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PUBLIC TRUST OFFICE Balance-sheet of the Public Trust Office as at 31st March, 1949 Liabilities £ £ Assets £ Amounts held in Common Fund for sundry Premises, furniture, plant, stationery, &c. .. .. 343,241 estates and funds .. .. .. 19,151,081 Government securities . . .. .. .. .. 4,710,680 Amounts held for special investment on behalf Local bodies'debentures .. .. .. .. 5,075,042 of certain funds but not yet invested .. 42,093 Mortgages (including investments of reserve for mortgages) .. 8,957,076 Amounts specially invested on behalf of certain Properties acquired and advances for protection of securities estates and funds .. .. .. 13,424,280 (book value) .. .. .. .. .. 185,826 32,617,454 Advances (on overdraft) to estates and accounts (book value) 476,603 Sundry creditors .. .. .. .. 287,433 Interest and rent accrued, due, and overdue .. .. 202,456 Writings-off Suspense Account .. .. .. 11,532 Sundry debtors .. .. .. .. .. 2,410 Reserve in respect of enemy property moneys 41,066 Assets in suspense (pending final writing off) .. .. 11,532 Reserve for losses on mortgages, &c., and in Cash in hand, on current account, and on deposit in New respect of advances for protection of securities 116,589 Zealand and London .. .. .. .. 263,809 Reserve for deferred maintenance .. .. 2,745 Special investments, and overdue interest thereon, held on 160,400 behalf of certain estates and funds .. .. .. 13,424,280 General Legal Expenses Account . . .. .. 7,635 Investment Fluctuation Account .. .. .. 177,185 Assurance and Reserve Fund .. .. .. 391,316 £33,652,955 £33,652,955

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