PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE ACCOUNT (BALANCE-SHEET OF, FOR YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1879).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1879 Session II, B-04

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Sess. 11.—1879. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE ACCOUNT (BALANCE-SHEET OF, FOR YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1879).

Presented to both Houses ofthe General Assembly in terms of "The Public Trust Office Act, 1872."

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J. Woodward, Public Irustee.

BALANCE - SHEET of the Public TRUST OFFICE for the YEAR ended 30th June, 1879.

Public Trust Office, Wellington, 21st July, 1879.

Balances on 1st July, 1878. Transi ctions. Balances on 30th June, 1879. No. Name of Account. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. 1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 Properties placed in Office... Intestate Estates Real Estates ... Lunatics' Estates Convicts' Estates Special Deposits " Public Works Act, 1876," section 65 „ 161 " Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877 " ... ... ■ "Debtors and Creditors' Act, 1876," section 118 ... Suspense Account Lunatic Asylum, Auckland ,, Wellington „ Napier ... „ Nelson ... ,, Hokitika... ,, Christchurch ... " „ Dunedin... Native Reserves, General ... ... - ,, Auckland „ Taranaki... ,, Wellington ,, Nelson ... ,, Greymouth „ Hokonui Endowment Ellesmere and Forsyth Reclamation, &c, Fund Grey River Railway Repayment Lands Clauses Consolidation Act Merchant Shipping Act Supreme Court Land Assurance Fund Native 10 per cents., Auckland Native 5 per cents, Wairarapa Natives at Wellington Trustees Relief Act ... ... Unclaimed Dividends Investment Account Expenses Account Interest Account Consolidated Fund Account Imprest Account Cash £ s. d. | 6,907 4 7 29,489 6 6 2,876 14 1 3,185 17 1 52 10 0 30 8 1 2 2 0 3 0 0 13 0 0 351 16 11 6 0 0 113 13 9 287 12 0 85 6 11 502 11 11 530 5 0 9,515 17 5 162 19 11 393 19 7 38 11 11 11 10 10 14,654 7 8 1,389 17 9 560 19 0 373 14 0 275 16 9 363 7 6 988 3 9 £ 8. d. £ s. d. 9,815 16 11 17,166 15 2 580 15 1 3,-37 11 9 341 7 0 366 13 11 12 0 0 42 1 5 27 16 4 16 7 2 23 16 8 557 10 10 534 17 6 91 0 5 268 9 2 137 16 7 1,168 17 3 873 14 10 511 8 7 20 0 0 393 18 6 594 0 9 4,120 17 10 4,973 9 0 124 4 0 5,159 17 0 6 9 7 13 10 3 £ a. d. 6,081 8 6 19,324 17 4 872 14 7 3,156 15 11 160 15 0 305 1 0 0 11 10 9 10 0 5 5 0 546 18 6 533 4 9 94 0 5 268 9 2 137 16 7 1,168 17 3 874 13 1 469 12 10 10 11 4 388 13 6 683 18 1 4,031 12 1 5,484 9 10 1 10 0 14,675 14 5 £ s. d. 10,641 10 0 27,331 4 4 2,584 14 7 3,466 12 11 180 12 O 61 12 11 12 0 0 93 19 7 18 6 4 16 7 2 48 19 9 12 14 4 4 12 9 12 1 9 393 12 8 15 8 8 118 18 9 197 14 8 174 12 8 £ s. d. 652 19 0 "_ 8 5 14 15 17 is 19 20 21 22 _3 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 5,451 8 10 55 11 2 154 7 7 14 18 5 11 0 0 14 10 5 12,093 13 6 3,061 12 0 3,964 18 2 5,842 15 10 324 18 2 73,992 5 1 97 19 5 143 19 9 169 9 6 309 10 5 38 11 11 11 10 10 19,961 16 9 1,445 8 11 711 4 3 388 12 5 286 16 9 377 17 11 4 2 4 60,806 0 0 14,808 2 0 1,860 6 9 3,964 18 2 5,842 15 10 380 0 0 69,976 17 11 2,189 9 0 60,520 8 6 73 4 5 12,287 10 6 128 6 3 8,272 3 4 73,166 14 11 73,166 14 11 156,366 3 2 156,366 3 2 71,929 6 6 71,929 6 6

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SECURITIES held by the PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE on 30th June, 1879.

Expenses Account. (Included in General Balance-Sheet, out shown here separately in terms of Section 42 of " The Puilic Trust Office Act, 1872!") Cb. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Balance on July 1, 1878 ... ... ... ... ... - ... 988 3 9 „ Commission and charges received from estates ... ... 1,679 0 0 Interest charged on advances to estates ... ... ... 378 „ Fee on deposit of will ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 „ Fees on registration o£ life policies ... ... ... 0 10 0 , Commission on fee stamps purchased ... ... ... 519 1,688 9 5 , Balance transferred from Interest Account ... ... ... 1,373 2 7 3,061 12 0 £4,049 15 9 To Salaries of Office— Dk. Public Trustee... ... ... ... ... 800 0 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... ... 390 0 0 Cadet ... ... ... ... ... 80 0 0 1,270 0 0 ~ Amounts at debit of estates, written off by authority of the Hon. Colonial Treasurer 89 0 5 ~ Commission and postages paid to agents ... ... ... ... 335 0 3 „ Furniture, stationery, &c., for office ... ... ... £68 8 3 Postages, telegrams, and stamps ... ... ... 92 17 10 Extrii clerical assistance ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 166 6 1 1,860 6 9 Balance carried forward ... ... ... ... ... ... £2,189 9 0 Interest Account. Cb. £ s. d. By Interest received on Government securities held ... ... ... ... ... 2,584 19 9 „ paid by Bank on fixed deposits ... ... ... ... ... ... 575 0 0 n ~ added by Bank to current account ... ... ... ... ... 326 910 n „ paid by Treasury on amount advanced for purchase of debentures in London ... ... 207 10 8 „ ~ reel-edited from amounts paid over to Consolidated Fund ... ... ... 270 17 11 £3,964 18 2 Db. £ s. d. To Accrued interest paid for on debentures purchased ... ... ... 40 5 2 „ Interest paid in respect of estates during year ... ... ... 507 12 1 „ „ added to accounts at close of year ... ... ... 2,043 18 4 „ Balance transferred to Expenses Account ... ... ... 1,373 2 7 3,964 18 2

Description of Securities. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Immigration and Public Works Loan, 1870 General Purposes Loan, 1873 (Scrip) £ s. d. 4,200 0 0 900 0 0 400 0 0 20,900 0 0 800 0 0 6,200 0 0 24,750 0 0 4,000 0 0 £ s. d. 4,032 0 0 877 10 0 340 0 O 20,064 0 0 696 0 0 6,014 0 0 24,841 6 6 4,000 0 O New Zealand Loan, 1876 " Treasury Bills Extended Currency Act, 1876 " Also securities held for private estates— Immigration and Public Works Loan, 1870 62,150 0 0 2,000 0 0 600 0 0 150 0 0 60,864 16 6 1,920 0 0 585 0 0 150 12 0 )> >» » New Zealand Loan, 1876 64,900 0 0 63,520 8 6

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Consolidated Fund Account. ♦ Cb. £ a. d. By amounts unclaimed for six years in intestate estates ... ... ... ... ... 1,773 4 5 „ ~ „ „ real estates ... ... ... ... ... 445 11 8- „ „ received for maintenance of patients in lunatic asylums ... ... ... ... 3,623 19 9 £5,842 15 10 Db. To amount paid over to Consolidated Fund ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,842 15 10 J. Woodward, Public Trust Office, Wellington, 21st July, 1879. Public Trustee. Examined and found correct. James Edwaed FitzQ-ebald, 25th September, 1879. Controller and Auditor-G-eneral.

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