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Return showing (1) Particulars of the Public Debt of the Colony on 30th June, 1878; (2) the several Increases and Decreases between that Date and the 31st March, 1897, whether arising from New Loans, or the Conversion of Old Loans, or from paying off any Loan; (3) the Rate of Interest and Sinking Fund payable in respect of each Loan; (4) Particulars of the Public Debt on 31st March, 1897, showing in respect of each Loan (a) the Annual Charge for Interest and Sinking Fund, (b) the Amount of Outstanding Debt, (c) the Due Date thereof, (d) the Accrued Sinking Fund, and (e) the Net Debt.

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Public Debt at 30th Ji rune, 1878. Increases to 31st Mar., 1897. Decreases to 31st March, 1897. Public Debt at 31st March, 18ff7. Authority. Amount authorised. Date of Issue. iiint. Annual Charge. Loans converted into or redeemed by 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock. Loans converted into or redeei 3J-per-cent. Inscribed Sto< med by Loans converted into or redeemed by -k. 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock. Loans convert* Del jd into Short-dated ventures. Annual Charge. Sm]dng Ponds No. J Authority. Remarks. From From Now Loans. Conversions. Loans paid off. Ann Int. S.F. When due. Araoi int. Net Debt. .... Date Amount. Terms. Date. Amount. Amount. Terms. Date. Amount. Terms. Date. Amount. Terms. Date. Amount. Interest. S.F. I I Ordinance of Legislative Council .. I New Zealand Loan Act, 1856 £ £ £ 311 •fc £ £ £ H 31 Mar., 1896 ; 1 Jan., 1888 1 Oct., 1 Jan., 1889 1 J uly, 1 Oct., £ 31 300,000 25,000 25,000 50,000 50,000 ••! £ 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 £ £ £ £ £ £ 1 Ordinance of Legislative Council. 500,000 300,000 25,000 25,000 1 July, 1859 50,000 1 Oct., „ 50,000 1 July, 1864 50,000 .. .. 3 4 J New Zealand Loan Act, I860 I j New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 150,000 3,000.000 1 July, 1861 15 July, 1864 488,000 93,100 I ' I 1 July', 1894 5M00 1 July, 1891 74,100 1 July, 1894 76,000 2,700 1 Jan., 1895 18,700 6,200 1896 1,400 1 Nov., 1892 ' 500,000 15 Mar., 1891 I 154,800 15 June, „ 188,400 15 Dec, „ 4,900 15 Dec, „ I 68,900 104 115J 115 114 114J 111 117 104 104 104 110 i •• I 1 May, 1886 1 May, 1886 1 May, 1886 1 May, , 1 May, „ 19,000 109 65,600 112J 109 47,600 109 20,100 109 15 Jan., 1886 43,600 A 15 July, 1914 273,800 2 New Zealand Loan Act, 1856. 3 New Zealand Loan Act, 1860. A. Six years' currency to 15th January, 1892; then converted into 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock at 110. 2 3 i New Zealand Consolidated Loan Act, 1867— English issue 1 Nov., 1865 500,000 15 Mar., 1866 201,500 15 June, 1867 236,000 15 Dec, „ 93,900 i 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 New Zealand Loan Act, 1863. 5 New Zealand Consolidated Loan Act. ! 1867. 1,519^400 1 273,800 2,738 I 107,977 6,531,400 5 1 15 April, 1888 15 April, 1886 3,651,700 B 562.40C C I Annual ) t drawings 13,690 165,82 4 6 7,2S3,1OO Uan., 1891 I 200 15 April, 1894 p 33,300 1 Jan., 1894 271,000 6,400 7,600 4,600 7,500 1 Jan., 1895 J 51.000 8,700 15 April, 1895 44,656 15 April, 1896 68,786 1 Jan., 1893 : 64,000 1 May, 1886 38,200 106 1879-96 1,222,85 552,500 27.625 § 552,500 108J 107} 107 106 102 106 105 100 100 106J 107} 107 106 English issue. j B. Seven years'currency to 15th April. 1892; then converted into 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock at 107. C. Six years' currency to 15th April, 1892 ; then converted into 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock at 107. Colonial issue 102 I 77,000 1 Jan., 1873 15 April, „ 64,000 13,000 31,600 S 4 1 .. Colonial issue. 6 Public Debts Act, 1867— Auckland Loan Act, 1863. Wellington Loan Act, 1866. Nelson Waterworks Loan Act, 1864. Public Debts Act, 1867— Auckland Loan Act, 1863 500,000 15 April, 1913 13,000 520 13,000 1 July, 1868 6 2 1891 11,800 1894 2,000 1895 1,000 1896 16,800 114 109 107 Wellington Loan Act, 1866 Nelson Waterworks Loan Act, 1864 Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan Ordinance, 1860 50,000 20,000 300,000 1 July, 1866 Various 13,500 6,200 77,700 .. 1 July, 1886 13 \ 500- 100 8 8 6 2 2 2 1880-81 1893 1894 1896 1897 6,200 23,500 15,200 18,600 4,700 1891 "200 6,000 109 111 I .. 1 Jan., 1897 9,091 Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 500,000 22,800 136 125 116J 117J 113J 110J 105 106 1034 4,500 Cr. 4,591 Lyttelton and Christchurch Rail- Debentures not sent in for payment as way Loan Ordinance, 1860 at 31st March, 1897. Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862. D. 2nd January, 1915.. £3,800 2nd July, 1916 .. 12,200 16,000 6 1 1891 5,800 1895 1,000 1891 1,000 23,700 1892 6,600 1894 8,100 1,000 1895 2,500 1896 1,000 Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862 500,000 1 July, 1863 116,700 6 1 D 16,000 960 160 9,750 6,250 ' " Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 .. ., I Guaranteed by Imperial Government .. £1,000,000 j 4,000,000 1 June, 1871 1 June, 1873 1 July, 1898 1 June, 1907 1 June, 200,000 4 4 2-4 2-4 800,000 72,200 200,000 800,000 1 1,000,000 I 372,100 •' 27,900 ! ; 400,000 4,332 § 97,046 Cr. 24,846 Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862. I § Further contributions of Sinking 7 J Immigration and Public Works Loan Fund not required. ! Act, 1870— Guaranteed by Imperial Government. I Colonial issue .. .. .. 400,000 15 April, „ 1875-78 372,100 25,700 4 2,200 5 April, 1913 5 April, . 40,000 24,000 481,573 518,427 Consolidated Loan of 1867 .. .. 2,100,000 Five-thirties .. .. 500,000 £4,000,000 Included Included 397^800 I 16,140 400,000 Colonial issue. in No. 5. in No. 12. I Defence and Obher Purposes Loan Act, 1870 Consolidated Loan of 1867 .. .. £600,000 5-per-cent. Five-thirties .. .. 250,000 Colonial issue .. .. .. 150,000 £1,000,000 1,000,000 Included Included in No. 5. in No. 13. * Included in sum of £231,000, No. 35. 15 April, 1873 1 July, 1880 25 June, 1881 50,000 I 75,000 I I 20,000 5,000 H H 81 Dec, 1885 50,000* 100 .. 15 April, 1913 1 July, 1910 1 July, » 78,000 20,000 5,000 1 100,000 4,125 .. .. 100,000 Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1873 b-per-cent. Five-thirties .. .. £500,000 4J „ » .. .. 1,500,000 £2,000,000 2,000,000 Included Included 150,000 ' 8 Defence and Other Purposes Loan Act, 1870— Colonial issue. in No. 18. in No. 12. 4,125 100,000 750,000 Included in No. 18. 15 May, 1874 9 Immigration and Public Works Loan Aot, 1873. 10 General Purposes Loan Act, 1873 b-per-cent. Five-thirties .. .. £500,000 Colonial issue .. .. .. 250,000 £750,000 12,300 49,500 20,900 18,800 6,200 87,900 54,700 15 Oct.! 1873 4 5 4 i H 5 5 ' } . "" ' .'■ ■■ 15 Dec.', 1888 28 Nov., 1884 15 Oct., 1885 28 Nov., 1884 49,500-' 100 20,900' 100 6\200* 100 .'. 87,900* 100 5 Iky, 1911 5 Oct., 1913 v^mm^mmm 18,500 J 85,500 3,967 .. .. 85,500 North Otago District Public Works Loan Aot, 1872 l$-per-cent. Five-thirties — Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 1873 1874 8 Nov., 1914 LO General Purposes Loan Act, 187S— 11 12 - 250,000 43,900 5 .. 1878-83 43,900 Colonial issue. 11 North Otago District Public Works Loan Act, 1872. 70,000 See No. 7 See No. 9 4,000,000 800,000 1,500.000 4,000,000 . 1 Feb., 1884 3,053,900 103 lFeb., 1886 1,891,200 101 1 Aug 1,054,900 E I ;2 ty-per-cent. Five-thirties .. . E. Various. 5-per-cent. Five-thirties — Defence and Other Purposes Loan Act, 1870 Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1873 General Purposes Loan Act, 1873 ■ 6,OOo!oOO a i " I 13 See No. 8 Sec Nc. 9 See No. 10 250,000 500,000 500,000 I :: :: ::] 15 Jan., 1884 j 504,400 103J 15 Jan.. 1885 ! 745,600 102J I -# .3 5-per-cent. Five-thirties 5-per-cent. Ten-forties — Now Zealand Loan Act, 1876 1877 ■ 1,250,000 6 \. ■ I 1,000,000 2,500,000 1 Mar., 1878 1 Mar., , 1,000,000 2,500,000 ■ 3,500,000 50,000 Westland Loan Act, 1873 5 5 1 Mar., 1890 9,307,8001 'J"i 30 June, 1891 I 50,000 107$ 1 May, 1886 1,292,700 102 4 5-percent. Ten-forties .. .. t £92,400 accepted at par. 5 Westland Loan Act, 1873. .5 50,000 15 April, 1874 15,000 100 3,000* 100 .6 Nelson Loan Act, 1874 27,000 23 Mar., 1876 15,000 3,000 16,500 25,000 16,500 7 7 23 Mar., 1896 12 April, 1885 18^000 16 j Nelson Loan Act, 1874. Wellington Debts Act, 1876 58,000 I 5 5 5 New Zealand Loan Act, 1879 . .. .. .. i 5,000,000 1 Nov., 187G I 58,000 1878-79 58,000 7 Wellington Debts Act, 1876. . 8 New Zealand Loan Act, 1879. 5 000,000 1 Nov., 1889 388,000 95 -' 1 Nov.', 1879 4,476,000 : 120 1 1 May, 1886 186,000 j 103 j i 2,517.500 111,359 | 26,898 j 705,437 ] 1,812,063 Carried forward I i I I t I 120,907,411 I _jj ] I _, _ _|2 .. I .. i 5.802.200 4,448,242 I .. 18,891,900 I j_. 4,508,700 . .. 1.R4R.269