NATIONAL DEBT OFFICE-continued. II. AN ACCOUNT of all Moneys received by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and the Disposal thereof, on account of Contracts for the Grant of Payments on Death, made between the 1st January and 31st December 1870, under the Provisions of the Act 27 & 28 Vict. c. 46. s. 2. On Account of Payments On Death. Sums paid. Sums received. For Insurances granted through the medium of the Postmaster General Balance due 31st December 1869 Dividends on Stock For sale of 2,2507. 128. 8d. New 31. per Cents 475 2 5 £9,375 6 1 Also, AN ACCOUNT showing the Amount of Receipts during the Year on Contracts; the Number and Amount of Payments on account of Contracts during the Year; the Amount of Expenses during the Year; the Number and Amount of New Contracts entered into; the Total Number and Amount of all Current calculating the Premiums. Contracts at the End of the Year; the whole Amount of Capital, distinguishing the manner in which Invested, how much in Cash, how much in Securities, specifying their Nature; the Average Rate of Interest received upon each Class of Investments; and the Table of Mortality and the Rate of Interest used in Amount of Receipts during the Year on Contracts. Number and Amount of Payments of Contracts made on account during the Year. Total Number and Amount of all Current Contracts at the End of the Year. Capital and Average Rate of Interest upon each Class of Security. See Return from the Postmaster General accompanying account. this fixed by the Act 27 & 28 Vict. c. 43. s. 5. The law of mortality which has been observed in the construction of the Tables for the insurance of lives of both sexes is that known as the "English Life Table," No. 3, "for Males," published under the authority of the Registrar General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England; the rate of interest being taken at 3. per cent. per annum, as POST OFFICE. GOVERNMENT ANNUITIES AND INSURANCES GRANTED UNDER ACT 27 & 28 VICT. c. 43. AN ACCOUNT showing the Number and Amount of Sums received and paid, and the Number and Amount of Contracts granted by Her Majesty's Postmaster General, under authority of the Act 27 & 28 Vict. c. 43., from the Commencement of Business on the 17th April 1865 to the 31st December 1870, together with the Number and Amount of Contracts in existence on the 31st December 1870, and the Amount paid for Charges of Management. (I.) An Account showing the Number and Amount of Sums received and paid on Account of Government Annuity and Insurance Contracts from the Commencement of Business on the 17th April 1865 to the 31st December 1870. (II.) AN ACCOUNT showing the Number and Amount of CoNTRACTS entered into by Her Majesty's Postmaster General from the Commencement of Business on the 17th April 1865 to the 31st December 1870, and the Number and Amount of Contracts in existence on the 31st December 1870. (III.) AN ACCOUNT showing the Amount paid for CHARGES of MANAGEMENT from the Commencement of Business on the 17th April 1865 to the 31st December 1870. TABLE XI. AN ESTIMATE of the NUMBER of LETTERS, BOOK PACKETS and CIRCULARS, |