Parks
N. 145 of 18th September 1880 Sir John Pope Hennessy's Despatch Enclosure 14 in Governor
STATEMENT
OF
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
ON THE 31ST DECEMBER
1879.
STATEMENT OF ASSETS
AND LIABILITIES.
ASSETS. 1ST JANUARY 1880, ACTUAL. 1ST JULY 1880, ACTUAL. 1ST JANUARY 1881, ESTIMATED. Monies deposited in Banks at interest, $420,000.00 $360,000.00 $360,000.00 Silver Currency, $4,200.00 $34,000.00 $10,000.00 Copper Currency, $1,200.00 $9,500.00 $5,000.00 Balance in Bank at Current Account, $81,799.91 $108,848.22 $90,000.00 South Australia 4% Debentures of £12,400,--Cost ($11,695.16.8 @ 8/9¾ =) $11,355.19 $11,855.19 Deposits not available, $3,272.74 Refund of Taxes, for void Houses, $3,212.46 $3,000.00 Post Offices-London, France, &c... $20,000.00 Special Fund, Deposit in London, transferred, $3,449.46 $5,000.00 Amount with Crown Agents, for investment $64,478.04 $50,000.00 $50,000.00 Loan from Special Fund, for Lighthouses, $34,000.00 $34,000.00 New South Wales 4% Debentures of £4,300,-Cost (£4,262.7.6 @ 3/9¾=) $22,300.00 $22,300.00 Cape of Good Hope 4½% Debentures of £5,000,-Cost £5,075 @ 3/9¾= $26,622.95 $20,622.95 Balance in hands of Crown Agents $75,475.10 $50,000.00 $82,000.00 Remittances to Crown Agents not matured, $40,000.00 Balance due by Government of India $243,850.32 $243,859.32 Advances and other sums to be recovered, $357,601.38 $294,850.82 $392,530.76 Revenue in Arrears, $392,850.32 LIABILITIES. 1ST JANUARY 1880, ACTUAL. 1ST JULY 1880, ACTUAL. 1ST JANUARY 1881, ESTIMATED. Balance due to Crown Agents, $92.18 $1,984.07 Pensions due, $58,263.03 $64,680.14 $62,000.00 to ex-Police Constables, $1,600.11 $1,400.00 Officers' Remittances not yet paid $3,200.00 $3,672.80 Military Contribution, $26,086.95 Expenditure in Arrears, $26,220.51 Total Liabilities, $60,000.00 $407,449.50 Balance to the Credit of the Colony, $649,915.79 $689,063.29 Total Assets, $728,833.14 Total, $689,063.29 $689,063.29 $728,833.14Frederic
Acting Auditor General,
REC⁹
Hongkong, 2nd September, 1880.
AUDITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE,