13. The annual accounts of the Postmaster General, and of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, to the thirty-first of December in each year, in respect to all moneys deposited or invested under the authority of this Act, shall annually, prior to the thirty-first of March, in each year, be submitted for examination and audit to the Commissioners for auditing public accounts.
Provisions of Savings Banks Acts applicable to this Act.
14. All the provisions of the Acts now in force relating to Savings Banks, as to matters for which no other provision is made by this Act, shall be deemed applicable to this Act, so far as the same are not repugnant thereto.
Expenses of Act.
15. All expenses incurred in the execution of this Act shall be paid out of the moneys received under the authority of this Act.
[219] This Act is so short in proportion to its importance, that it is here given entire. Many of the provisions of the Consolidated Act (1863) apply to the banks established under this Act.
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Abstracts of Minor Acts of Parliament relating to Savings Banks.
26 Victoria, c. 14, entitled “An Act to Amend the Laws relating to Post Office Savings Banks,” (4th May, 1863,) provides:—