B.—No. 3

Enclosure in No. 1. NEW ZEALAND GUARANTEED LOAN. SINKING FUND ACCOUNT, IN CONTINUATION OF THE ACCOUNT FORWARDED IN TREASURY LETTER OF 21ST JANUARY, 1861. (Vide Appendix to Journals of House of Representatives, 1861, B— 2, p. 8.)

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PAPERS EELATIVE TO THE INTEREST AND

Investments in the £3 per cent. Consolidated Annuities in the names of George Alexander Hamilton, Assistant Secretary to the Treasury; Penrose Goodchild Julyan, one of the Agents General for Crown Colonies; aud Morgan Hugh Foster, Assistant Paymaster General. Amounts due on account of the Sinking Fund. Remittances from New Zealand. Dividends received on Investments. Price. Commission. Amount applied to purchase of Stock. Stock Purchased. Brought forward ... £22, 100 £ s. d. 22,100 0 0 £ a. d. 471 13 6 281 5 8 £ s. d. 29 17 7 0 7 8 £ s. d. 22,541 15 11 280 18 0 £ s. d. 23,892 1 8 306 19 10 1861. April 1 April \ Arrears to April 1... Arrears to Oct. 1 ... 1861. 1 per cent, on £25,000, Series B. 250 „ 50,000, „ E. 500 „ 20,000, part of E. 200 „ 20,000, „ E. 200 ( 950 0 0 Due Jan. 5,1861, on £19,567 15 2 1861. Jan. 30, by Agent ... 914 1861. Mar. 30, by Bank ... 91? 1 5 10 948 14 2 1,034 0 3 200 0 0 1861. April 3, by Bank ... 91J 0 5 6 199 14 6 218 17 7 Julyl July 1 July 1 „ 300,000, Series A. 3,000 „ 50,000, „ D. 500 „ 25,000, „ C. 250 [3,750 0 0 1861. June 26, by Bank ... 89| 5 4 9 3,744 15 3 4,189 18 11 29,641 18 3 October 1 October 1 ... „ 25,000, „ B. 250 „ 50,000, „ E. 500 | 750 0 0 Due July 5,1861, on £29,641 18 3 367 9 3 1861. July 30, by Agent ... 1861. Sept. 27, by Bank ... 0 10 3 366 19 0 407 3 3 931 10 2 748 19 10 804 5 9 ... 1862. January 1 ... January 1 ... January 1 30,853 7 3 „ 300,000, „ A. 3,000 ,, 50,000, „ D. 500 „ 25,000, „ C. 250 [3,750 0 0* 1861. Dec. 30, by Bank ... 5 3 6 3,744 16 6 4,137 18 6 ... 904 Due Jan. 5, 1862, on £30,853 7 3 445 8 11 1862. Feb. 19, by Agent ... 93 0 12 0 444 16 11 478 6 7 31,500 0 0 1,565 17 4 44 7 3 33,021 10 1 35,469 12 4 * This sum of £3,750 was invested after the Bank Books had bee the Bank of England whereby the Books are now open for Investmen transferred to their names in respect of such Stock for any period prior to tl Treasury Chambers, 'loth March, 1862. ;n closed for making out the Dividend Warrants for the 5th January, 1862. An arrangement has been recently made by its during the period when they used to be closed. No dividend is, however, payable to the purchasers of Stock so he date of the first dividend day following such purchase.