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Revenue and Expenditure of the Public Trust Office for the Years ended 31st March, 1898 to 1903.

Income of the Public Trust Office Year by Year from 1897 to 31st March, 1903.

Year ended 31st March, 1898. Year ended 31st March, 1899. Year ended 31st March, 1900. Year ended 31st March, 1901. Year ended 31st March, 1902. Year ended 31st March, 1903. 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 £ s. d. 7,673 10 9! 728 14 10 £ s. d. 7,889 7 7 1,102 15 3 £ s. d. 8,213 4 9 1,398 19 8 £ 8. 8,409 10 2,187 14 d. 2 8 £ s. d. 8,773 15 5 1,631 0 3 £ a. d. 9,143 3 7 1,777 15 5 244 3 0 229 12 9 272 11 6 244 0 4 240 0 0 245 11 6 272 7 363 16 5 0 276 3 8 211 13 6 266 19 6 208 14 0 408 2 3 3,627 9 7 254 18 7 560 13 3 4,122 0 0 443 2 10 425 6 9 4,359 18 9 595 13 3,826 15 6 7 550 11 1 3,396 12 3 69 18 10 804 13 4 *7,265 14 6 488 0 6 4,325 12 9 4,766 9 2 4,014 17 7 5,973 12 6 5,691 9 5 10,706 9 11 Eevenue. 17,933 0 11 19,137 8 10l '20,856 13 11 21,347 6 9 25,616 4 11 23,792 13 1 Commission and charges Interest in excess of amount credited to estates Miscellaneous 8,274 14 8,647 11 1,010 15 6 0 6 9,802 18 8,473 11 860 19 6 1 8 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 9 727 12 8 2 6 10,133 18 12,777 11 881 3 3 5 5 17,933 0 11 19,137 8 10 |20,856 13 11 21,347 6 9 .25,616 4 11 23,792 13 1 •Includes £2,676 12s. .coountant, and £330 15s. fc 6d. added to Ai i>r deposit-safes. isurance and Ri iserve Fund, £', S00 compassionai ,e allowanoe to widow of late

Class of Estates. 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. Year ended 31st March, 1902. Year ended SlBt March, 1903. Intestates' Wills, trusts, sinking funds, &c. Real and lunatics' .. Native reserves West Coast settlement reserves Miscellaneous £ s. d. 1,642 6 9 £ s. d. 1,877 14 4 £ s. d. 2,380 2 1 £ s. d. 2,888 13 3 £ s. d. 2,845 14 2 £ s. d. 3,424 14 4 £ s. d. 2,867 3 2 2,115 12 0 545 0 1 536 0 2 2,959 19 9 521 16 6 567 3 1 3,645 18 2 810 18 11 575 2 5 3,400 7 1 1,135 18 10; 597 16 7 3,897 6 2 958 8 0 962 14 6 3,328 8 7 867 4 3, 600 9 0 3,042 8 3 792 8 9 628 16 7 1,345 11 9 1,939 16 9 1,361 10 0 1,997 6 3 1,265 11 11 1,986 4 3 1,554 6 4 1,444 7 4 1,735 5 9 1,976 0 1 1,779 16 4 1,937 3 3 1,782 7 9 1,901 17 2 Interest 8,124 7 6 6,376 5 2 9,285 9 11 8,647 11 0; 10,663 17 9 8,473 11 1 11,021 9 5 9,835 4 6 12,375 8 8 8,971 18 1 11,937 15 9 13,678 9 2 11,015 1 8 12,777 11 5 23,792 13 1 19,467 0 4 Total income Total expenditure 14,500 12 8| 18,569 14 3 ! 17,933 0 Il| 13,471 19 7 1 19,137 8 10 16,314 3 7 20,856 13 11 15,886 15 10 21,347 6 9 15,655 17 4 25,616 4 11 14,909 15 0