POST OFFICE ACCOUNT (BALANCE-SHEET OF) TO 31st MARCH, 1923.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1923 Session I-II, F-02

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Session 11. 1923. NEW ZEALAND.

POST OFFICE ACCOUNT (BALANCE-SHEET OF) TO 31st MARCH, 1923.

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 March, 1923.

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Balances on 1st April, 1922. Transactions. Balances on 31st March, 1923. Cr. Dr. Or. Dr. Or. Or. Dr. Cr. Dr. ! - "" f ' ~ I MONEY-ORDEK ACCOUNTS :— Money-orders (general) United Kingdom, &o. . . United States of America Australia Canada Cevlon Fiji France 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 Post Office Savings-bank Reserve Account Transfers :— New Zealand Commonwealth Savings-bank of Australia State Savings-bank of Australia United Kingdom Profit and Loss Account Postal Accounts :— Stamps Postal Guides Postal notes Trade charges (Money-order Account) Private box and bag rents Rural-delivery fees Safe-deposit receipts Money-order Commission British postal orders — Head Office Account Chief Postmaster's Account London Account British postal-order commission Postal revenue £ s. d. £ s. d. 86,097 6 0 4.035 16 0| 1,296 19 0 4,489 2 4 352 16 4J 91 9 6| 763 5 8 16 19 10 49 5 10 3,593 13 7£ 84 6 6 44 16 7 2,843 0 7 188 15 4 253 13 6 43,841,704 4 7 43,996.256 9 7 531,330 5 6 .. i 20,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 621,000 0 0 16,668 11 6 271 2 9 7,006 2 5 176,095 4 11 323,891 16 11 9 7 2 186,648 6 7 1,183 8 4 51,954 15 10 16,214 2 1 14,258 1 1] £ s. d. 4,483,499 6 8 389,003 13 11 23,995 14 1 248,841 10 11 16,843 17 6| 653 9 8 4,900 14 9 16 19 10 1,258 2 10 14,486 16 11 483 10 4 301 0 0 6,757 16 3 2,375 5 8 2,430 16 11 28,287,951 13 2 7,109,316 0 0 531,330 5 6 800 0 0 40,000 0 0 179,000 0 0 2,764,607 10 3 54,229 16 11 134,743 8 10 84,813 11 5 2,385,344 12 5 1,810,188 8 3i 919 5 8 753,831 5 0 3,709 7 1 28,566 1 1 8,618 9 9 140 10 2 30,264 .3 7 35,308 6 8 62,315 6 3 60,707 1 1 1,026 12 2 1,378,246 15 6^ £ s. d. 4,486,500 17 8 446,445 15 1 23,448 0 10 243,582 9 7 4,502 19 7 660 4 8-J 4,619 10 4 1,303 7 3 14,425 5 4 527 11 9 293 3 8 6,590 15 11 2,356 8 6 2,519 7 9 27,769,262 16 3 7,270,216 0 0 544,433 18 1 20,800 0 0 20,000 0 0 £ s. d. 83,095 15 0 1,844 12 3 769 19 0 11,988 1 7 84 14 6 4 1 5 3,655 5 2 l 40 5 1 207 12 6 44,360,393 1 6 800,000 0 0 £ s. d. 61,477 17 2£ 482 1 3 37 0 3 2,676 0 3 342 4 4 44,157,156 9 7 544,433 18 1 2,767,507 12 1 55,088 4 11 131,746 6 5 84,813 11 5 2,393,192 16 11 13,768 9 8 10,003 4 10 168,247 0 5 587 5 3 1,768,027 4 10 852 14 8 747,774 16 10 3,992 5 10 28,566 1 1 8,618 9 9 140 10 2 30,264 3 7 366,053 0 4£ 75 18 2 192,704 14 9 900 9 7 62,315 6 3 61,716 19 0 60,707 1 1 1,026 12 2 1.397.492 2 6 \ 24,947 16 3 16,812 9 4 4,987 5 10J

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Ielegkai'H Accounts :— New South Wales Telegraphs New Zealand and Australian cable (Eastern Extension).. Pacific Cable Board Radio Aocount Telephone-exchange receipts Maintenance of private wires Registration of code addresses .. .. ... Cash deposits Telegraph revenue .. .. .. . . ... General Accounts :— Post Office Aocount Postmasters and Telegraphists Miscellaneous receipts (general) .. Foreign postage Foreign Mail Settlement Aocount Miscellaneous expenses Discount stamps Customs clearance fees For other Departments :— Advances to settlers Agriculture Audit fees Beer duty Clerks of Court Customs dues (H.M. Customs) Customs duties (parcels) Defence Department Education Department Eleotoral receipts .. .. Examination fees (Public Service Commissioner) Fishing licenses Game licenses Goldfields revenue Government Firewood Depot Government Housing Act Government Insurance Government Printer Homing-pigeons Protection Aot Hospital and charitable aid receipts Imperial pensions .. .. Income-tax Industrial-school receipts Labour Department Land-drainage receipts .. . . . . ... Land revenue .. .. .. . . Land-tax . . .. . . . . . . . . | Lioensing Act .. .. .. .. .. I Maohinery fees Marine Department receipts Mining Act Miscellaneous revenue National Provident Fund receipts Opossum licenses Orchard-tax 2.256 0 8 604 18 7 5.076 5 4 700 8 6 3,283 2 4! 6,471 1 3 11.117 4 3 7,856 2 3 47,897 2 8 52,921 8 9 1,971 8 0 66,618 0 1 115 1 5 3,829 9 6 60 16 8 18,931 8 11 128 12 7 0 2 0 6 7 6 1,102 14 0 9 12 6 37 6 10 16 7 1 8,550 11 2 32 8 0 1,098 18 7 18,786 5 3 614 12 4 2,802 9 1 12,167 3 7 722 12 6 31 0 0 405 10 0 5 12 0 4,433 19 11 37 17 0 371,920 5 6 994,405 2 1 53,693 18 0 13,176 3 6 124,607 0 8 6,088 1 10 597,205 2 0 4,515 17 61 5,839 1 8 42,515 6 9 1,508,743 4 6 27,860.016 18 Hi 52,338,443 16 0 51,328 18 0 47,743 4 5 10,000 0 0 4,014,575 6 2 34(1 0 0 217 6 9 2,970.055 6 9 1.243 2 5 1 7 0 49,099 0 4 1 0 0 561 5 0 305,841 19 4 25,890 6 1 5,767 14 3 68 1 0 86 17 6 1,648 0 0 7,576 10 0 13 0 9 585 9 7 855 14 1 208.143 2 5 0 2 0. 0 12 0 39 4 10 125,000 0 0 1,877.463 4 9 11,589 10 2 1 0 0 3,976 18 6 7 3 0 1,048,019 16 7 2 11 3 10,748 17 0 446 0 10 165 10 0 812 14 2 79.319 6 2 910 0 0 1,652 13 6 52,705 7 4 12,880 7 4 121,170 19 7 6,937 18 6 597,205 2 0 4,515 17 6i 5,839 1 8~ 42,864 5 3.1 1,512,733 6 5" 27,974,885 7 11 -J 52,526,668 0 3 57,419 0 5 29,490 0 2 31,892 7 0 3,944,412 5 0 335 15 6 217 6 9 2,968,591 0 10 1,191 15 0 1 7 0 48,685 5 0 1 0 0 598 15 5 302,778 0 6 23,950 15 10 5,889 7 9 65 2 0 86 17 6 985 4 6 7,496 5 6 21 8 3 622 16 5 874 8 6 207,316 7 10 0 2 0 0 12 0 71 5 9 124,829 19 8 1,873,000 0 0 11,198 18 4 10 0 6,670 12 7 7 3 0 1,053,000 1 0 2 11 3 16,718 9 6 459 8 8 190 0 0 753 5 3 79,651 17 9 910 0 0 1,670 6 10 3,244 11 4 i 900 14 9 8,512 6 5 2,934 3 10 2,480 19 4 5,027 1 10 26,109 6- 6 26,004 15 8 123,084 9 11 1,975 12 6 68,082 6 0 166 8 10 4,243 4 10 23 6 3 21,995 7 9 1,939 10 3 6 19 1 3 0 669 3 0 1,182 18 6 15 0 9,377 5 9 0 7 1 1,268 18 11 23,249 10 0 1,005 4 2 108 15 0 7,186 19 2 753 0 0 17 12 2 381 0 0 65 0 11 4,101 8 4 20 4 2 149 8 2 486,78 14 6 1,182,629 6 4 2 7 4

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General Post Office, Wellington, 14th June, 1923. Examined and found correct. -G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General. J. G. Coates, Postmaster-General.

Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1923— continued

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.- 1923.

Approximate Cost of Paper. — Preparation, not given : printing (500 copies), £5 10s.

Price 3d.]

Balances on 1st April, 1922. Transactions. Balances on 31st March, 1923. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. For other Departments — continued. Pensions Department — Old-age pensions . . ' .. War pensions .. .. .. ' Miscellaneous pensions Public Health Department Public Trust Public Service Superannuation Registration of births, &c. Rents Samoan revenue Sanatorium, Hanmer Springs School Journal receipts State Fire Insurance Department State Forests Teachers' Superannuation Fund Treasury postal drafts Valuation revenue Educational Purposes Loan Act 5J-per-cent. inscribed stock oj-per-cent. War Loan inscribed stock War Loan Certificates :— Fund Account Sales Investment Account For Custody Account Interest Account Interest Investment Account Interest Investment interest Post Office Investment Certificates :— Head Offioe Account Chief Postmasters' Account Fund Aocount Sales Investment Account Interest Acoount Interest Investment Account Suspense Aocount £ s. d. ' £ s. d. 37 2 0 1,084 8 5 749 19 4 501 17 7 26,506 6 8 34,376 7 9 98 14 6 607 9 9 40 10 0 107 0 5 2,198 15 2 2,629 5 2 '.'. 2,450 0 0 '.'. 3,350,622 15 7 3,089,500 0 0 .. j 630,941 12 3 872,760 0 0 55,374 11 8 124,864 11 2 229,672 19 3 222,950 0 0 10,524 9 3 10,400 0 0 £ s. d 755,213 0 9 1,406,536 16 7 310,791 2 0 13,256 19 8 954,658 5 7 277,224 3 5 3,504 13 6 8,544 8 1 8,518 8 9 3,732 7 7 37,538 19 2 110,604 15 6 92,054 0 9 11,778 2 6 1,500 0 0 135,440 0 0 105,220 0 0 1,417,700 0 0 627,503 0 0 167,812 12 11 64,800 0 0 423 6 2 5,398 18 6 20,458 10 2 30,688 14 10 13,656 18 1 £ s. d 755,324 0 5 1,407,796 10 0 311,414 4 7 11,519 1 2 966,956 6 5 297.332 13 10 3,340 9 0 8,532 4 8 8,174 0 11 3,544 7 9 36,727 9 3 117,640 4 9 92,054 0 9 13,063 17 8 1,500 0 0 131,140 0 0 107,670 0 0 1,820,480 0 0 627,503 0 0 20,458 10 2 30,861 6 4 I 34,550 0 0 14,650 0 0 £ s. d. 126 16 9 2,239 16 1 14,208 5 10 14,267 17 4 262 19 0 619 13 2 384 17 10 295 0 3 811 9 11 1,343 10 0 4,300 0 0 1,530,142 15 7 798,754 5 2 423 6 2 40,315 0 0 114,461 15 0 260,361 14 1 24,181 7 4 £ s. d. 148 1 8 175 5 0 4,836 14 1 1,671,800 0 0 807,960 0 0 257,500 0 0 25,050 0 0 ; _ Totals 50,122,358 15 7 50,122,358 15 7 150,949,027 19 7J 1 150,949,027 19 7J 150,949,027 19 7| 150,949,027 19 7| 49,209,219 19 2 49,209,219 19 2 49,209,219 19 49,209,219 19 2 2