the balance of the estate would not have been sufficient to provide the amount claimed. It seems that the winding up of the property which must have been worked in partnership by Charles and William forced the latter to move from this farm at Lower Norton as shortly afterwards he shifted to Deep Lead.
All material researched at the PRO Melbourne. Ref.110-242 Unit 6)
APPENDIX 2
ESTATE OF GEORGE WATKINS
George Watkins died at his address 191 Yarra St Geelong in Sept 1907 leaving a will in which he directed that his estate be divided as follows:- '"to my daughter Bridget - the sum of 20 pounds, the furniture in the bedroom of her late mother and the whole of the kitchen utensils.
to my daughter Elizabeth - the sum of 5 pounds.
the net proceeds of my estate after payment of all charges and funeral expenses to be equally divided between my seven children:
Bridget of Geelong, spinster,
Elizabeth of Geelong, spinster,
Thomas Watkins of Western Australia, railway employee,
MaryAnn wife of William Carr of Queenscliff, artilleryman,
Louisa wife of Thomas Delahunty of Moonee Ponds, Blacksmith,
Margaret wife of Robert Cassidy of Chilwell, Tuckpointer,
and Ada wife of Herbert Yeoman of Geelong, bicycle builder.
The executor of the estate was named as Thomas Delahunty.
A second document is in existence which lists his assets as follows:-
"Nos.189-191 Yarra St, 2 wb dwellings occupied by Miss B.Watkins 180-00-00
Nos. 155-157 Myers St, occupied by Walter Collins at 7 shillings per wk 125-00-00
Rents (W.Collins) 000-14-00
Six fowls 000-09-00
ordinary household furniture (very old) 15-00-00
money on hand 3-00-00
money in bank 68-02-04
money in bank on deposit (Union Bank, Geelong 4 yrs at 3%) 50-00-00
Interest 6-15-00
Clothing 2-00-00
Land, Farming eq't, Mortgages, Jewellry etc. Nil
TOTAL 451-00-04
(All material researched at the PRO Melbourne, Ref. 104-683, Units 414 and 819)