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Revenue and Expenditure of the Public Trust Office for the Years ended 31st March, 1897 to 1902.

(!) An error in oasting up the 1900-1 accounts, which escaped the notice of both the office Accountant and the local Audit officer, made the accrued interest on mortgages on the 31st March, 1901, appear less by £2,000 than was really the case, showing the profits for that year £5,691 9s. 5d., instead of £7,691 9s. sd. This sum must be deducted from last year's surplus, as it was really due to the previous year's operations, leaving the profits on the 1901-2 business £8,706 9s. lid., not £10,706 9s. lid. as above appears.

Income of the Public Trust Office Year by Year from 1896 to 31st March, 1902.

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Year ended 31st Maroh, 1897. Year ended 31st Maroh, 1898. Year ended Year ended Year ended ' Year ended 31st Maroh, 31st Maroh, 31st March, 31st Maroh, 1899. 1900. 1901. 1902. Expenditure. Salaries Commission to agents Clerical assistance and auditing ... Legal expenses Stationery, printing, and office requisites Miscellaneous Unauthorised Deficiency in realisation of mortgages Balance, being excess of revenue £ a. d. 7,719 6 10 739 2 10 £ s. d. 7,673 10 9 728 14 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. » 7,889 7 7 8,213 4 9 8,409 10 2 8,773 15 5 i 1,102 15 3 1,398 19 8 2,187 14 8 1,631 0 3 278 13 0 503 6 0 244 3 0 229 12 9 i 272 11 6l 240 0 0 272 7 5 276 3 8 i 244 0 4 245 11 6 363 16 0 211 13 6 379 0 6 3,390 1 3 89 3 7 408 2 3 3,627 9 7 254 18 7 I 560 13 3 425 6 9 595 13 6 550 11 1 ' 4,122 0 0 4,359 18 9 3,826 15 7 3,396 12 3 443 2 10 ... ... 69 18 10 180 7 4 488 0 6 1,221 11 4 4,766 9 2 J 4,014 17 7 5,973 12 6*5,691 9 5 1 10706 9 11 Eevenue. 14,500 12 8 17,933 0 11 119,137 8 10 20,856 13 11 21,347 6 9 25,616 4 11 Commission and charges Interest in excess of amount credited to estates Miscellaneous 6,898 15 6,376 5 1,225 12 5 2 1 8,274 14 6: 9,802 18 6 10,415 9,835 606 7 4 2 2 6 3 11,557 12 10 8,971 18 1 817 15 10 11,210 3 13,678 9 7-27 12 3 2 6 8,647 11 1,010 15 0 8,473 11 5 860 19 1 3 14,500 12 8 17,933 0 1119,137 8 10 20,856 13 11 121,347 6 9 25,616 4 11

Class of Kstates. Year ended 81tt March, 1896. Year ended 31st March, 1897. Year ended Year ended Year ended Year ended 31st March. 31st March. 31st March, 31st March, 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901. i Year ended 31st March, 1902. Intestates' Wills, trusts, sinking funds, &o. Real and lunatics' .. Native reserves West Coast settlement reserves Miscellaneous £ s. d. 1,494 15 9 £ s. d. 1,642 6 9 £ s. (1. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d.i 1,877 14 4! 2,380 2 1 2,888 13 3 2,845 14 2l £ s. d. 3,424 14 4 ■ 1,555 17 9 524 5 5 628 5 6 2,115 12 0 545 0 1 536 0 2. 2,959 19 9l 3,645 18 2 3,400 7 L 3,897 6 2 521 16 6 810 18 11 1,135 18 10 958 8 0! 567 3 1 575 2 5 597 16 7 962 14 6 3,328 8 7 867 4 3 600 9 0 \ 1,569 8 6 • 1,909 14 9 1,345 11 9 1,939 16 9 1,361 10 0 1,265 11 11 1,554 6 4 : 1,735 5 9 1,997 6 8 1,986 4 8i 1,444 7 4] 1,976 0 1 1,779 16 4 1,937 3 3 Interest 7,682 7 8 7,560 7 2 8,124 7 6 6,376 5 2 9,285 9 11| 8,647 11 0; 110,663 17 9 8,473 11 1 11,021 9 5J12,375 8 8 9,835 4 6! 8,971 18 1 20,856 13 111'21347 6 9 15,886 15 1015,655 17 4 11,937 15 9 13,678 9 2 Total income Total expenditure |15,242 14 10 ;14,902 15 0 14,500 12 8 13,569 14 8 17,933 0 11 18,471 19 7 19,137 8 10 16,314 3 7 125616 4 11 14,909 15 0 i>: See note above.