POST OFFICE ACCOUNT (BALANCE-SHEET OF) TO 31st DECEMBER, 1918. Prepared in accordance with the 116th Section of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1919 Session I, F-02

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1919. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT (BALANCE-SHEET OF) TO 31st DECEMBER, 1918. 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, 1918.

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Balances on 1st January, 1918. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1918. Cr. Dr. Cr. i >r. Cr. Dr. 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 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 —H.O. a/c .. —C.PM.'s a/c „ —.London a/c B.P.O. commission Postal revenue Telegraph Accounts :— New South Wales Telegraphs New Zealand and Australian cable Pacific Cable Board Telephone-exchange receipts £ s. cl. 89,449 6 5 40,912 7 5 4,115 13 7 8,326 9 7 2,364 4 7 92 12 0 1,043 10 11 172 9 3 8,779 12 3 149 15 5 il 12 2 £ s. d. 7,870 5 10 398 5 0 1,051 6 10 1,195 6 11 1,158 16 3 307 15 11 435 9 1 £ s. d. 3,820,048 14 0 : 260,969 1 10 107,075 13 11 187,932 1 10 10,314 7 3 1,556 7 2 5,327 8 4 1,132 0 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,811,536 19 0 97,961 1 5 289,257 19 6 12,623 9 9 97,250 17 3 13,940 10 3 178,192 10 7J 1,869 5 4£ 8,326 9 7 10,131 3 1 2,547 8 9 1,626 9 6 22 9 8 5,088 12 1 1.289 0 3 886 11 7 £ s. d. 159 8 9 1,051 6 10 1,627 10 10 19,301 0 3 261 4 8 1,694 16 1 105 4 0 16,648 17 11 11,431 14 7 280 16 3 130 3 10 149 15 0 2,669 14 11 2,228 1 4 2,362 17 6 19,160,576 1.3 9 1,286,225 0 0 328,417 17 7 840 0 0 : 255 1 11 2,461 10 1 1,977 16 3 2,346 19 8 14,938,841 10 0 33,418,125 4 9 4,697.885 0 0 359,899 0 0 840 0 0 : 21,000 0 0 1,195 6 11 93 14 9 950 11 5 57 10 10 419 11 3 29,196,389 19 0 21,000 0 0 28,467,291 9 7 328,417 17 7 21,000 0 0 31,878,951 9 7 359,899 0 0 21,000 0 0 11.435 11 8 2,356 1 2 530 6 7 1,652,926 19 2 6,370 5 11 27,922 10 7 8,522 8 6 1,477,109 18 2 1,182,566 5 7J 630 3 10 587,181 9 2 17,471 10 4 10 10 0 17,487 0 4 55,883 6 8 48,348 8 9 51,079 19 3 527 7 1 985,151 5 2J 1,649,091 4 8 15,271 6 2 8,844 5 10 30,625 17 2 8,522 8 6 1,784,768 6 11 100,407 7 2 1,230,135 6 li 290,755 12 0J 621 8 6 21 0 0 616,065 11 1J 163,261 4 L£ 17,471 10 4 10 10 0 17,487 0 4 48,348 8 9 31,911 7 1 51,661 4 10 20,951 1 3 51,079 19 3 527 7 1 987,185 19 7 4,207 8 IH ii7 18 9 2,173 0 0 408,065 15 11 338,324 12 6J j 12 4 8 192,145 6 1 24,376 9 2 24,263 17 4 6,242 3 4 5,497 19 3 1,007 7 9 4.822 11 4 • 75,184 4 10 15,522 15 4 82,918 3 3 368,030 10 7J 73,928 6 0 6,753 18 1 15,251 1 7 1,279 1 6 79,906 5 4 7.834 9 3 368,030 10 74

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Special-messenger receipts Maintenance of private wires Registration of code addresses Cash deposits Telegraph revenue rEXERAL ACCOUNTS : Post Office Savings-bank Reserve Account .. Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists Miscellaneous receipts (general) Foreign postage Foreign Mail Settlement Account Miscellaneous expenses Discount stamps 'or 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 Inspector, Weights and Measures Industrial schools Labour Department receipts Land-drainage receipts Land-tax Licensing Act Machinery Marine Department Mining Act National Provident Fund receipts New Zealand Consols Orchard-tax Pensions Department; — Military Miners Old-age „ Pensions (miscellaneous) 2,368 8 3 9,609 10 3J 6,997 14 3 15,316 4 2 87,521 9 8 1,926 16 0 37,487 16 8 100 14 10 4 0 0 2,114 5 0 , 4 8 7 1 43 19 4 9,444 3 2 10 13 9 1 5 0 0 10 0 123 15 0 6 17 0 24,096 18 0 0 11 0 22, H7 17 0 379 4 2 222,594 4 0 1,334 5 0 9 6 8 427 5 0 490 6 3 ' 262 19 9 21 13 0 433 3 8 1,442,674 10 4 1,346,062 5 44 3,584 17 6J 1,857 9 5 2,U7 11 5 0 19 0 , 0 19 0 4,069 4 8 j 4,069 4 8 1,618 6 4 ! 1,618 6 4 27,532 9 04 i 26,883 13 114 1.197,998 8 6 ! 1,198.343 9 5 364,000 0 0 24,085,3.58 2 94 24,178,499 0 0J 40,357,860 13 8 40,420.797 15 lj 38,913 14 5 39,658 6 4£ 15,119 9 0£ 8,802 7 3 16,107 16 3 13,989 0 7 6,837,467 1 0 7,342.587 4 10 537 10 0 579 12 0 1,366,858 2 2 1.342,819 12 1 1,338 5 10 1,352 16 4 86 0 0 88 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 19,413 19 0 18,326 4 2 63 8 1 67 16 8 43 16 8 43 16 8 834 18 6 761 9 7 185,797 2 6 164,763 18 7 1.321 4 8 1,330 18 5 131 10 0 132 0 0 8 10 8 10 18 7 0 18 17 0 1,163 13 6 1.151 10 0 3,942 12 0 3,942 12 0 62 1 0 58 1 6 262,941 9 7 264.194 18 9 0 7 0 0 7 0 5 0 0' 500 0 3 0 0 2 0 30,000 0 0 36,659 0 8 3,293,677 15 0 3,311.416 11 2 0 1 11 0 1 11 14,209 9 5 14.048 1 7 0 6 0 0 6 0 4,249 19 6 3,888 3 8 1,122,181 11 6 I 1,280.600 0 0 20 10 0 20 10 0 10,867 11 6 I 11.161 11 6 241 4 2 217 17 6 152 5 0 171 10 0 28,469 17 11 26.995 16 0 1,644 1 7 1,715 5 5 3,017 3 4 9,264 9 4J 364,000 0 0 6,253 2 3* 2,732 4 3 17,434 19 10 1,884 14 0 61,526 6 9 86 4 4 2 0 0 3,201 19 10 117 8 3 30.477 7 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 135 18 6 10 16 6 22,843 8 10 0 10 0 11 0 4.439 0 10 540 12 0 361 15 10 64,175 15 6 1.040 5 0 32 13 4 408 0 0 1,964 8 2 191 15 11 l,535,8i5 7 ' 1,408,999 6 11 417,598 U ! 8,516 10 1 7 .0 2 1 51,600 0 0 I 51.285 4 7 13,400 0 0 13.672 5 7 742,000 0 0 736,853 3 1 45 0 0 45 0 0 336 8 5 160 18 1 3,029 5 6

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Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1918— continued.

By Authority : Marcus F. Mjlbks, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1919.

Approximate Cost of Paper. — Preparation, not given; printing (800 copies), £5.

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Balances on 1st January, 191S. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1918. Cr. Dr. Cr. I Dr. Cr. Dr. For other Departments — continued. Pensions Department — continued. War Widows Public Health Public Trust Public Service Superannuation Railways Registration of births, &c. Rents Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs School Journal receipts .. State Fire Insurance Department Stock Department Teachers' Superannuation Fund Valuation revenue Wheat receipts Miscellaneous revenue 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 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 6,567 10 6 .. 1,012,000 0 0 1,017.313 7 10 279 8 3 73,300 0 0 72,711 15 3 155 9 0 .. 1.418 16 8 1.403 17 1 48,528 7 2 .. 1,389,157 15 11 1,339.115 19 3 2,195 7 10 189,476 14 6 , 183.304 14 5 309 12 6 .. 2,852 4 6 2,885 6 6 16 18 0 .. 315 3 5 319 14 5 305 2 3 .. 2,186 0 3 2.363 11 2 139 9 11 132 17 2 670 114 8 0 15 0 .. 2 15 0 3 10 0 3,883 8 11 .. 61,204 17 4 59,836 16 8 650 5 6 .. 7,162 4 10 7.574 13 10 937 10 0 937 10 0 6 0 0 .. 287 14 6 293 10 6 2 10... 14,780 0 0 .. 1,614,387 10 0 1,618,667 10 0 21,800 0 0 .. 780,100 0 0 794,150 0 0 373,125 14 0 .. 1,090,800 0 0 1,236,323 12 0 ! 310,387 7 0 .. 1,236,323 12 0 1,120,584 7 0 2,876.809 10 0 .. 1,114,059 5 0 1,601 1 5 2,886,500 0 0 .. 1,095.000 0 0 461.811 0 0 461.811 0 0 56,136 15 0 .. 168,814 0 11 i 56,200 0 0 .. 168,750 0 0 5,609 7 6 .. 24,375 0 0 23,735 5 0 10,459 19 6 .. 23,735 5 0 25,075 17 0 3,865 16 6 .. 25,071 2 0 28,548 1 0 £ s. d. 1,254 2 8 308 16 6 170 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 1 0 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 Totals - ■ — . . h— - , 34,570,598 3 2 34,570,598 3 2 121,243.161 14 2 121,243,161 14 2 39,843,448 17 9 39,843,448 17 39,843,448 17 9 : 39,843,448 17 9 9 General Post Office, Wellington, 26th June, 1919. Examined and found correct. —Robert J. Collins, Controller and Auditor. J. G. Ward, Postmaster-General.