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The PUBLIC DEBT of NEW ZEALAND on 31st March, 1900— continued.

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Authority : John Maokay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9oo.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1899-1900.

Amount outstanding. Due Date. Sinking Funds accrued. Net Indebtedness. Annual Chabgb. Remarks . Rate. Int. S.F. Amount. When payable. o/ ! h ! £ £ 2,396,300 £ 745,917 £ 1,650,383 % £ 131,151 Brought forward .. .. .. j •• Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886 442,600 31 Dec, 1900 198,458* 244,142 3i I 14 35,814+ 1 Mar. and 1 Sept. 1 May „ 1 Nov. 1 Jan. „ 1 July 1 April „ 1 Oct. 1 Mar. „ 1 Sept. 30 April and 31 Oct. 30 April , 31 Oct. 30 April „ 31 Oct. 1 April „ 1 Oct. 1 April „ 1 Oct. 30 April „ 31 Oct. 1 April „ 1 Oct. 1 April „ 1 Oct. *Represents the accrued Sinking Fund in respect of the total amount issued under " The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," of which £912,300 has been converted into Consolidated Stock debentures. fThe Sinking Fund is payable on £1,354,900; the Land Assurance Fund is also charged with J per cent, as a contribution towards Sinking Fund. J£60,000 of this amount will be recouped by the Government Advances to Settlers Office. §Debentures not presented for payment. (I Consolidated Stock Act, 1877 .. .. \\ 29,150,302 6,161,107 5,855,810 1 41,167,279 ( 1 Nov., 1929 -j 1 Jan., 1940 { 1 April. 1945 • 29,150,302 6,101,167 5,855,810 8*1 3 : 1,166,012 215,641 175,674+ Consolidated Stock Act, 1884 — Colonial Issue .. .. .. .. j 104,700 1 Sept., 1905 104,700 3* 3,664 j Naval and Military Settler.s' and Volunteers' Land Act, 1892 320 31 Oct., 1899 320§ " i Native Land Purchases Act, 1892 (Renewed under the Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1899) 125,000 31 Oct., 1906 125,000 3i 4,375 Land for Settlements Act, 1892 (Renewed under the Land for Settlements Acts Amendment Act, 1899) 45,276 31 Oct., 1906 45,270 34 1,585 Land for Settlements Acts, 1894,1897, and 1899 J 739,490 349,000 62,000 30,000 300,000 56,000 ll,536, 490 31 Oct., 1900 1 April, 1909 1 April, 1909 " 31 Oct., 1906 1 April, 1902 , 1 April. 1905 739,490 349,000 02,000 30,000 300,000 56,000 34 3| 34 34 4 4 25,882 13,088 2,170 1,050 12,000 2,240 Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894 I { - 400,000 30 Sep., 1908 (283,000 (117,000 4 34 11,320 4,095 31 Mar. „ 30 Sept. ' 31 Mar. „ 30 Sept. New Zealand Consols Act, 1894 441,487 1 Feb., 1910 441,487 34 15,452 1 Feb. „ 1 Aug. Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1896, and Amendment Aots, 1897, 1898, 1899 250,000 500,000 15,000 150,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 I 11,215,000 , lFeb., 1902 15 Aug., 1921|| ; 131 Oct., 1903 I J 4 Jan., 1904 15 Jan., 1905 15 Feb., 1905 \ 15 Mar., 1905 j 250,000 500,000 15,000 150,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 34 34 34 3i If IT 8.750 17,500 525 5,250 3,500 3,500 3,500 1 Feb. „ 1 Aug. 15 Feb. „ 15 Aug. ] 11 Loan may be paid off at any time after 15th February, 1907, on six months' notice being given. II One-quarter per cent, over bank rate: varying interest, calculated at 34 per cent. , Totals 47,874,452 1,863,738 944,375 46,930,077 Treasury bills amounting to £700,000 are not inoluded.