Estate of Francois Louis Lota (11th January 1922): Cheques from Royal Bank of Canada, Arbuthnot Latham and Company Ltd, Shipment Receipt from Account the deceased had with Arbuthnot and Company, Memorandum from Fred JNO. Scott and Son, Balance Receipt from Royal Bank of Canada, Receipt from the City of Port of Spain illustrating an Exclusive Right of Burial in the Lapeyrouse Cemetery, Receipt from Trinidad publishing, Receipt from Port of Spain Stables, Valuation of property located No, 63 Frederick Street, Port of Spain, Mr. Henry Scott Kernahan, John Lemont and Company, George Brown (Builder and Contractor), Application for Grant of Probate, General Affidavit of Application, Last Will and Testament of Francois Louis Lota, Inventory of Estate including cocoa plantation "Cabeceras", "Tumbason", "La Plata", Joseph Francois, Gabriella Lota, Application for Probate, documents, Frederick Emelius Scott, William Henry Woolward, Estate Duty Certificates, Grant of Probate to Gabrielle Lota, Receipts from Expenditure and Mortgage Interest from Estates including abnormal year 1919, Mortgage document between Francois Louis Lota and Reverend Herbert Arthur Dalton, Receipt from "The Bonanza" Store, Receipts from Smith Brothers and Company, Fortnight Ending Estate Receipts for plantations mentioned, Statement of goods from 1910 - 1916 received from "Cabeceras" and "Tumbason" including number of bags of cocoa and its value, Elliot Provost Gibbs. (26th January 1922 - 3rd March 1922)

The fonds consist of bound volumes related to land transactions in Trinidad and Tobago. The fonds includes Caroni Deeds (1965 - 1996), Texaco Deeds (1964 - 1996), Texaco Titles (1958 - 1987), Notes of Title (1843 - 1964), Deeds (1956 - 1975), Titles (1958 - 1986), Supreme Court Proceedings – Probate (1896 - 1934) and Probate Proceedings (1944 - 1969). Probate documents-

The documents included in the bound volumes are used to apply for the Probate and Letters of Administration Grants to deal with property/estates owned previously by various people upon their death. There are copies of wills, various certificates, and lists of the various assets and correspondence. Included as well are documents that assist in grasping a full account of items that comprise their estates.

Titles-

The documents include reports on the ownership and the history of the transfers for various parcels of land. Included are correspondence with enclosures from the financial institutions giving instructions for the preparation of the Deeds and other instruments of title together with requisitions on title (eg. Land and building Tax receipts and Certificates of Assessment).

Deeds-

Contains Mortgages charged on Vehicles and parcels of Lands. There are also Deeds of release, Deeds of Conveyance and Leases with annexed cadastral sheets, Memorandum of Transfer, Deeds of Mortgage, Lease Agreements and Debentures.

Notes of title-

Comprise abstracts of the transactions that have occurred on various parcels of land and the documents of title that evidence these transactions. Also includes Statutory Declarations giving background information on some of the transactions and cadastral sheets outlining the respective properties.There are also some Certificates including Death and Marriage Certificates for the owners of the properties.

Texaco Deeds-

The vast majority of the documents cover reduced rate loan facility given to Texaco employees during their employment at Texaco. There are on occasion some documents included, which cover Leases for the rental of a property owned by Texaco.