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1888. NEW "ZEALAND.

SECURITIES IN WHICH TRUST FUNDS ARE INVESTED (RETURN OF).

Return to an Order of the Souse of Representatives dated 16th May, 1888. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing the securities in which the several trust funds of the colony, whether sinking funds, or Savings-bank funds, or funds of the Government Insurance Department or the Public Trust Office, or any others, are invested."—(Mr. Seddon.)

Return showing the Securities in which the several Trust Funds of the Colony, whether Sinking Funds, or Savings-bank Funds, or Funds of the Government Insurance Department or the Public Trust Office, or any Others, are invested.

Name of Security. Trustees of New Zealand Sinking Fund. London, 31st March, 1888. General Post Office. 26th May, 1888. Commissioners !of Public Debts Sinking Funds. 16th May, 1888. He! Id by Government Insurance Department. 28th May, 1888. Public Trust Office. 6th June, 1888. Total. > overnment Securities — New Zealand, 5 per cent. New Zealand, 4J per cent. .. • New Zealand, 4 per cent. Waimea Plains llailway Company's debentures Jounty Council Securities — Ashburton debentures, 7 per cent. .. 3orough Securities — Thames, 6 per cent. Thames, 5 per cent. Hamilton debentures, 5J per cent. .. Oamaru debentures, 7 per cent. Duneclin mortgage, 7 per cent. Patea debentures, 6 per cent. Hawera debentures, 6 per cent. Cambridge debentures, 6 per cent. .. Arrowtown debentures, 7 per cent. .. Parnell debentures, 6 per cent. Wanganui debentures, 7 per cent. .. Queenstown debentures, 7 per cent... Peilding debentures, 7 per cnt. Dunedin South debentures, 0 per cent. Invercargill South debentures, 7 percent. Marton debentures, 7 per cent. Sydenham debentures, 5 per cent. .. Blenheim debentures, 6 per cent. Lawrence debentures, 6J per cent. .. Invercargill North debentures, 6 per cent. Lyttelton debentures, 5 per cent, [arbour Board Securities — Thames debentures, 6 per cent. Oamaru mortgages, 5J per cent. Patea debentures, 5J per cent. Hokitika debentures, 6 per cent. Waitara debentures, C per cent. Wanganui debentures, 6J per cent. .. liver Board Securities — North Bakaia, 5 per cent. .. Pukaka debentures, 6 per cent. & s. a. & s. a. 1,132,284 0 0 119,900 0 0 492,587 7 11 £ S. d. 82,400 0 0 84,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 £ B. d. 429,600 0 0 130,500 0 0 & s. a. 120,688 0 0 & s. d. 1,764,972 0 0 334,400 0 0 1,288,947 18 11 75,000 0 0 J768,762'll 0 75,000 0 0 26,598 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 6,500 0 0 3,500 0 0 6,500 0 0 3,500 0 0 6,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 3,300 0 0 5,000 0 0 6,200 0 0 420 .0 0 2,500 0 0 6,672 0 0 1,000 0 0 3,500 0 0 5,800 0 0 9,700 0 0 3,400 0 0 6,000 0 0 •5,000 0 0 3,300 0 0 5,000 0 0 6,200 0 0 420 0 0 2,500 0 0 0,672 0 0 1,000 0 0 3,500 0 0 5,800 0 0 9,700 0 0 3,400 0 0 5,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 33,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 4,000 0 0 33,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 15,650 0 0 10,000 0 0 15,650 0 0 10,000 0 0 5,500 0 0 435 0 0 5,500 0 0 435 0 0