THE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE (ACCOUNTS AND BALANCE-SHEET OF), FOR YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1884.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1885 Session I, B-16

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1885. NEW ZEALAND.

THE PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE (ACCOUNTS AND BALANCE-SHEET OF), FOR YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1884.

Laid before the General Assembly in pursuance of Section 42 of " The Public Trust Office Act, 1872," as amended by " The Public Bevenues Act, 1882," Section 15.

Securities held by the Public Trust Office on 31st December, 1884.

* These debentures are in the custody of the Agent-General in London. B. C. Hamerton, Public Trustee. Public Trust Office, J. C. Moginie, Wellington, 15th May, 1885. Accountant. Audited and found correct. James Edward FitzGeeald, Controller and Auditor-General.

Interest Account. Ob. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Interest received on Government securities held ... ... 6,574 7 11 „ added by Bank to current account ... ... ... 378 3 11 „ on mortgages received ... ... ... ... 1,278 611 „ on amounts paid over to the Consolidated Fund ... 215 7 0 £8,446 5 9 Dr. To Interest paid in respect of estates during the year ... ... 50 15 11 „ added to accounts at the close of the year ... ... 4,114 7 11 Commission on interest received ... ... ... ... 253 7 2 Balance transferred to Expenses Account ... ... ... 4,027 14 9 £8,446 5 9 B. C. Hamerton, Public Trustee. Public Trust Office, J. C. Moginie, Wellington, 15th May, 1885. Accountant. Audited and found correct. James Edward EitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

Description. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. leneral Investment Account, — General Purposes Loan, 1873... » >/ (scrip) £ s. d. 400 0 0 800 0 0 6,200 0 0 24,750 0 0 74,028 14 4 26,142 0 0 £ s. d. 340 0 0 696 0 0 6,014 0 0 24,841 6 6 74,028 14 4 26,142 0 0 ,/ a a New Zealand Loan, 1876* Deficiency bills Mortgages ... Special Investment Account, — New Zealand Loan, 1876* Deficiency bills Deposit in Post-Office Savings-Bank ... Borough of South Invercargill debentures Town of North Invercargill bonds Mortgages ... 132,320 14 150 0 23,171 5 50 0 600 0 500 0 32,958 5 4 0 8 0 0 0 5 132,062 0 10 150 12 0 23,171 5 8 50 0 0 600 0 0 507 10 0 32,958 5 5 Totals 189,750 5 5 189,499 13 11

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Consolidated Eund Account. Cr. £ s. d. By amounts unclaimed for six years in intestates'estates ... ... 1,425 11 2 Dr. To amount paid over to Consolidated Fund ... ... ... ... £1,425 11 2 B. C. Hamerton, i Public Trustee. , ', ' Public Trust Office, J. C. Moginie, Wellington, 15th May, 1885. Accountant. Audited and found correct, James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure of the Public Trust Office Expenses Account for the year ended 31st December, 1884. Beceipts. Public Trust Office,— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Balance on Ist January, 1884 ~. ... ... ... 6,413 18 3 Commission and charges received ... 2,553 8 5 -j .:■■ Commission on stamps purchased ... 3 13 9 1 '• Exchange on cheques... ... ... 14 6 i Profit on debentures redeemed... ... 836 0 0 Balance of Interest Account transferred* 4,027 14 9 7,422 1 5 Befund of stamps on leases ... ... 050 „ legal charges paid ... ... 29 10 6 „ advertising ... ... 29 1 6 „ travelling expenses ... ... 60 19 8 119 16 8 7,541 18 1 Native Beserves Branch, — By Commission and charges received ... ... 548 2 11 Exchange on cheque ... ... 0 1 0 Stamps cancelled ... ... ... 050 .vr— 0 6 0 _ 548 8 11 1 .' West Coast Settlement Beserves Branch, — By Commission and charges received ... ... 740 8 11 Befund of advertising paid ... ... 82 5 4 „ part of clerk's salary ... 64 3 4 146 8 8 886 17 7 Total ... ... £15,391 2 10 Expenditure. Public Trust Office — To Salaries of Officers, — Public Trustee ... ... ... 800 0 0 Chief Clerk ... ... ... 450 0 0 Accountant ... ... ... 342 10 0 Assistant Accountant ... ... 243 15 0 Ledger Keeper ... ... ... 215 0 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... 157 10 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... 146 5 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... 102 1 5 Clerk ... ... ... ... 87 10 0 Cadet ... ... ... ... 47 10 0 2,592 1 5 Commissions paid to agents ... ... ... 390 18 9 Stationery ... ... ... ... ... 62 1 6 Postages, telegrams, and stamps ... ... 137 18 6 Exchange on remittances ... ... ... 42 9 0 Advertising .. ... ... 282 14 10 Expenses of Travelling Agent ... ... ... 10 0 0 Travelling expenses of Public Trustee ... ... 60 4 8 Legal charges ... ... ... ... 42 2 4 Sundries ... ... ... 16 17 2 Clerical assistance ... ... ... ... 39 14 6 3,677 2 8 Carried forward ... ... ... £3,677 2 8

* Includes £1,161 16s. Bd. received too late to go into the accounts of the year 1883.

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Expenditure— continued. Public Trust Office — continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward ... 3,677 2 8 Native Beserves Branch, — To Salaries of Officers, — Commissioner ... ... ... 250 0 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... 90 0 0 390 0 0 Commission paid ... ... ... ... 37 17 2 Travelling Expenses of Native members of Public Trust Office Board 7 15 0 Stamps ... ... ... 10 6 2 Stationery ... ... ... ... ... 1 17 6 447 15 10 West Coast Settlement Beserves Branch,* — To Salaries of Officers, — Beserves Trustee ... ... ... 600 0 0 Clerk ... ... ... ... 209 3 4 Clerk ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 Interpreter ... ... ... 92 8 0 Office cleaner ... ... ... 6 0 0 957 11 4 Travelling expenses ... ... ... ... 59186 Advertising ... ... ... ... ... 82 5 4 Clerical assistance ... ... ... ... 820 Stamps ... ... ... 39 15 0 Stationery ... ... ... ... ... 1 17 6 Sundries ... ... ... ... ... 14 0 0 1,163 9 8 Balance on 31st December, 1884 ... 10,102 14 8 Total ... ... £15,391 2 10

* The loss this year in managing these reserves is £276 12s. Id., making the total loss met out of tho profits of the other branches of tho office £1,113 12s. Bd. B. C. Hamerton, Public Trustee. J. C. Moginie, Accountant. Public Trustee Office, Wellington, 15th May, 1885. Audited and found correct, James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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Audited and found correct: James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General. B. C. Hamerton, Public Trustee. Public Trust Office, Wellington, 15th May, 1885. J. C. Moginie, Accountant.

BALANCE-SHEET of the Public Trust Office for the Year ended 31st December, 1884.

By Authority: Geobge Didsbubt, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBs.

Balances on 1st January, 1884. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1884. No. Name of Account. Or. Dr. Or. Dr. Or. Dr. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ' 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 Properties placed in the office Proceeds of estates specially invested Intestates' estates Real estates Lunatics' estates Convicts' estates Native reserves West Coast Settlement reserves Special deposits " Public Works Act, 1876," sections 65 and 66 " Public W Torks Act, 1876," section 161 " Public Works Act, 1882," sections 64 and 65 " Public Works Act, 1882," section 151 " Sale for Non-payment of Bates Act, 1870," section 10 " Rating Act, 1876," section 63 " Rating Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1879," section 4 .. " Rating Act, 1882 " " Native Land Act Amendment Act, 1878," section 13 (No. 2) .. " Native Lands Act Amendment Act, 1882," section 6 " Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883," section 14 " Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877 " Merchant and Shipping Act " Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876," section 209 " Land Transfer Act, 1870," section 67 " Harbours Act, 1878," section 73 " Destitute Persons Act, 1877," sections 33 and 34 " Industrial Schools Act, 1882 " " Nelson Province Impounding Act, 1861," section 20 .. " Wellington Impounding Act, 1874 " Lands Clauses Consolidation Act Trustees Relief Act Auckland Hospital Reserves Act Grey River Railway repayment Supreme Court Land Assurance Fund .. .. Native Ten-per-Cents, Auckland Native Pive-per-Cents, Wairarapa Natives at Wellington Unclaimed dividends Railway Servants' Fund General Investment Account Special Investment Account Returned Cheque Deposit Account Expenses Account Interest Account Consolidated Fund Account Imprest Account Suspense Account Cash £ s. d. 11,944 9 4 39,159 13 1 36,425 4 11 4,055 0 2 3,815 1 5 108 11 0 2,356 6 8 603 10 2 172 9 3 339 13 1 172 15 6 226 18 0 12 16 9 235 5 9 469 14 2 5 8 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. 38,685 2 7 46,312 11 4 23,276 19 11 1,521 5 3 4,583 17 5 117 13 2 8,085 5 10 3,470 16 7 6 13 7 £ s. a. I 39,277 8 0 28,034 11 4 24,198 17 9 874 16 6 3,108 8 9 126 0 8 7,090 14 0 2,161 3 3 £ s. d. 11,352 3 11 57,437 13 1 35,503 7 1 4,701 8 11 5,290 10 1 100 3 6 3,350 18 6 1,913 3 6 179 2 10 284 11 10 172 15 6 262 14 0 25 2 2 244 13 9 443 12 4 98 12 9 69 18 0 6,181 16 5 6 6 0 4,559 3 7 679 17 7 38 11 11 1,990 0 4 £ s. d. 55 1 3 247 11 2 12 9 3 9 8 0 88 0 11 94 12 0 241 18 4 5,616 9 0 211 15 2 0 3 10 114 2 9 1 7 10 172 0 4 63 6 8 628 14 1 6 6 0 1,306 6 0 392 5 5 38 11 11 1,884 6 2 150 0 0 5 7 5 2 10 0 3,481 6 4 403 1 0 228 8 9 115 8 10 161 14 4 56 0 2 150 0 0 ■ 0 10 0 254 10 7 975 15 1 215 11 7 202 2 11 11 10 10 46,018 19 11 1,786 7 11 177 17 0 463 12 9 450 15 4 642 4 2 54 18 10 6,413 18 3 121,777 0 10 39,159 13 1 49 13 6 229 5 9 3 3 0 39 0 0 3,204 19 0 8 17 45 10 11 10 9 2 0 0 11 35 3 0 3,299 3 2 5 7 5 1 12 7 218 16 7 0 10 0 3 2 1 219 7 1 1,014 15 1 121 7 5 210 4 6 11 10 10 53,416 12 2 1,857 16 8 184 18 7 482 3 1 468 15 4 764 3 6 7,622 8 5 71 8 9 7 17 18 10 4 18 0 0 123 8 3 128,302 8 8 28,034 11 4 847 2 1 8,977 4 7 8,446 5 9 1,425 11 2 1,409 12 1 985 1 1 102,288 14 2 224 16 2 1 8 11 138,587 8 8 46,312 11 4 116 3 10 5,288 8 2 8,446 5 9 1,425 11 2 1,444 19 0 1,113 14 10 116,136 15 9 132,062 0 10 57,437 13 1 785 17 1 10,102 14 8 914 5 0 53 19 8 2,104 11 5 785 11 3 89 6 7 15,952 13 0 163,097 15 0 I 163,097 15 0 428,528 7 1 428,528 7 1 205,541 13 6 205,541 13 6