B.—9A.

PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE. Balance-sheet as at the 31st March, 1932. Liabilities. Assets. Amounts held in Common £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Fund for sundry estates Freehold and leasehold premises and sites .. 450,287 8 5 and funds .. .. 25,330,259 5 6 Furniture and plant, &c. .. .. .. 50,562 17 8 Amounts held for special Stationery and stores, &e. .. .. .. 6,091 19 7 investment on behalf of Business Extension Account .. .. 875 11 1 certain funds, but not yet Stocks, bonds, and debeninvested .. • • 37,950 9 7 tures £ s. d. Amounts specially invested Government securities .. 2,096,612 3 11 on behalf of certain Rural Intermediate Credit estates and funds ..11,491,309 3 4 Board debentures .. 94,850 0 0 36,859,518 18 5 Land Settlement Finance Sundry creditors, including Act debentures .. 38,500 0 0 accounts passed for pay- Local bodies'debentures 7,853,215 9 11 ment but not yet paid .. .. 137,095 16 8 10,083,177 13 10 Overdraft at Bank of New Mortgages, &c. .. .. 13,952,053 4 8 Zealand .. .. •• 16,017 5 9 Less reserve .. .. 59,408 19 10 Reserve in respect of ex- 13,892,644 4 10 enemy-property moneys 11,858 1 7 Advances for protection of Special reserve for securities 35,525 6 2 securities acquired or in General Legal Expenses Ac- possession, &c... .. .. 35,525 6 2 count.. .. ■ • 15,958 4 2 Properties acquired .. 174, 852 6 6 Investment Fluctuation Ac- Less reserve .. .. 16,032 9 0 count.. .. .. 98,836 11 4 158,819 17 6 162,178 3 3 Advances (on overdraft) to Assurance and Reserve Fund .. 427,346 1 3 estates and accounts .. 665,538 6 3 Less reserve .. .. 846 18 1 664,691 8 2 Interest and rent accrued, due, and overdue — Interest accrued up to 31st March, 1932, but not yet due, and interest overdue .. 661,628 13 7 Rent due or accrued .. 492 9 6 662,121 3 1 Less reserve .. .. 9,632 0 6 652,489 2 7 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. 21,067 14 9 Cash in hand, on current account, and on deposit in New Zealand, Sydney, and London .. 41,616 16 1 Investments of reserve for mortgages —Mortgages, &c. .. .. .. .. 34,382 11 9 Special investments held on behalf of certain estates and funds— £ s. d. Government securities .. 2,452,004 19 11 Rural Intermediate Credit Board debentures .. 29,000 0 0 Rural Advances bonds .. 2,034,257 15 0 Land Settlement Finance Act debentures .. 2,000 0 0 Local bodies'debentures 1,715,029 9 1 Private debentures and shares .. .. 30,303 5 11 Realty .. .. 600 0 0 Mortgages .. .. 5,125,594 2 4 Mortgage securities acquired .. .. 13,202 14 8 Advances for protection of securities .. .. 30 9 5 Loans .. .. 446 14 11 Deposits with companies 122 11 3 Savings-banks accounts 355 11 1 Overdue interest on special investments.. .. 88,361 9 9 11,491,309 3 4 Profit and Loss Appropriation Account .. 18,614 9 7 £37,602,156 5 4 £37,602,156 5 4 J. W. Macdonald, Public Trustee. I hereby certify that the balance-sheet and accompanying accounts have been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly state the position as disclosed thereby.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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