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for convenience the period of fifteen months which ended with that date. The accounts to the 31st March, 1896, are, of course, for no more than the "year in regular course; but it will be important, for the purpose of a comparison of the accounts of the two periods with one another, to bear in mind that one of the periods is three months longer than the other.

Summary of Receipts and Payments. Profit and Loss Account.

Classification of the Cash Transactions of the Public Trust Office.

Fifteen Months ended 31st March, 1895. Year ended 31st March, 1896. • Beceipts or Revenue. Balance from last account From commission and charges on properties placed in the office From interest, being surplus from investments From accrued and overdue interest From rents from securities taken over From exchange, valuation-fees, and sundries From commission, fees, Sec, on West Coast Settlement and Native reserves, rents, &c. From refund from Government Insurance Department on account of compensation paid £ s. 1,350 3 5,026 11 5,517 0 4,646 6 309 8 473 9 d. 1 4 2 5 8 6 £ s. d. 3,290 7 4 3,892 11 11 2,571 15 11 4,988 11 3 186 5 9 695 15 5 3,256 15 0 2,907 14 7 57 8 4 Totals £20,637 2 6 £18,533 2 2 Payments or Expenditure. For salaries, Head Office, and clerical assistance For agents' salaries and commission For stationery, printing, and office requisites For rent, head offices and agencies For advertising ... For audit For Post Office services ... For legal expenses, valuation-fees, and sundries For Native reserves administration For West Coast Settlement Beserves administration, including expenditure, chargeable to lessees For land-tax For deficiency in realisation of old mortgage securities For bill-drafting and unauthorised... For assurance and reserve fund Balance of revenue over expenditure carried to next account ... £ s. d. 6,073 6 7 2,605 8 3 990 8 0 748 6 8 176 16 2 320 0 0 525 0 0 1,103 4 4 666 1 10 £ s. d. 4,879 6 1 1,984 8 6 506 2 4 709 15 0 107 8 9 240 0 0 450 0 0 868 13 7 565 9 6 2,643 5 1 684 5 8 340 4 9 j 470 7 10 ! 3,290 7 4 | 1,786 11 8 697 11 6 1,272 4 8 12 11 7 822 11 10 3,630 7 2 Totals 20,637 2 6 18,533 2 2

Fifteen Months ended the 31st March, 1895. Year ended the 31st March, 1896. Receipts. Balance brought forward. . Deposits Life insurance ... Debentures, share certificates, bonds, and mortgages... Interest and dividends not forming income ... Freeholds sold ... Leaseholds sold... Stock-in-trade, personal effects, &c. Live and dead stock Cash not deposited, book-debts, cheques, bills, promissory notes Native, West Coast Settlement, and hospital reserves Under various Acts of Parliament ... Old capital—investments realised . . Income, Sec — Interest and dividends Bent, ordinary Fees deposited Fees for deeds £ s. d. 21,325 11 10 33,481 3 9 6,969 17 5 5,295 13 7 459 14 9 19,387 4 4 264 6 8 11,346 15 8 2,357 9 10 54,701 4 2 29,830 0 2 18,756 16 11 37,866 18 10 £ s. d. 12,100 16 3 23,027 0 4 8,573 19 5 21,274 4 9 2,644 19 7 13,779 2 2 933 12 6 3,869 19 8 3,073 6 7 40,562 10 5 35,269 9 5 40,271 19 7 22,629 14 5 37,373 17 10 11,739 7 7 690 8 5 226 10 0 33,444 19 10 8,437 8 1 141 0 3 267 7 8 Total 292,073 1 9 270,301 10 11