8.—16.

£ s. a. Debentures of the Borough of South Dunedin ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of North Invercargill ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of East Invercargill ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of South Invercargill ... ... 3,400 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Marton ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Sydenham ... ... 25,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Blenheim ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Lawrence ... ... 2,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Lyttelton ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Akaroa ... ... ... 1,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Kaiapoi ... ... ... 2,000 0 0 Debentures of the Otago University ... ... ... 15,000 0 0 Debentures of the Wanganui Harbour Board ... ... 40,000 0 0 Debentures of the Pukaka Eiver Board ... ... 435 0 0 Debentures of the Waiohine Eiver Board ... ... 500 0 0 Mortgages ... ... ... ... ... 275,645 0 0 £1,233,830 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe, and find the same to amount to £1,233,830. James Edwaed EitzGeeald. L. W. Loveday. 12th March, 1891. W. West Knowles.

(6.) The Public Trust Office. £ s. a. Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan ... 800 0 0 Debentures and Scrip of the General Purposes Loan ... 1,200 0 0 Debentures under "The Public Revenues Acts, 1886" ... 12,000 0 0 Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 11,000 0 0 Deficiency Bills ... ... ... ... 166,400 0 0 Debentures of South Invercargill Borough ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of Masterton Borough ... ... ... 200 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Valley Eailway Company ... 22,000 0 0 Three Shares of the Wellington Trust and Loan Company ... 85 0 0 Deposit Eeceipts, Bank of New Zealand ... ... 685 4 0 Deposit Eeceipts, Union Bank of Australia ... ... 59,165 18 4 Shares in the Wellington Gas Company ... ... 300 0 0 City of Dunedin Bonds ... ... ... ... 800 0 0 Northern Eivers Steam Navigation Company ... ... 87100 Share Certificate, National Bank of New Zealand ... 747 10 0 Share Certificate, National Mortgage Agency Company ... 182 0 0 Share Certificate, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company... ... ... ... ... 185 0 0 £276,838 2 4 We hereby certify that we have this day counted the securities in the safe belonging to the Public Trust Office, and find the same to amount to £276,838 2s. 4d. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. L. W. Loveday. 10th March, 1891. R. C. Hameeton.

(7.) Belonging to Public Companies, deposited in the Trust Office. £ s. d. Australian Mutual Provident Society ... ... ... 28,000 0 0 Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... ... 5,700 0 0 National Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... 12,700 0 0 New Zealand Accident Insurance Company ... ... 5,000 0 0 Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria ... ... ... 5,100 0 0 Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States ... 6,500 0 0 Equitable Insurance Association of New Zealand ... ... 5,250 0 0 New York Life Insurance Company ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society ... ... 5,500 0 0 Provident and Industrial Insurance Company ... ... 5,000 0 0 The Standard Accident Insurance Company of New Zealand ... 5,000 0 0 Seen, 31st March, 1891. J. E. EG, E. C. H.

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