Account of all Deposits Received and Paid from 1st January to 31st December, 1865.

£  s. d.£  s. d.
Balance brought forward4,993,123 11 7By Repayments from 1st January to 31st December, 1865, viz.—
To Cash received from Depositors from 1st Jan. to 31st December, 18653,719,017 13 4£  s. d.
Cash paid2,303,525 2 10
8,712,141 4 11Warrants issued, but not cashed to date15,085 11 7
2,318,610 14 5
To Interest thereon up to 31st December, 1865, computed according to 7th and 8th sections of the above-cited Act, and added to the Principal Money of the said Depositors132,869 13 7Balance due at the close of the year 1865 to all Depositors, inclusive of interest to 31st December, 18656,526,400 4 1
8,845,010 18 68,845,010 18 6

(b.)

Explanation of Balance.

£  s.  d.
Balance due at the close of the year to all Depositors6,526,400 4 1
Moneys remitted to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt,£  s.  d.
  from 16th September, 1861, to 31st December, 18644,800,900 11 8
  1st January to 31st December, 18651,402,789 16 2
Deduct:—£  s.  d.6,203,690 7 10
Amount transferred from Post Office Savings Banks, and which has been written off the account of Post Office Savings Banks, at the National Debt Office, during the period from 16th September, 1861, to 31st December, 18644,210 1 4
Ditto . . . ditto . . . during the year ended 31st December, 18652,698 17 11
6,908 19 3
Net Amount lodged with the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt for investment6,196,781 8 7
Add:—
Interest accruing to Depositors up to 31st December, 1865, including the Interest which accrued up to 31st December, 1864310,755 16 9
Amount advanced on account of Charges of Management, not recovered until after 31st December, 186514,535 10 11
Balance remaining on 31st December, 1865, to be paid over for investment4,327 7 10
18,862 18 9
6,526,400 4 1

(c.)

Account of Charges of Management and of Expenses incurred for Post Office Savings Banks, from their Establishment on the 16th September, 1861, to the 31st December, 1865.

£  s.  d.
Charges and Expenses for the period from 16th September, 1861, to the 31st December, 186491,848 7 4
Charges and Expenses for the year ended 31st December, 186549,526 13 10
[221]141,375 1 2
The sum standing to the credit of the Post Office Savings Banks Fund on the 31st Dec. 1865, at the National Debt Office, was6,582,329 11 7
And on the same day there was in the hands of the Postmaster-General a balance of4,327 7 10
Making in all6,586,656 19 5
To meet a liability of£6,526,400 4 0