WAIMEA PLAINS AND DUNTROON AND HAKATERAMEA RAILWAY COMPANIES (PUBLIC MONEYS INVESTED IN DEBENTURES OF).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1884 Session II, B-14

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Bess. 11.—1884. NEW ZEALAND.

WAIMEA PLAINS AND DUNTROON AND HAKATERAMEA RAILWAY COMPANIES (PUBLIC MONEYS INVESTED IN DEBENTURES OF).

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives, dated llith September, 1884. Ordered, " That a return bo laid before this House showing (1) tho respective amounts of public moneys that have, been invested or lent on tho debentures of the Waimea I'laius Railway Company and tho Duntroon-Hakatcramea Railway Company ; (2) the respective dates of purchase of or loans upon tho security of such debentures; (3) the respective amounts of interest due and payable on such debentures; (4) tho respective amounts o£ interest that havo been f aid on sucli debentures; (6) the present market value of such debentures respectively ; (C) the respective amounts of capital of the said companies ; (7) tho respective yearly net profits of such companies ; (8) tho respective annual amounts of ratc3 received and derivable by such companies since their formation ; (9) the property-tax valuation of the rateable value of property in each of the districts respectively."— Mr. Holmes.

Return of Public Moneys invested in Debentures of the Waimea Plains Railway Company and the Duntroon-Hakateramea Railway Company, &c.

Waimoa Plahns Railway Company. Duntroon and Hakaterainoa Kailway Company. 1. Respective amounts of public moneys that have been invested or lent on the debentures of the Waimea Plains Railway Company and the Duntroon-Hakatera-mca Railway Company 2. Respective dates of purchase of or loans upon the security of such debentures 3. Respective amounts of the interest duo and payable on such debentures £75,000 £20,000. 18th March, 1880, £40,000; 3rd October, 1883, £35,000 Interest due on 1st October, 1884, for half-year, viz., on £40,000 at 6 per cent., £1,200; on £35,000 at 6J per cent., £1,093 15s. 9th December, 1881. £3,023 9s. Id., thus: Interest at 7 per cent, on £20,000 from the 9th December, 1881, to the 29th October, 1884, £4,048 9s. lOd. ; Less interest paid, £1,025 0s. 9d.: total, £3,023 9s. Id. £1,025 0s. 9d. 4. Respective amounts of interest that have been jiaid on such debentures £12,792 3s. 2d., including interest on £40,000 for half-year ended 1st October, 1884 Not ascertainablo 5. Present market valuo of such debentures respectively G. Respective amounts of capital of the said companies 7 Respective yearly net profits of such companies 8. Respective annual amounts of rates received and derivable by such companies since their formation 9. Property-tax: valuation of the rateable value of property in each of the districts respectively Not ascertainablo. £150,000, £35,010 called up £150,000, £370 called up. 1882-88*, £96«43. 5d.; 1883-84*, £808 3s. 5d. Derivable: 1882-83, £4,746 11s. 8d. ; 1883-84, £4,858 7s. 8d. Received: No information No separate valuations havo been mado by Property-Tax Department *1883-84, £400 15s. 9d. Derivable: 1883-S4, £2,81814s. Cd. Received: No information. No separate valuations havo been made by Property-Tax Department. * These profits do not includo the Government subsidy or the amounts leviable by rates ; they represent simply the c"i ierenco between receipts from the line and the working expenses. James C. Gavin, Treasury, 29tli October, 1884. Secretary to the Treasury. * By Authority: Gkobge Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—1884.