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CASH BALANCES, $4,340,066.04.
(Para. 36. 1931 Report).
30. Of this sum, $84,520.87 was Revenue collected on the last day of business in 1932 by the Treasury and other departments, and was examined by a Board of Survey appointed by the Governor.
The Board reported that they had examined the Treasury cash, bank balance and stamps.
31. With reference to paragraph 38 of the report for 1931, the account of $43,741.69 held by the Official Receiver in respect of a Liquidation Account which, on account of special circumstances, had not been included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, was reduced at the close of the financial year to $2,928.18.
ARREARS OF REVENUE.
32. The Statement of Outstanding Revenue has been checked with the Account Books of the various Departments.
The sum of $2,043.85 is under query as having been omitted from the return.
UNCLAIMED DEPOSITS REVERTING TO REVENUE.
33. Under Section 4 of the Unclaimed Balance Ordinance of 1929, a sum of $13,751.50 was transferred to the General Revenue of the Colony.
Of this sum $10,000.00 represented a deposit in respect of a road construction contract made in 1922.
SUITORS FUND.
(Para. 47. 1931 Report).
34. The new system of accounting, whereby the Registrar of the Supreme Court makes his disbursements from this Fund through a Treasury Imprest, has been found to work satisfactorily throughout the year.
CHINA COMPANY FEES.
(Para. 48. 1931 Report).
35. The annual local inspection of the Registrar of Companies' Account at Shanghai was made during the year and the accounts were audited to the 30th September 1932.
The observations made during the examination of the accounts were satisfactorily settled.
The revenue from this source for the year was $166,031.43.