Registrar-Generals-Department-Annual-report-1965-1966 — Page 87

TABLE XXIII-Contd.

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AS AT 31ST MARCH 1966

ASSETS

$348,080.37

134,067.29 $ 482,147.66

Investment (North China Daily News & Herald Ltd.) £393.19.11 31% War Loan, 1952 or after (at cost) Deposit at Call (Peony House West Block Ltd.)... Deposit with Joint Miscellaneous Fund (General) Deposit at Call

$

4,243.35

180,000.00

720,000.00

110,000.00

Advance Accounts

206.30

$ 13,926.18

854,706.25

Balances as at 31st March 1966:

868,632.43

Cash at Bank

Cash in Hand

$346,546.97

12.33

346,559.30

$ 12,085.80

1,856.94

10,228.86

LIABILITIES

Voluntary Liquidations:

Unclaimed returns/dividends

Undistributed assets

Compulsory Liquidations:

81

Unclaimed dividends

Undistributed assets

Deposits for sundry purposes

Less expenses paid therefrom

*

$1,361,008.95

$ 1,361,008.95

Notes: 1. The market value of the investment as at 31st March 1966 was as follows: £393.19.11 34% War Loan, 1952 or after

2. The above Statement:

@ 53 =

$ 3,341.09

(1) includes only such assets of Companies in Compulsory Liquidation as have been realized, but (2) except for certain administrative expenses excludes transactions relating to The Canton Trust & Com- mercial Bank Ltd, for which a separate Statement has been prepared.

CERTIFICATE OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT

W. HUME, Acting Registrar General, (Official Receiver). 27th May 1966.

The above Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the accompanying Statement of Receipts and Payments have been examined in accordance with Colonial Regulation 257. I have obtained all the information and explanations that I have required, and I certify, as a result of this audit, that in my opinion the Statements are correct,

AUDIT DEPARTMENT,

Hong Kong, 27th September 1966.

P. T. WARR, Ag. Director of Audit.