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STATEMENT showing the SECURITIES in which the SINKING FUNDS were held on the 31st March, 1900.

STATEMENT showing the AMOUNT of SINKING FUNDS ACCRUED to the 31st March, 1900, in respect of each LOAN.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1899-1900.

£ s. d. New Zealand 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 3,470 0 0 New Zealand 4J-per-cent. Debentures .. 1,700 0 0 New Zealand 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 120,731 16 7 New Zealand 3J-per-oent. Inscribed Stock 2,571 3 7 Government Loans to Local Bodies 3J-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 520 0 0 County of Tauranga 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 60 0 0 Borough of Brunner 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 840 0 0 Borough of Hokitika 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 1,860 0 0 Borough of Patea 4J-per-cent. Debentures 200 0 0 Borough of Tauranga 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Borough of Thames 5J-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 900 0 0 Westport Harbour Board 4-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 550 0 0 Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board 5-per-oent. Debentures .. .. 320 0 0 £ s. d. Brought forward .. ..133,923 0 2 Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 540 0 0 Mortgages .. .. .. .. 103,300 0 0 New South Wales 4-per-cent. Debentures 20,800 0 0 New South Wales 4-per-cent. Stock .. 5,486 6 7 New South Wales SJ-per-cent. Stock .. 84,269 13 4 New South Wales 3-per-cent. Stock .. 37,781 7 0 Victoria 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 21,800 0 0 Victoria 4-per-cent. Stock .. .. 43,233 17 4 Victoria 31,-per-cent. Stock .. .. 77,009 4 1 Victoria 3-per-cent. Stock .. .. 8,444 13 7 South Australia 4-per-cent. Debentures 24,700 0 0 South Australia 4-per-cent. Stock .. 4,851 0 5 South Australia 34-per-cent. Stock .. 38,068 11 6 South Australia 3-per-cent. Stock .. 85,82115 10 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 .. .. 32,670 17 3 Canada 2A-per-cent. Stock .. .. 13,666 15 11 Carried forward .. £133,923 0 2 £133,923 0 2 Total .. .. ..£848,589 14 8 ..£848,589 14 8

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 Amendment Act, 1892 " .. £ s. d. 123,303 0 2 610,826 14 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. 123,303 0 2 610,826 14 6 103,300 0 0 95,157 19 0 198,457 19 0 Under Acts or jjOrdinances of the late Provinces :— " Canterbury LoanjOrdinance, 1862 " 11,160 0 0 £848,589 14 8 628 1 3 11,788 1 3 £95,786 0 3 £944,375 14 11