Priority to grant in intestacies

31. The priority of right to a grant of letters of administration where the deceased died wholly intestate shall be as follows:-

1. Husband or wife.

2. Children, or other issue of deceased taking per stirpes.

3. Father or mother.

4. Brothers and sisters of the whole blood, or the issue of deceased brothers and sisters of the whole blood, taking per stirpes.

5. Brothers and sisters- of the half blood, or the issue of deceased brothers and sisters of the half blood, taking per stirpes.

6. Grandparents.

7. Uncles and aunts of the whole blood, or the issue of deceased uncles and aunts of the whole blood, taking per stirpes. . "

8. Uncles and aunts of the half blood, or the issue of deceased- uncles and aunts of the half blood, taking per stirpes.

9. The Crown.

10. Creditors.