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Balance-sheet of the Accident Branch of the Government Insurance Department on 31st December, 1908. Liabilities. _ s. d. Assets. £ s. d. Accident Funds as per Revenue Account 9,598 810 Mortgages on property .. .. 40,080 0 0 Claims admitted (proofs not yet com- Overdue interest .. £12 10 4 pleted) .. .. .. .. 10,200 0 0 Outstanding interest due but Commission .. .. .. .. 176 13 3 not overdue .. .. 38 10 0 Premium and other deposits .. .. 68 18 3 Interest accrued but not due 509 4 10 Reserve for unearned premiums .. 9,588 0 0 560 5 2 Investment Fluctuation Reserve .. 1,000 0 0 Agents'balances .. .. .. 595 17 3 Reserve Fund constituted under sec- Sundry accounts owing .. .. 499 18 6 tion 24 of "The Government Aocident Cash in hand and on current acoount .. 1,082 11 6 Insurance Act, 1899" .. .. 12,186 12 1 £42,818 12 5 £42,818 12 5 Government Insurance Department, 12th February, 1909. J. H. Eichardson, Commissioner. W. B. Hudson, ' Secretary. Audited and found correct. J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (4,000 copies), _2 9s.

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