(sister-in-law, Lady Knut's eldest sister).

Dorothy Smith, who married Robert, Sir Hazel's eldest son, 3 months after the funeral.

The Residue of the Estate was left absolutely to Robert.

Show how much Sir Robert Knut inherited.

The Racehorse, "Fleetfoot." By "Footrest" out of "Fleet Rabbit." Aged 14.

PROBLEM No. 4.

Mr. Mordecai Moribund was a pessimist during life and died a violent death. His facial appearance was much disfigured by a sad squint, and this affliction to his eyes contributed in no small degree to the tragedy which at once deprived Mrs. Moribund of a husband and a son. The son, a bright youth of twenty summers, had been sent down from Oxford University by the authorities rather as a warning to others than for any great offence which he had committed. Nevertheless, the disgrace was keenly felt by his mother, and it was for this reason that Mr. Moribund decided to take him for a trip to India, until time had healed the wound.

Arrived in India, Mr. Moribund promised his son, Morton, to arrange for a tiger shooting expedition. This fatal promise caused all the trouble, for Mr. Moribund, owing to his visual defects, thought he observed a tiger approaching from the west and forthwith discharged his rifle. The bullet missed the tiger and passed through the head of the unfortunate Morton, who was thereby killed on the spot. Mr. Moribund, horrified by the accident, moved his position and slid from the back of the elephant right into the jaws of the infuriated animal. Assistance was rendered immediately, and Mr. Moribund was rescued from his unfortunate position, but not before he had sustained injuries from which he succumbed four days subsequently.

Mr. Moribund, by his will, left everything of which he was possessed to his widow absolutely. This property, after deducting debts, amounted to £137,500, but an examination of his affairs disclosed the fact that two years previously he had conveyed as an absolute gift to his son, Morton, the sum of £100,000. This money had been invested by Morton in Bearer Bonds of the Royal Japanese Steamship Company at an average price of £80%, but on the date of Morton's death these Bonds stood at £120%. Morton, by will, had left his entire fortune to a Miss Flossie Teazle, an actress whom he had met at Oxford.

The Death of Mr. Mordecai Moribund.

Show what duties were payable to the State as a direct consequence of the Tragedy.

Note.—The following epitaph, shamelessly copied from one in Malmesbury Abbey, was inscribed on Mr. Moribund's Tomb:—

PROBLEM No. 5.

It is a strange circumstance that little men with red hair usually have large families. At any rate Septimus Hawkins had red hair and twelve children, of whom eleven were living, but strangest of all he died intestate worth £122,600 subject to the payment of Estate Duty, and of which the Real property was valued at £36,000.

"Mrs. Hawkins had been very beautiful in her younger days."

Mrs. Hawkins had been very beautiful in her younger days, but time and children had robbed her of her rosy cheeks; and realising that widow's weeds did not become her, she withdrew shortly after the funeral to the seclusion of a country life, where she spent her time ministering to the sick, and looking after her late daughter Pearl's two small children. The names of her children in chronological order were as follows:—

How should the property of the late Septimus Hawkins be distributed, and how much did the respective beneficiaries receive?

PROBLEM No. 6.

Very few men can state with any degree of accuracy how long they will live, but Nathaniel Hibbert told his Wife he would die at 8 o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, the 22nd April, 1913, and he did die at that very time on that very day. He was standing on some scaffolding when a platform gave way under his very feet, and he broke his spinal cord. In other words he was hanged. His Solicitor urged him to make a Will and the prison Chaplain added his earnest entreaties, but Mr. Hibbert turned a deaf ear to all such suggestions. Even the sight of his Wife and only child did not affect his determination, and he died intestate.

What happened to the £1,200 of which he died possessed?

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