O. Returns

285. The Governor shall transmit to the Secretary of State, the following annual returns:

(i) An Abstract Account of receipts and payments showing under the several heads the totals of the receipts and payments in the year, together with the balances at the beginning and end of the period;

(ii) A statement of the assets and liabilities at the close of the year;

(iii) Detailed statements of revenue and expenditure, arranged according to sub-heads, showing the excess or saving on each sub-head and the net excess or saving on each head, and showing also any supplementary votes for expenditure under any sub-head;

(iv) A tabular statement of all special funds, trust funds, unspent loan moneys, etc.;

(v) A statement of balances, excluding the balances of funds, etc., in the hands of the Accountant General shown in (iv) but including all other items in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities;

(vi) A statement of Advances;

(vii) A statement of Deposits;

(viii) A statement of the investments of the Government at the close of the year showing the market value at that date;

(ix) A full statement of the expenditure on works and other payments chargeable to loan accounts;

(x) A statement of the public debt of the Territory, showing the several amounts of the loans issued and of their respective sinking funds;

(xi) A statement of outstanding loans made by the Territory out of its revenue, or public or other loans;

(xii) A statement of the receipts, issues, balances in hand, and the assets and liabilities of the Savings Bank, showing separately the revenue derived from Savings Bank investments, the interest credited to depositors, and the expenses of the management of the institution;

(xiii) A tabular summary of all unallocated stores accounts showing the opening and closing stocks.

Copies of these returns shall be furnished to the Director of Audit and to the Legislature.

286. The Governor shall transmit to the Secretary of State quarterly or at such other intervals, such returns and estimates regarding the financial position as may be laid down by the Secretary of State from time to time.

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