Estate of William Gemell Kay (14th August 1925): Notes of Instruction, Letter to and from The Royal Bank of Canada Port of Spain, Letters to and from The Barclays Bank Port of Sain, Letters from Caroni Sugar Estates (Trinidad) Limited, Receipts from Caroni Sugar Estates (Trinidad) Limited, Letter from The Dutch Package "Venezuela" from Dover, Inventory of Particulars of Property including parcel of property and some furniture, Estate Duty Certificate, Application for Probate, Isabella D. Kay, General Affidavit of Applicant, Last Will and Testament of William Gemmell Kay, Affidavit of Witness to Execution of Will, Letters from Atlas Assurance Company Limited, Valuation for Probate of Furniture and Personal Effects, Jewellry including bookcases, encyclopedias, comptometer, one Lincoln car, 1 gold fob with cairngorm brooch etc, Death Certificate of William Gemell Kay, Robert George Thompson, Valuation of Parcels of land, Office copies of probate documents, Receipt from Frederick Riker Funeral Director in Brooklyn, Letter from Groffs, Ingram and Crofts Solicitors, Letters to Isabella Duff Kay, Letter from The Trinidad Trading Coy Limited, Letter to Geo. F. Chalmers. (9th October 1925 - 1st October 1931)

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.