H.—26.

The following table shows particulars of the public servants who were contributing to the fund on the 31st March, 1941 (after allowing for deaths, retirements, and withdrawals), grouped according to their respective rates of contribution :—

Investment of the Fmid.- £28,471 invested on Stipendiary Magistrates' account, the total investments of the fund amount to £3,136,552. The average rate of interest earned for the financial year was £4 4s. 9d. per cent., an increase of 3s. sd. per cent, as compared with the previous year. Operations of the Fund.-—The following comparative statement shows the operations of the fund (to the nearest pound) as disclosed in the Revenue Accounts and Balance-sheets for the twelve-vear period ended 31st March, 1941 :—

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4 Rate per Cent. Number. Annual Salary. n Contribution. m , J Contributions. Male. Female. Total. £ £ 5 21,618 4,233 25,851 6,740,910 337,045 6 1.622 131 1,753 596,897 35,814 7 959 76 1,035 363,527 25,447 8 446 19 465 168,739 13,499 9 150 7 157 58,733 5,286 10 32 2 34 15,060 1,506 Totals .. 24,827 4,468 29,295 7,943,866 418,597

Income. I Expenditure. Contributions. I Interest on i i Ypar — . Minppi- Adininis- . . - , Govern- Invest- Arrears of , Refunds. Pensions. tration Miscel- , AceumuEmployees. ment Ckmtribu- lanoous - Expenses. laneous - 'ated Funds. tions. £££££££££ £ 1929-30 .. 263,424 201,707 154,612 146 405 50,107 367,496 8,158 2 472 2 818 004 1930-31 .. 271,423 102,289 162,888 264 422 40,754 381,243 8,418 8 775 2'<)]7V)4 1931-32 .. 190,347 102,757 168,453 238 486 48,552 431,922 8,650 2,211 2'888'034 1932-33 .. 226,420 141,038 166,814 447 302 45,345 472,288 7,620 387 2'897 415 1933-34 .. 228,650 144,129 157,200 651 4,464 37,551 486,925 7,180 1,287 2'899'564 1934-35 .. 238,844 149,766 153,333 185 19,086 40,065 488,836 7,429 6'997 2'917'452 1935-36 .. 256,249 148,512 151,599 176 8,770 44,804 494,988 7,250 1 477 2'934'240 1936-37 .. 306,292 164,668 142,831 689 2,551 45,644 498,677 7,150 ]'901 2'<w'8q8 1937-38 .. 344,583 175,544 137,751 327 323 53,454 515,044 7,543 s'201 3'o72'l85 1938-39 .. 370,400 244,114 130,688 227 1,347 64,220 527,726 7,691 20 314 s'mq'oio 1939-40 .. 393,380 170,766 128,577 410 635 76,760 550,143 8,263 1'954 3'2S6 MR 1940-41 .. 411,534 160,164 135,978 280 691 88,750 569,001 8,006 2,'008 312961540 Liabilities. Assets. Sundry Creditors. Sundry Debtors. Year Other, Investments Money at Accumu- including (including wl th n., a i. , lt V i.... lated Fund. Pen- Re- Em- Govern- Accrued Em- Govern- Bank. laneous sions. funds, ployees. merit Interest). ployees. ment &c nient DeDepurt- ' partments. men's. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ c 1929-30 .. 2,818,004 4,323 1,340 676 17,012 2,862,747 17,267 126 25 067 1 457 1 246 1930-31 .. 2,917,154 4,097 1,735 517 14,178 2,974,146 1 4,391 277 1 2 074 l'004 ->88 1931-32 .. 2,888,034 3,566 1,617 4,725 54,472 2,979,354 16,101 243 20'406 '326 483 1932-33 .. 2,897,415 3,056 1,444 398 14,853 2,892,282 24,541 212 6l'510 652 '>469 1933-34 .. 2,899,564 2,684 1,692 212 3,386 2,882,531 29,191 231 56'922 1 018 ''l47 1934-35 .. 2,917,452 3,302 904 288 10,803 2,777,030 13,957 198 73*625 13o'37S 2W ' 1935-36 .. 2,934,240 3,703 1,980 407 22,123 2,861,347 24,919 276 70 801 67'906 l'707 1936-37 .. 2,997,898 3,722 1,517 596 48,386 2,923,232 40,543 1,923 70 555 74*088' I 6 '78 1937-38 .. 3,072,185 3,895 2,621 980 40,047 2,971,340 42,451 2,109 20 413 142 555 5 675 1938-39 .. 3,199,010 2,896 2,557 1,152 3,686 3,056,597 33,587 453 28 071 85'993 4'884 1939-40 .. 3,255,658 3,713 7,097 1,728 1,473 3,063,458 39,598 2,045 104781 4595 1940-41 .. 3,296,540 4,211 3,536 2,999 1,381 3,148,951 57,993 2,113 35,469 60,377 4^643