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Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1906 — continued.

General Post Office, Wellington, Ist March, 1907. J- G. Ward, Postmaster-General. Examined and found correct, except that old-age pension instalments to the amount of £339 16s. 4d. were paid by the Postmaster-General before the moneys necessary in order to enable such instalments to be paid had, by the Colonial Treasurer, been paid out of the Consolidated Fund into the Post Office Account by way of imprest, in accordance with the provisions of section 58 of " The Old-age Pensions Act, 1898." J. K. Wabbukton, Controller and Auditor-General. 25th June, 1907.

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Balances on 1st January, 1906. Cr. Dr. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1906. Or. i Dr. Cr. Dr. Brought forward 'or other Departments :— Advances to Settlers Arms Act licenses Auctioneers' licenses Alooholic Liauors Sales Control Act, 1895 " Clerks of Court County Clerks Customs dues (H.M.C.) Customs duty (parcels) Education Department Electoral Department Factories Act Fishing licenses Game licenses Geraldine County Council Goldfields revenue Government Audit Department Government debentures Government Insurance Government Printer.. Homing-pigeons Protection Ac! Imperial pensions Income-tax.. Land-tax Licensing Act Machinery Mining Act Miners' Guides New Zealand Consols Official Assignee Old-age pensions Old-age pensions (miscellaneous Public Trust Railways Registration of births, &c. Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs Sheep rates Stock Department Treasury imprests refunded .. Valuation revenue Miscellaneous revenue Probation officers Suspense Acoount Profit and loss £ s d. 9,132,187 7 6J £ s. d. 9,487,234 19 oj £ s. d. 33,739,490 9 3 £ a. d. 33-722,994 13 9j £ s. d. 10,508,252 16 ij;: £ s. d. 10,846,804 12 2 2,895 13 1 15 o o 897,953 19 5 215 o o 17 IO o 7 5 8 895,202 4 7 224 o o 17 10 o 7 5 8 5,647 7 11 600 .. I 10 o 90 5 1 355 7 11 2,331 18 7 49,885 5 8 690 360 79 o 3 1,539 16 6 2,076 0 o 551 6 2 122 IO O 33 6 8 j 77,095 i° o ! 29,726 2 IO i 744 2 10 060 21,000 o 0 160,506 13 7 318,705 11 o 20 o o 7,058 12 4 372 IO 0 85 15 1 355 7 11 2,208 18 4 48,485 10 9 690 870 78 o 3 1,530 10 6 2,076 o o 55i 6 2 117 11 11 33 6 8 73,095 10 o 29,171 11 11 • 781 13 11 060 27,808 18 2 159,328 4 9 321,531 18 6 20 o o 6,916 7 4 294 o #0 600 180 8 2 3,948 15 ' 303 8 5 5,348 10 o 520 147 17 o 010 100 157 3 o " 5 4 6 300 700 o o 2,779 10 8 191 7 5 I .. 1 10 2 7 300 4,700 O O j 3,334 1 7 153 16 4 ■"' ■• •• 8,142 12 o 132 6 8 4,240 6 7 i,333 13 10 1,310 15 6 1,413 19 1 564 15 o 398 10 o 1 5 6 707 o o 477 o o 1 5 6 42 18 10 24,510 7 8 32,323 15 4 875 8 8 240 11 6 30 5 o 234 15 o 61 6 o 1,725 o 0 6,067 o 5 311,500 o o 2 3 7 602,658 16 4 8,318 9 o 2,409 3 o 278 o 4 1,847 9 1 21,141 17 2 57 15 8 218 7 7 4,784 2 10 180 10 7 500 5 15 io4 399.357 1 7 1,725 o o 2,798 16 1 309,322 o 7 2 3 7 609,802 9 4 8,359 2 7 2,399 2 3 282 1 o 1,815 12 9 21,152 4 2 57 5 8 218 7 7 4,805 18 11 165 9 1 500 527 I 414,697 13 5 3,3n- 3 2 26,688 7 1 25,180 2 4 834 15 1 250 12 3 26 4 4 266 11 4 50 19 o o 10 o .. 1 23 18 1 2 15 9 220 17 17 3 082 272,347 17 10 1 1 54 257,007 6 o Totals 9,487,234 19 04I 19,487,234 19 oj 136,670,544 17 gji 136,670,544 17 94 10,846,804 12 2 10,846,804 12 2