Committee Reports::Report - Appropriation Accounts 1963 - 1964::10 March, 1966::Appendix

APPENDIX XXVIII.

POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.

ACCOUNT of all deposits received and paid during the Year ended 31st December, 1963, together with (1) a Statement showing the aggregate amount of the liabilities of the Government to depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank at 31st December, 1963, and the nature and nominal amount of the securities held by the Minister for Finance to meet those liabilities at that date; and (2) an Account for the Year ended 31st December, 1963, showing the interest accrued in respect of the securities standing to the credit of the Post Office Savings Bank Fund, the interest paid and credited to depositors in pursuance of the Acts relating to the Post Office Savings Bank, and the expenses incurred in the execution of those Acts.


(Presented to both Houses of the Oireachtas pursuant to the Post Office Savings Bank Acts, 1861 to 1958.)


(The Comptroller and Auditor General in his report on the Appropriation Account of the Vote for Posts and Telegraphs for the Year 1963/64 will report on his examination of the Accounts within.)


TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANKS.

ACCOUNT of all sums received from and paid to the Banks by the Minister for Finance during the Year ended 20th November, 1963, together with a Statement showing in the case of each Bank the amount of the liability of the Government at the 20th November, 1963, and the liability at that date of the British Government.


POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.

I. ACCOUNT of all deposits received and paid during the year ended 31st December, 1963, showing also the total amount due to depositors at the close of the year. (Post Office Savings Bank Act, 1874—Section 3.)


 

£

 

£

Balance at 31st December,

 

 

Repayments during the year ended 31st December,

 

 

1962

..

114,615,404

1963

..

20,569,971

Deposits received during the year ended 31st

 

 

Balance (inclusive of interest) due at the close of the year 1963

 

December, 1963

..

23,066,364

to all depositors

..

120,061,460

*Provision for interest due to depositors for

 

 

 

 

 

the said year

..

2,949,663

 

 

 

£

140,631,431

£

140,631,431

Charges of Management and Expenses incurred for the Post Office

Savings Bank for the year ended 31st December, 1963

..

..

£294,884

L. Ó BROIN,


Secretary.


Department of Posts and Telegraphs,


14th May, 1964.


POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK.

II. ACCOUNT for the year ended 31st December, 1963, showing the interest accrued in respect of the securities standing to the credit of the Post Office Savings Bank Fund, the interest paid and credited to depositors in pursuance of the Acts relating to the Post Office Savings Bank, and the expenses incurred in the execution of those Acts. (Customs, Inland Revenue and Savings Banks Act, 1877—Section 17.)


 

£

 

£

Interest accrued on securities standing to credit of the Post Office Savings Bank

 

Interest paid and credited to depositors

2,952,107*

Fund

..

..

4,848,308

Expenses incurred in the year

..

..

294,884

 

 

Amountsetaside towards provision against depreciation in value of

 

 

 

securities

..

..

1,601,317

£

4,848,308

£

4,848,308

T. K. WHITAKER,


Secretary.


Department of Finance,


23rd June, 1964.


POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANKS.

III. Statement showing the aggregate amount of the liabilities of the Government to depositors in the Post Office Savings Bank at 31st December, 1963, and the nature and nominal amount of the securities held by the Minister for Finance to meet those liabilities at that date. (Savings Banks Act, 1904—Section 9.)


Liabilities

Nature and Nominal Amount of Securities held

Balance due to

£

3½% Fourth National Loan,

£

depositors at

 

1950-70

..

..

55,872

31st December,

 

3% Exchequer Bonds, 1965-70

1,839,430

1963, (including

 

3½% Exchequer Bonds, 1965-70

224,343

interest)

120,061,460

5% National Loan, 1962-72

372,387

4½% National Loan, 1973-78

219,900

Notes.

4¼% National Loan, 1975-80

80,750

1. The figure of £120,061,460 above includes £18,139,338 in respect of the liability to Trustee Savings Banks.

5% National Savings Bonds,

 

1971-81

..

..

160,957

5½% National Loan, 1966

..

259,582

6% National Loan, 1967

..

271,470

5½% Exchequer Stock, 1971-74

252,522

2. The aggregate value of the assets listed in the adjoining column based on the Stock Exchange Securities being taken at (a) cost, and (b) market value (exclusive of accrued interest) as at 31st December, 1963, was (a) £124,215,010 and (b) £123,691,689.

5¼% National Development

 

Loan, 1979-84

..

162,003

6% Exchequer Stock, 1980-85

211,756

5¾% National Loan, 1982-87

..

3,800,710

4½% Exchequer Stock, 1968

..

4,463,510

5¾% Exchequer Stock, 1984-89

3,264,240

Exchequer Bills

..

..

3,325,000

4½% Land Bonds

..

..

204,761

4½% New Land Bonds

..

14,071

4% Land Bonds

..

..

48,269

 

Agricultural Credit Corporation Ltd. 3% State Guaranteed

 

 

Mortgage Stock, 1957-67

..

570,000

 

Agricultural Credit Corporation 4% Mortgage Stock, 1962-65

100,000

 

Irish Sugar Company 4%

 

 

Guaranteed Debenture Stock

..

93,000

 

Electricity Supply Board 5% Stock, 1966-75

..

..

75,000

 

5% Transport Stock, 1970-75

500,000

 

6% do. 1977-82

778,750

 

Dublin Corporation 3%

 

 

Redeemable Stock, 1968-78

..

..

145,000

 

Dublin Corporation 3½%

 

 

Redeemable Stock, 1960-65

..

4,202,810

 

Dublin Corporation 5%

 

 

Mortgage (31/12/74)

..

..

264,853

 

Cork Corporation 3%

 

 

Redeemable Stock, 1969-79

..

..

242,700

 

Cork Corporation 5% Mortgage

 

 

(31/12/75)

..

..

..

67,570

 

Treasury Bills

..

....

..

3,500,000

 

3% Funding Loan, 1959-69

..

500,000

 

3% Savings Bonds, 1960-70

..

400,000

 

4½% Conversion Stock, 1964

..

6,400,000

 

Ways and Means Advances to

 

 

Exchequer

..

..

..

57,167,500

 

Advances under the Local Loans

 

 

Fund Acts, 1935-58

..

..

3,008,000

 

Advances under Telephone

 

 

Capital Acts, 1924-60

..

23,889,228

 

Interest accrued but not due for payment (computed amount)

1,119,510

 

Cash Balance

..

..

..

299,502

 

Income Tax recoverable

..

1,742

 

3¼% United States Treasury

 

 

Bonds due 15/2/64

..

$5,870,000

 

5% United States Treasury

 

 

Notes due 15/8/64

..

$515,000

 

U.S. Dollars

..

..

..

$8,101

Department of Finance.

T. K. WHITAKER,

23rd June, 1964.

Secretary.

TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANKS.

IV. ACCOUNT of all sums received from and paid to the Banks by the Minister for Finance during the year ended 20th November, 1963.


 

£

 

£

Balance at 20th

 

Amounts paid to Banks

 

November, 1962

..

..

17,815,315

during the year

..

916,000

Amounts received from Banks during the year Interest credited to Banks in the year ended 20th November,

1,036,000

Balance (inclusive of interest) due to Banks at 20th November,

 

 

 

 

1963

..

..

..

538,475

1963

..

..

..

18,473,790

 

£19,389,790

 

£19,389,790

V. STATEMENT showing in the case of each Bank the amount of the liability of the Government at the 20th November, 1963, and the liability at that date of the British Government.


Bank

Amount due

Nominal amount of stocks and bonds held for depositors by the British National Debt Commissioners

By the Minister for Finance

By the British National Debt Commissioners

Total

 

£

£

£

£

Cork

..

6,738,777

3,839

6,742,616

13,140

Dublin

..

8,318,855

3,596

8,322,451

26,181

Limerick

..

655,737

3,057

658,794

910

Monaghan

..

920,593

4,389

924,982

4,768

Waterford

..

1,839,828

12,708

1,852,536

19,763

Totals

..

18,473,790

27,589

18,501,379

64,762

T. K. WHITAKER,


Secretary


Department of Finance


23rd June, 1964.


*The provision in the case of Trustee Savings Banks is for the year of account ended 20th November, 1963.


*Including, in the case of Trustee Savings Banks, the interest payable for the year ended 31st December, 1963.