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Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the PostOffice Savings-Bank Fund on the 31st December, 1899.

* Includes seven half-yearly interest-payments of £250, and £50 balance of an eighth not yet paid. J. G. Ward, General Post Office, Postmaster-General. Wellington, Ist June, 1900. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,375 copies), £1 18s. 6s.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9oo. Price 3d.]

Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1899. " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1896 " Debentures, 3J per cent. £ s. d. 250,000 0 0 £ s. d. 250,000 0 0 £ s. d. 3,643 16 7 " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1899 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 125,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 731 3 3 " The Consolidated Loan Act 1867 " Debentures, 4 per oent. .. 13,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 109 13 11 " The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 " Debentures, 3J per cent... 54,300 0 0 54,300 0 0 630 0 7 " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 75,000 0 0 72,000 0 0 632 17 G " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870" Debentures, 4J per cent. 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 The District Railways Purchasing Acts, 1885 and 1886, Debentures, 4 per cent. 42,000 0 0 36,076 17 8 418 17 0 The District Railways Purchasing Acts, 1885 and 1886, Scrip, 4 per cent. 34,100 0 0 34,100 0 0 340 1 3 Dunedin Garrison Hall Debentures, 5 per cent. 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 129 17 3 " The General Purposes Loan Act 1873 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 5,200 0 0 4,342 0 0 43 17 7 "The Government Loans to Looal Bodies Act 1886" Debentures, 3J per cent. 312,500 0 0 312,500 0 0 3,511 14 9 Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 Hamilton Borough Debentures, 5£ per cent. 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 68 14 3 Hokitika Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 *1,868 9 10 "The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 174,200 0 0 167,272 0 0 1,469 19 2 " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4J per cent. 20,900 0 0 20,527 10 0 198 8 2 " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. (Imperial guaranteed) 400,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 1,315 1 4 Inscribed Stock, 3 per cent. 1,764,940 0 0 1,764,140 0 0 13,200 14 9 " The Land for Settlements Act 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 701,066 0 0 701,066 0 0 4,100 15 3 " The Land for Settlements Act " Debentures, 3J per cent. 62,000 0 0 62,000 0 0 541 0 3 " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 264,000 0 0 264,000 0 0 2,661 14 0 " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 35,000 0 0 35,000 0 0 250 5 5 North Rakaia River Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 20 16 5 Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan 1893 Debentures, 5 per cent. 13,800 0 0 13,800 0 0 345 0 O Oamaru Harbour Bonds, 5J per cent. 32,000 0 0 32,000 0 0 737 15 1 Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. 13,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 292 10 O Thames Borough Debentures, 6 per cent. 6,500 0 0 6,500 0 0 190 3 10 Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 99 14 G " The Public Revenues Act 1893 " (Treasury bills), 3J per oent. 379,200 0 0 379,200 0 0 Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 439,500 0 0 439,500 0 0 8,752 12 6 Accrued interest on Post Office Account 541 11 0 Totals 5,355,306 0 0 5,336,904 7 8 48,847 5 5