Note 168 — Chapter XXIV

“Before 1871 the money accruing from unclaimed money orders had, for many years, been used in aiding officers of the department to insure their lives; but in that year the Lords of the Treasury gave directions for the discontinuance of the practice (except in regard to then existing recipients of the aid), and for the payment of this money into the Exchequer. In obedience to this order, the accumulated capital, together with the interest thereon (amounting to £20,707), was paid into the Exchequer. The actual amount of unclaimed money orders for 1871 was £3,390.”—“Twenty-fifth Report,” p. 65.—Ed.