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Balance-sheet of the New Zealand Post Office Account for the Year ended the 31st December, 1885.

Examined and found correct. C. T. Batkin, Julius Vogel, Assistant Controller and Auditor-General. Postmaster-General.

Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General, on Account of the PostOffice Savings Bank Fund, on the 31st December, 1885.

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Authority: George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB6.

Balances on 1st January, 1885. Transactions. Balances on 31st December, 1885. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. Cr. Dr. 4oney Obdek Accounts:— Money orders Commission United Kingdom United States of America Victoria South Australia New South Wales Queensland Tasmania Western Australia £ s. a. 13,154 14 9 Ji s. d. £ B. d. 632,089 13 5 1,364 16 4 97,063 5 4 5,658 13 0 20,565 7 0 1,346 2 6 14,541 19 9 2,658 7 6 3,132 8 5 179 19 6 £ s. a. 632,004 9 io! 1,348 14 8 104,317 4 2 5,934 16 V 20,970 10 11 1,559 11 4 13,GOG 4 0 2,415 8 11 2,887 13 2 167 5 11 £ s. d. '! 13,339 18 4 £ s. d. 473 5 8 457 4 0 i 18,844 0 6 371 11 4 748 0 8 256 7 G 11,590 1 8 95 7 E 342 10 E 42 18 8 G32 G 1C ! 303 8 11 346 3 0 G30 1 7 13 18 3 103 4 5 385 6 i 14 8 Iavinos Bank Acounts: — Deposits and withdrawals Transfers 1,499,149 16 1 2,215 16 9 1,403,245 18 10 89,983 5 2 1,264,305 8 3 91,367 19 1| 1,638,090 6 8 831 2 10 'edegraph Accounts :— Receipts New South Wales New Zealand and Australian Cable 2,352 2 4 964 6 6 392 0 4 135,G08 2 5 22,676 19 0 10,613 4 8 138,198 0 11 22,951 12 9 10,640 1 3 689 12 9 365 3 9 237 16 2 tEVENUE Accounts :— Stamps Postal Guides Private box and bag rents Miscellaneous revenue Money order commission Revenue —Total 100,106 3 3 261,806 6 1 320 0 0 4,153 0 0 370 2 0 9,553 0 7 190,252 13 3 253,069 19 7 319 13 6 4,153 0 0 370 2 0 9,553 0 7 190,043 0 9 108,842 9 9 0 6 6 2,551 3 9 2,760 16 3 Ienekal Accounts:— Post Office Account Postmasters and Telegraphists .. Investments Accrued interest on investments Advances to Treasury for payment of foreign money orders Commission on postage stamps .. Gratuities for carriage of mails .. Miscellaneous expenses.. License fees —Game Government Insurance receipts .. Registration of births, &c. Receipts under Live Stock Acts .. Machinery fees Property-tax Maintenance private wires Postal notes Profit and loss 119,975 15 1 128,552 1 7 1,383,521 10 0 7,131 1G 8 21,168 13 10 12 1 8 421 17 5 1,128 0 9 721,777 18 7 2,558,179 19 10 2,500 0 0 7,131 16 8 29,871 1 9 623 13 2 4,954 16 10 20,42G 1 1 1,051 18 0 9,773 1 3 1,145 13 3 14,819 19 5 2,536 0 0 181,041 2 3 1,143 19 9 8,007 14 2 72,GOG 12 W 848,285 4 3 2,572,005 15 3 2,000 0 0 11,203 15 2 28,000 0 0 673 8 1 4,942 14 10 21,597 8 1 1,051 18 0 9,744 0 5 1,122 9 11 14.4G2 18 3 2,595 0 0 187,028 14 3 1,148 19 9 246,483 0 9 142,377 17 0 1,383,021 10 0 11,263 15 2 19,297 17 1 61 16 7 409 15 5 2,294 7 9 G19 11 0 78 7 6 498 14 10 227 0 0 13,535 15 2 048 11 10 101 10 10 835 16 0 1G8 0 0 8,148 3 2 7,608 7 2 69,853 2 10 8,C07 14 2 10.361 17 2 Totals 6,545,979 13 7 1,663,673 19 5 1,663,673 19 5 6,545,979 13 7 1,806,394 15 4 1,806,394 15 4

Dosci Lptiou of Securities, &c. : Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Interest and Dividends accrued but not reccivod at End of the Year. Damaru Harbour Mortgages, 5J per cents ?atea Harbour Debentures, 7 per cents )amaru Town Corporation Debentures, 7 per cents Consolidated Loan, 4 per cents iVestland Loan, 5 per cents immigration and Public Works Loan, 1870, 4 per conts „ ,, 4J per cents general Purposes Loan, 4 per cents Defence Loan, 4 per cents .. Waimakariri River Bonds, 6 per cents Immigration and Public Works Loan, guaranteed 5 per cents. VVaimakariri River Bonds, 5J per cents STorth Rakaia River Bonds, 5 per cents jeneral Purposes Loan, 5 per cents Defence Loan, 4J per cents Deficiency Bills, 5 per cents Inscribed Stock, 5 per cents Post Office Account £ s. d. 33,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 173,200 0 0 14,900 0 0 5,200 0 0 75,000 0 0 4,500 0 0 553,600 0 0 2,000 0 0 5,500 0 0 49,500 0 0 5,000 0 0 144,500 0 0 250,000 0 0 £ s. d. 33,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 50,800 0 0 166,272 0 0 14,527 10 0 4,312 0 0 72,000 0 0 4,500 0 0 553,600 0 0 2,000 0 0 5,500 0 0 49,500 0 0 5,000 0 0 144,5uO 0 0 250,000 0 0 £ s. d. 2,575 16 1 101 12 8 132 6 6 109 13 11 527 7 11 1,401 10 4 141 8 11 43 17 7 632 17 6 44 7 8 2,350 18 1 27 14 6 114 10 5 108 9 10 1,027 7 11 1,863 15 4 Totals .. 1,393,900 0 0 1,383,021 10 0 11,263 15 2 Examined and found correct. James Edwaed FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General. J fLIUS VOGEL, Postmaster-General.