B.—No. 5

RETURN SHOWING HOW THE SINKING FUND OF THE THREE MILLION LOAN HAS BEEN INVESTED. (In continuation of the Return laid before Parliament on 12th August, 1868.)

£86,517 17s. 4d. invested in Securities of the total nominal value of £81,974 ss. 2d., as under ■— £ s. d. 274 5 2 3f ■ Cent. Consols. 13,000 0 0 Victorian Government ... ... 6 f-Cent. Debentures. 29,400 0 0 Ceylon Government ... ... 6 ditto. 6,300 0 0 Queensland Government ... ... 0 ditto. 11,600 0 0 Cape of Good Hope Government ... 0 ditto. 3,500 0 0 Natal Government ... ... 6 ditto. 1,400 0 0 Antigua Government ... ... 6 ditto. 19,500 0 0 New South Wales Government ... 5 ditto. £84,974 5 2 £ s. d. Amount of Sinking Fund in hands of Trustees uninvested on 31st December, 1808 18,008 19 0

C. T. Batkin, Accountant to the Treasury. Treasury, 14th May, 1569.