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Statement op Liabilities and Assets— continued. . , £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. Assets, — Payments for twenty-six years of 5 per cent, per annum on ..„.„-„ , A amount of inscribed debts of Local Bodies (£881,338 19s. Id.*) 1,145,740 12 10 Less amount paid in respect of the annual repayments 22d,b74 d a 922 066 9 2 Inscribed debt undec " The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891 " ZHSq irq Less amount refunded on disposal of lands .. ■• ia J 154 271 1 3 Sinking fund created under section 5 of " The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1892" .. •• •• £1185,194 11 5

SS Hal EEI SSoel Act, 1891," up to the a* March, 1897, was £177,860 18s. 6d.

♦This amount represents the debt as inscribed on the let February 1897 It includes«*» tojggb ed stock exchanged tor debentures under " The Eoads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882," amounting to £89,878 Bs. 9d. (See 8.-13,1891.)

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