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Annual Charge. Amount outstanding. Due Date. Sinking Funds ACOBUED. Indebtedness. .te. Remarks. When payable. Int. S.P. Brought forward £ £ 2,834,400 £ 693,632 £ 2,140,768 % % £ 155,176 •• Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886 48,000 31 Dec, 1900 48,000 3J li 16,085* 1 Mar. and 1 Sept. * Sinking Fund payable on £960,300; the Land Assurance Fund is also charged with J per cent, as a contribution towards Sinking Fund. Consolidated Stock Act, 1877 .. \ 29,150,302 6,130,896 1,500,000 1 Nov., 1929 1 Jan., 1940 1 April, 1945 29,150,302 6,130,896 1,500,000 3 1,166,013 214,581 45,000+ 1 May „ 1 Nov. 1 Jan. „ 1 July 1 April „ 1 Oct. Consolidated Stock Act, 1884 — Colonial Issue 286,000 40,000 1,306,100 253,200 488,300 I 2,373,600 [28 May, 1897 22 May, 1898 \ 28 May, 1898 28 May, 1898 128 May, 1898 1,632,100 253,200 403,041 ii 34 T3.444 10,128 17,091 28 May „ 28 Nov. 28 May „ 28 Nov. 28 May „ 28 Nov. fThis amount will be recouped by the Government Advances to Settlers Office. {Represents the accrued Sinking Fund upon £960,300, the amount borrowed under " The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," to the 31st March, 1896, of which £912,300 has been converted into Consolidated Stock debentures. 85,259} Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers' Land Act, 1892 27,226 31 Oct., 1899 27,226 ±1 1,225 30 April „ 31 Oct. Native Land Purchases Act, 1892 j 140,000 9,700 | 149,700 (31 Oct., 1899 131 Oct., 1899 140,000 9,700 5 6,300 485 30 April „ 31 Oct. 30 April „ 31 Oct. • Land for Settlements Act, 1892 .. < 8,690 45,276 I 53,966 (31 Mar., 1897 \31 Oct., 1899 } - 53,966 H 2,428 30 April „ 31 Oct. Land for Settlements Act, 1894 .. -I 134,100 24,200 15,COO 173,300 I (31 Oct., 1899 \ 30 April, 1926 (31 Oct., 1899 134,100 24,200 15,000 4 5,364 968 525 30 April „ 31 Oct. 30 April „ 31 Oct. 30 April „ 31 Oct. Lands Improvement and Native Lands Ac- J quisition Act, 1894 383,000 65,000 1 448,000 30 Sep., 1908 f 383,000 \ 65,000 4 a* 15,320 2,275 31 Mar. „ 30 Sept. 31 Mar. „ 30 Sept. New Zealand Consols Act, 1894 161,390 1 Feb., 1910 161,390 8| 5,649 1 Feb., „ 1 Aug. Totals .. 43,050,780 778,891 42,271,889 1,738,057 Treasury bills amounting to £735,000 are not included.