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STATEMENT showing the SECURITIES in which the SINKING FUNDS were held on the 31st March, 1897.

STATEMENT showing the AMOUNT of SINKING FUNDS ACCRUED to the 31st March, 1897, in respect of each LOAN.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1896-97.

£ s. d. New Zealand 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 20,250 0 0 New Zealand 4J-per-cent. Debentures .. 38,891 0 0 New Zealand 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 4,585 0 0 New Zealand 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 106,685 10 3 New Zealand 3i-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 1,291 9 3 Treasury Bills,"3J per cent. .. .. 42,249 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 .. .. .. .. 4,000 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 .. .. .. .. 2,200 0 0 Borough of Thames 5J-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 2,200 0 0 £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. 236,841 19 6 Westport Harbour Board 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 7,650 0 0 Waimakariri - Ashley Water - supply Board 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 990 0 0 Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 17,455 0 0 New South Wales 4-per-cerit. Debentures 20,800 0 0 New South Wales 4-per-cent. Stock .. 5,486 6 7 New South Wales 3J-per-cent. Stock .. 83,393 15 8 New South Wales 3-per-cent. Stock .. 15,899 9 10 Victoria 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 23,000 0 0 Victoria 4-per-cent. Stock .. .. 43,233 17 4 Victoria Stock .. .. 63,551 5 5 South Australia 4-per-cent. Debentures 24,700 0 0 South Australia 4-per-cent. Stock .. 4,851 0 5 South Australia 3J-per-cent. Stock .. 37,210 16 0 South Australia 3-per-cent. Stock .. 18,281 8 5 Canada 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 18,200 0 0 Canada 4-per-cent. Stock .. .. 60,000 0 0 Canada 3J-per-cent. Stock .. .. 34,022 11 8 Canada 3-per-cent. Stock .. .. 28,936 19 1 Mortgages .. .. .. .. 65,700 0 0 Total .. .. ..£810,210 9 11 Carried forward .. £236,84119 6

Investments (Nominal Value). Cash. Totals. Under Colonial Acts :— " New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 " " Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 " " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886 " .. £ s. d. 107,976 19 6 481,573 10 5 107,949 0 0 £ s. d. 908 1 0 £ s. d. 107,976 19 6 481,573 10 5 108,857 1 0 Under Acts or Ordinances of the late Provinces :— " Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862 " .. " Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 " "Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan Ordinance, I860" 94,941 0 0 9,455 0 0 2,105 3 0 294 16 2 97,046 3 0 9,749 16 2 8,315 0 0 i 775 17 11 9,090 17 11 | £810,210 9 11 ; £4,083 18 1 £814,294 8 0