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Session 11. 1906. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC DEBT, ETC., OF THE COLONY (RETURN SHOWING THE), YEAR BY YEAR, FROM THE 30th JUNE, 1879, TO THE 31st MARCH 1906.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 19th September, 1906. fv, ?/f ?/' "J h h l la d befoM this H? u f a ret «m showing, year by year, from the earliest available date to the 31st March 1906, (1) the gross amount of the debt of the colony; (2) the net indebtedness of the oolony • (3 the amount of accrued sinking funds; (4) the annual payments on account of sinking funds ; (5) the amount of released sinking funds, year by year, and the amount of debentures issued against the same ; (6) the annual payments on account of interest."—(Mr. Tanneb). j