POST OFFICE ACCOUNT (BALANCE-SHEET OF) TO 31st DECEMBER, 1919. Prepared in accordance with the 116th Section of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1920 Session I, F-02

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1920. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT (BALANCE-SHEET OF) TO 31st DECEMBER, 1919. Prepared in accordance with the 116th Section of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency

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Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1919.

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Balances on 1st January, 1919. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1919. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. I I I Money-order Accounts: — Money-orders (general) United Kingdom, &c. United States of America Australia Austria Canada Ceylon Fiji .. France Germany Hong Kong India Norway Samoa Straits Settlements Tonga Union of South Africa Commission (foreign) Savings-bank Accounts :— Deposits and withdrawals Investments Accrued interest on investments Fixed Deposit Account Fixed Deposit Investment Account Transfers — New Zealand Commonwealth S.B. of Australia State Savings-bank of Australia United Kingdom Post Office Savings-bank Reserve Account .. Profit and Loss Account Postal Accounts :— Stamps Postal Guides Postal notes Private box and bag rents Safe-deposit receipts Money-order commission British postal orders — Head Office Account C.P.M.'s Account London Account British Post Office commission Postal revenue Telegraph Accounts :— New South Wales telegraphs New Zealand and Australian cable Pacific Cable Board Telephone-exchange receipts £ s. d. 97,961 1 5 12,623 9 9 13,940 10 3 1,869 5 44. 8,326 9 7 2,547 8 9 22 9 8 886 11 7 105 4 0 11,431 14 7 130 3 10 33,418,125 4 9 21,000 0 0 15,271 6 2 364,000 0 0 100,407 7 2 290,755 12 OJ 21 0 0 163,261 4 14 31,911 7 1 20,951 1 3 4,207 8 Hi 6,753 18 1 1,279 1 6 7,834 9 3 £ s. d. 159 8 9 1,051 6 10 1,195 6 11 93 14 9 950 11 5 57 10 10 419 11 3 31,878,951 9 7 359,899 0 0 21,000 0 0 117 18 9 2.173 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 4,790,130 19 6 4,792,264 17 1 367,404 9 4J 370,068 11 3 137,299 10 6 138,644 1 11 209,721 1 4 200,701 10 1 13,256 16 1 6,086 3 6 1,813 17 4 1,715 12 3 6,131 10 8 5,593 14 8 1,045 14 3 1,044 1 7 1,625 16 0 1,456 0 9 19,675 10 2 17,801 4 H 784 16 4 494 8 11 224 5 3 118 6 7 2,319 4 0 2,731 6 2 2,398 11 5 1,986 13 7 2,507 1 9 2,667 8 3 30,937,383 16 1 25,962,378 2 0 3,002,600 0 0 7,492,265 0 0 359,899 0 0 410,601 9 5 840 0 0 1,840 0 0 1,000 0 0 3,039,836 3 - 8 3,033,341 5 5 19,283 17 9 20,070 11 3 61.726 12 4 56,945 16 11 101,870 19 2 101,870 19 2 14,560 0 0 1,693,887 15 4 1,606,238 14 7 1,290,957 5 3 1,313,346 17 10£ 654 3 1 624 13 3 655,681 5 0 637,577 10 4$ 20,009 5 5 20,009 5 5 51 18 0 51 18 0 20,497 15 2 20,497 15 2 73,016 13 4 43,141 5 0 43,141 5 0 42,526 9 8 41,554 8 74 41,554 12 0£ 440 10 9| 440 10 9J 1,026,735 17 9| 1,011,040 11 2 50,097 18 10 55,835 11 9 12,638 3 8 13,296 3 4 116,011 3 10 114,025 5 2 404,996 5 84 404,996 5 8! £ s. d. 95,827 3 10 9,959 7 104 12,595 18 10 10,888 16 7J 8,326 9 7 9,718 1 4 120 14 9 378 7 3 888 4 3 274 19 3 13,306 0 7£ 420 11 3 12 3 11 354 7 0 38,393,130 18 4 20,000 0 0 21,766 4 5 2,607 15 5 378,560 0 0 188,056 7 11 268,365 19 5 50 9 10 181,364 18 9 61,786 15 5 21,565 16 7 19,902 15 7 1,016 5 2 621 1 10 9,820 7 11 £ s. d. 1,051 6 10 1,195 6 11 1,362 13 7 579 17 9 36,368,616 9 7 410,601 9 5 20,000 0 0 904 12 3 0 3 5

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Special-messenger receipts Maintenance of private wires Registration of code addresses Cash deposits Telegraph revenue Radio Account General Accounts :— Post Office Account Postmasters and telegraphists Miscellaneous receipts (general) Foreign postage Foreign Mail Settlement Account . . Miscellaneous expenses Discount stamps For other Departments :— Advances to settlers Agriculture Arms Act licenses Audit fees Beer duty Clerks of Court County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.C.) Customs duties (parcels) Education Department Examination fees Electoral receipts Factories Act Fishing licenses Game licenses Goldfields revenue Government Insurance Government Printer Hospital and Charitable Aid Board receipts Homing-pigeons Protection Act Hospital-ship receipts Imperial pensions Income-tax Industrial schools Labour Department receipts Land-drainage receipts Land-tax Licensing Act Machinery Marine Department Mental Hospital receipts Mining Act National Provident Fund receipts New Zealand Consols Orchard-tax .. ""."'' Pensions Department — Military Miners Old-age „ pensions (miscellaneous) ■.-.- ~ War .. Widows " ! 4,423 14 8 ..,.-,. . 2,431 12 8 3,017 3 4 .. 35,508 4 0 9,264 9 44 .. 1,180,782 4 9£ 8,174 11 0 1,535,815 7 7 28,098,260 3 6 1,408,999 6 10 56,340,456 1 11|6.253 2 3J .. 47,775 1 6J 2,732 4 3 .. 13,553 5 7£ 17,434 19 10 .. 16,138 15 9 417,598 14 2 6,611,515 7 0 1,884 14 0 .. 742 10 0 61,526 6 9 .. 2,166,733 18 0 86 4 4 .. 1,389 10 5 2 0 0 .. 112 0 0 35 0 0 3,201 19 10 .- 27,106 18 0 118 18 0 329 13 0 117 8 3 .. 680 6 0 30,477 7 1 .. 268,993 4 0 10 0 .. 1,397 11 6 0 15 0 .. 163 10 0 32 13 0 21 14 0 135 18 6 .. 1,580 14 6 4,274 10 0 10 16 6 .. 58 19 4 22,843 8 10 .. 238,044 13 11 0 5 6 76 16 8 0 10 .. 0 6 0 (J 11 0 8,516 10 1 45,000 0 0 4,439 0 10 .. 3,339,940 17 11 540 12 0 .. 14,537 5 4 0 6 0 361 15 10 .. 6,873 5 5 64,175 15 6 .. 1,166,806 16 11 20 10 0 1,040 5 0 .. 14,177 5 0 32 13 4 . . 272 11 0 11 19 3 408 0 0 .. - 176 10 0 1,964 8 2 .. 42,144 2 10 191 15 11 '.'. 1,901 1 3 336 8 5 ~7 46,000 0 0 160 18 1 :. 15,100 0 0 3,029 5 6 -.■■...- 731,000 0 0 ■ ■ _3 5 0 1.254 2 8 .. 1,637,676 11 10 308 16 6 :: 121,400 0 0 1 4,423 14 8 2,431 12 8 35,076 6 3 1,177,488 15 8J 5,805 18 2 28,351,759 4 1 56,236,440 18 54 30,322 14 2,1 9,423 13 7 9,785 18 8 7,085,575 15 6 601 3 0 2,140,443 16 2 1,407 14 9 113 0 0 35 0 0 27.184 8 8 118 16 0 329 13 0 677 19 3 280,483 18 3 1,389 1 6 164 0 0 30 6 0 21 13 0 1,574 5 6 4,256 10 0 64 1 1 236,850 5 1 0 5 6 52 17 10 0 6 0 0 5 0 46,195 19 8 3,327,587 10 9 14,040 13 4 0 6 0 7,063 8 2 1,195,620 4 6 20 10 0 13,966 0 0 286 0 9 11 19 3 178 10 0 41,152 2 2 1,986 14 2 46,143 11 5 13,990 4 0 732,204 7 9 3 5 0 1,674,352 11 2 113.777 13 S 3,449 11 12,557 18 5| 2,368 12 10 1,789,314 8 1,304,984 3 23,705 9 7 J 6,861 16 34 23,787 16 11 891,659 2 2,026 10 87,816 8 7 68 0 0 10 0 3,124 9 2 0 2 0 119 15 0 18,986 12 10 9 10 0 0 5 0 2 7 0 0 10 142 7 6 18 0 0 5 14 9 24,037 17 8 23 18 10 0 10 0 6 0 9,712 9 16,792 8 0 1,037 4 0 171 13 1 '.'. 35,362 7 11 1,251 10 0 '.'. 19 3 7 406 0 0 '.' 2,956 8 10 i06 3 0 -'.[ 192 if 0 ' " '.'.' 1,270 14 1 i, 1,824 17 9 35,421 16 7,931 2 10 . I I ;

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General Post Office, Wellington, 24th June, 1920. J. G. Coates, Postmaster-General. Examined and found correct.— H. A. Lamb, Deputy Controller and Auditor

Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1919— continued.

By Authority : Marcus F. Marks, Government Printer. Wellington.— 1920.

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Balances on 1st January, 1919. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1919. Cr. Dr, Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. For other Departments — -continiied. Public Health .. Public Trust Public Service superannuation Railways .. Registration of births, &e. Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs School Journal receipts State Fire Insurance Department Stock Department Teachers' Superannuation Fund Valuation revenue Miscellaneous revenue Wheat receipts Suspense Account .. .. New Zealand Government loan debentures Post Office 5-per-cent. inscribed stock War-loan certificates: — Head Office Account C.P.M.'s Account Fund Account Sales Investment Account For Custody Account Interest Account Interest Investment Account Y.M.C.A. coupons — Head Office Account C.P.M.'s Account Adjustment Account I £ s. d. 170 8 7 98,570 3 10 3,976 12 3 276 10 6 12 7 0 127 11 4 6 12 9 4 12 4 5,251 9 7 237 16 6 0 4 0 2 10 10,500 0 0 7,750 0 0 227,602 2 0 426,126 12 0 3,989,267 13 7 224,950 15 11 6,249 2 6 9.119 7 6 388 17 6 £ s. d. 3,981,500 0 0 224,950 0 0 £ s. d. 2,019 10 7 1.324.251 2 11 273,378 4 4 3.645 4 0 292 7 6 2.288 14 10 293 0 0 27 5 6 1 10 0 80,211 8 8 8,607 11 6 32 12 0 725 13 2 1,232,322 10 0 669,110 0 0 623,950 0 0 493,828 8 0 583,213 12 0 256,879 0 0 194,319 0 11 8,889 2 6 67 10 0 367 7 6 £ "s. d. 2,040 1 1 1,388,093 4 9 254,935 0 11 3,483 9 6 287 1 2 2,186 12 4 289 7 5 13 17 0 1 10 0 76,504 1 0 8,447 3 0 32 16 0 725 13 2 1,191,585 0 0 670,670 0 0 493,828 8 0 586,647 9 0 581, 500 0 0 256,879 0 0 194,350 0 0 15,138 5 0 9.186 17 6 756 5 0 £ s. d. 149 18 1 34,728 2 0 22,419 15 8 438 5 0 17 13 4 229 13 10 10 5 4 18 0 10 8,958 17 3 398 5 0 2 1 0 51,237 10 0 6,190 0 0 357,723 14 0 333,307 11 0 4,572,481 5 7 419,269 16 10 £ s. d. 4,563,000 0 0 419,300 0 0 Totals.. 39,843,448 17 9 39,843,448 17 9 39,843,448 17 9 39,843,448 17 9 156,558,387 5 9J 156,558,387 5 9| 45,817,704 0 4 156,558,387 5 94 1 156,558,387 5 94 45,817,704 0 4 ! 45,817,704 0 45,817,704 0 4