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Income of the Public Trust Office Year by Year, from 1890 to 31st March, 1897, inclusive

Capital Funds of the Public Trust Office, and how Invested.

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Year ended 31st December, 1890. Year ended 31st December, 1891. Year ended 31st December, 1892. Year ended 31st December, 1893. Fifteen Months ended 31st March, 1895. Year ended 31st March, 1896. Year ended 31st March, 1897. Intestates Wills, Trusts, Sinking Funds, &c. Eeal and Lunatics .. Native Reserves West Coast Settlement Reserves Miscellaneous £ s. d. 1,604 7 7 £ s. d. 1,723 0 6 £ s. d. 1,695 18 8 £ s. d. 1,341 5 3 £ s. d. 1,615 7 7 £ s. d. 1,494 15 9 £ s. d. 1,642 6 9 1,967 10 3 362 11 4 865 12 8 1,849 18 10 503 5 11 615 4 3 1,872 15 1 513 15 6 492 2 9 1,871 7 4 477 19 9 682 14 8 2,275 10 1 839 1 9 731 0 4 1,555 17 9 524 5 5 628 5 6 2,115 12 0 545 0 1 336 0 2 575 0 7 100 6 2 587 3 5 192 3 5 743 3 8 594 18 6 711 11 3 2,242 4 4 1,264 17 2i 2,340 7 7 1,569 8 6 1,909 14 9 1,345 11 9 1,939 16 9 8,124 7 6 6,376 5 2 14,500 12 8 13,569 14 3 Interest 5,475 8 7 3,595 12 5 5,470 16 4 4,308 12 5 5,912 14 2 6,177 7 7 7,327 2 7 7,369 10 9 9,066 4 6 10,163 6 7 7,682 7 8 7,560 7 2 Total income Total expenditure 9,071 1 0 8,469 0 0 9,779 8 9 11,751 0 0 12,090 1 9 14,001 0 0 14,696 13 4 15,132 6 7 19,229 11 1 17,289 6 10 15,242 14 10 14,902 15 0

On 31st Dec, 1891. On 31st Dec, 1892. On 31st Dec, 1893. On31sfc March, 1895. On 31st March, 1896. On 31st March, 1897. The capital funds of the Public Trust Office amounted to Of which the amount held in cash at the credit of the Public Trustee's Account was £ £ £ £ £ £ 523,269 567,062 615,663 668,937 774,533 858,638 17,920 15,961 21,326 12,101 16,960 16,664 Leaving a balance invested of ... 505,349 551,101 594,337 656,836 757,573 841,974 The investments consisted— Of those made by the Public Trustee out of the common fund, and amounting to Of those made for the Public Trustee for estates, and amounting to Of those made by other trustees of properties afterwards transferred to the office 252,279 208,188 408,231 96,072 406,220 144,198 358,296 259,279 492,788 206,629 588,483 205,942 44,882 46,798 43,919 39,261 58,156 47,549 505,349 551,101 594,337 656,836 757,573 841,974 The capital funds invested were applied to investments — In Government securities of the colony, to the amount of In local-body securities, to the amount of ... In mortgage of real estate, to the amount of... In fixed deposits, to the amount of... In companies, to the amount of 188,608 2,067 253,070 60,319 1,285269,608 2,067 276,393 1,449 1,584 300,108 2,067 289,680 630 1,852 295,108 1,839 354,933 444 4,512 319,108 1,839 432,455 354,108 1,839 482,206 4,'in 3",821 Total 505,349 551,101 594,337 656,836 757,573 841,974