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NATIONAL PEOVIDENT FUND. (1.) Revenue Account fob the Year ended 31st December, 1915. £ s. d. £ s. d. Amount of fund at beginning of year .. 53,717 14 11 I Maternity claims (section. 18) .. .. 2,806 7 0 Contributions .. .. .. .. 24,392 13 10 Refund of contributions on lapse, reducInterest .. .. .. .. 2,236 1 10 tion, and withdrawal (sections 10, 11, 12, Fines.. .. .. .. .. 265 15 6 ; and 13) .. .. .. .. 3,539 5 2 Benefits refunded by deduction .. .. 260 5 6 | Death : Refund of contributions (section 15) 410 5 0 Government contribution under section 25 5,927 0 11 Amount of fund at end of year .. .. 83,000 9 5 Refund of maternity claims by the State.. 2,806 7 0 Refunds unolaimed .. .. .. 150 7 1 £89,756 6 7 i £89,756 6 7 I (2.) Balance-sheet as at 31st December, 1915. £ s. d. £ s. d. Fund as per Revenue Account .. .. 83,000 9 5 Invested with Public Trustee .. .. 69,412 5 5 Claims due and in course of paymont— * Balance with Post Office .. .. 1,053 13 8 Maternity .. .. .. .. 271 9 0 Contributions outstanding or in course of Death .. .. .. .. 224 3 7 transmission— * Refunds in suspense .. .. .. 2,917 15 4 (a.) Contributions due but not overdue 5,292 8 1 Deposits on incomplete applications to.join (6.) Contributions overdue .. .. 1,328 15 8 fund .. .. .. 213 3 Government subsidy due under section 25* 5,927 011 Contributions prepaid .. .. .. 1,266 10 4 : Refund due in respect of maternity claims* 2,806 7 0 Suspense account .. .. .. 814 2 Fines due .. .. .. .. 166 111 . One-half contributions of members of Expeditionary Forces due by the State* .. 1,705 2 5 £87,691 15 1 £87,691 15 1 * Included in Revenue Account. E. B. Hayes, Examined and found correct. Superintendent. Eobekt J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General.

Numerical Statement for the Year ended 31st December, 1915.

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Numbers. Class] PonsionKa Peni Mass : (ion I 20s. a, late, Class 3. Pension Kate, 30s. llass 4 uonB 40s. ate, Aggregi ,te. Annual Contributions. _^> te, 10s. Pen; M. I P. T. M. P. T. M. j P. I T. ft I T. M. I P. I T. M. Number of contributors at commencement of year New entrants during the year Transfers from another class Increases due to adjustment on age-error, &o. 5696 1370 2218 178 6066 2396 541 278 99 31 640 309 ... . 59 I 8 34 3 6 1 67 37 78 47 7 3 85 50 6374 !484 2577 215 1484 215 6859 2792 £ B. d 26,520 0 0 10,800 3 8 70 5 75 31 4 35 7 9 1 10 116 11 11 127 230 10 8 9 6 4 Total Discontinuances, &c. (as per detailed statement below) 7984 553 1350 93 8537 1443 850 169 134 16 984 185 99 12 17 2 111 19 134 28 11 1 145 29 9067 710 1564 112 710 112 9777 1G76 37,560 0 8 5,685 6 8 Total at end of year 6634 460 7094 I I 681 I |118 799 j 82 10 10 j 92 j |l06 I 10 j [.116 | 7503 598 8101 31,874 14 0 Details of L 66 586 752 39 )isco mtin mances, dc, &c, dur ■ing the 1 .. 10 1 4 .. 13 .. Yea Death Notice of withdrawal 64 1 2 525 61 727 25 34 5 13 38 54 64 8 3 5 13 2 .. 46 8 1 57 2 .. 69 5 1 185 17 2 .. I 2 1 ' 9 2 1 I 6 4 I 13 80 581 787 116 2 71 28 11 82 652 815 127 291 12 8 2,349 10 8 2,695 2 4 348 16 8 0 4 4 Lapse Transfers to another class Decreases due to adjustment on age-error, &c. Total .. 1350 ! 93 111;! 169 16 2 19 28 1 1 Nu meric :al 1 ress since I )e Estabi lishment ■A\) 1564 112 1076 I 5,685 6 g Total entered Total transferred from other classes 9629 687 199 8 10316 207 1036 64 Prog', 149 10 1185129 16 74 11 3 16 145 3 14 109 U 15 2 lent. U 2 10963 863 289J 23 180 17 11826 31.2 • 9828 695 10523 1100 159 1259140 19 19 159 184 13 13 197 11252 886 12138 Total discontinued Total transferred to other classes 3130 227 64 8 3357 72 254 105 33 8 287 33 4 173 25 5 4 37 5 30 43 1 35 2 1 2 44 37 8460 265 289 23 3725 312 3194 235 3429 419 41 460 58 9 9 67 78 3 3 81 3749 288 4037 Total contributors on books at 31st Deoomber, 1915 6634 460 7094 681 118 799 82 10 10 92 106 10 10 116 7503 598 8101 31,874 14 0 799