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STATEMENT showing the SECURITIES in which the SINKING FUNDS were held on the 31st March, 1896.

STATEMENT showing the AMOUNT of SINKING FUNDS ACCRUED to the 31st March, 1896, in respect of each LOAN.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1895-96.

£ s. d. New Zealand 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 48,250 0 0 New Zealand 4J-per-cent. Debentures .. 43,591 0 0 New Zealand 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 4,585 0 0 New Zealand 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 104,733 0 9 Treasury Bills, 4 per cent. .. .. 52,072 0 0 County of Tauranga 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 1,460 0 0 County of Waitemata 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 580 0 0 City of Dunedin 7-per-cent. Mortgage Debentures .. .. .. 3,300 0 0 Borough of Brunner 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 970 0 0 Borough of Hawera 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 4,085 0 0 Borough of Hokitika 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 2,080 0 0 Borough of Palmerston North 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 1,100 0 0 Borough of Patea 6-per-cent. Debentures 5,000 0 0 Borough of Tauranga 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 2,600 0 0 Borough of Thames 5J-per-cent. Debentures ... .. .. .. 2,200 0 0 £ s. d. Brought forward .. ..276,606 0 9 Westport Harbour Board 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 7,650 0 0 Wairaakariri - Ashley Water • supply Board 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 990 0 0 Wellington and Manawatu Railway 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. 17,455 0 0 New South Wales 4-per-cent. Debentures 20,800 0 0 New South Wales 4-per-cent. Stock .. 5,486 6 7 New South Wales 3£-per-cent. Stock .. 83,393 15 8 New South Wales 3-per-cent. Stock .. 12,052 13 7 Victoria 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 23,000 0 0 Victoria 4-per-cent. Stock .. .. 40,865 6 4 Victoria Stock .. .. 51,157 5 1 South Australia 4-per-cent. Debentures 24,700 0 0 South Australia 4-per-cent. Stock .. 3,078 4 3 South Australia 3J-per-cent. Stock .. 37,216 16 0 Canada 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 18,200 0 0 Canada 4-per-cent. Stock .. .. 60,000 0 0 Canada 3£-per-cent. Stock .. .. 34,022 11 8 Canada 3-per-cent. Stock .. .. 28,936 19 1 Mortgages .. .. .. .. 32,700 0 0 Total .. .. ..£778,310 19 0 Carried forward .. £276,606 0 9

Investments (Nominal Value). Cash. Totals. fNDER Colonial Acts :— " New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 " " Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 " " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886 " .. £ s. d. 104,733 0 9 442,909 18 3 84,772 0 0 £ s. d. 487 1 3 £ a. a. 104,733 0 9 442,909 18 3 85,259 1 3 rNDER Acts ob Ordinances of the late Provinces :— " Lyttelton and'Christchurch Railway Loan Ordinance, 1860" " Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 " " Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862 " .. " Auckland Loan Act, 1863 " 13,015 0 0 9,155 0 0 92,348 0 0 31,378 0 0 778,310 19 0 35 9 10 3 11 2 27 8 5 27 4 11 13,050 9 10 9,158 11 2 92,375 8 5 31,405 4 11 580 15 7 778,891 14 7