Estate of John Ambard Bell-Smythe (Brigadier General) (24th March 1922) : Letters from Smiles & Company, Ledger of accounts with J.D Sellier & Company, Schedule of parcels of land and cocoa plantation situate in the ward of Lower Caroni, Letter from General Petroleum Company of Trinidad, Phillip Arthur Taaffe O'Connor, Jules Maingot, Valuation of parcels of land situate in Lower Caroni, Particulars of Duty as rendered to Estate Duty Office, Somerset House, London including property in the United States, Trinidad and England, Clement Locke Smiles, Particulars of Investments made by the deceased during his lifetime, Last Will and Testament of deceased, Felix Lassaile, Estate Duty Certificates, Power of Attorney document, Death Certificate of Clement Locke Smiles, Letters from Stollmeyer Limited Trinidad, Matilda Basanta, Gunness Jagoo, Letter from Hamel - Smith and Company Attorneys at Law, Letter from Agricultural Relief 63 Marine Square, Port of Spain, Legal Opinion Re: Estate of deceased, Isadore Estate, Letter from Warden's Office in Chaguanas, Letter from Income Tax Office, Colonial Treasury, Port of Spain. (27th March 1922 - 15th August 1929)

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.