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TABLE No. 10. STATEMENT SHOWING HOW INCEEASE OF PUBLIC DEBT FOE FINANCIAL YEAE ENDED 31st MARCH, 1909, IS MADE UP. £ Public Debt, 1908-9 70,938,534 „ 1907-8 .... ... .... 66,453,897 Increase for Year .... .... .... .£4,484,637 Made up as follows :— Public Works,— £ " Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1907 " 191,800 " Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1908 " 1,200,000 Hutt Bailway and Road Improvement Acts, 1905 and 1907 69,300 " Government Railways Act, 1908 " .... .... 145,100 " Wellington and Manawatu Railway Purchase Act, 1908" 1,000,000 '"' Post and Telegraph Act, 1908" .... .... .... 200,000 Landfdr Settlements,— " Land for Settlements Act, 1908 " 211,495 Local Bodies, — " Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908 " .... .... .... 250,000 Advances to Settlers and Workers, — " Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908 " .... 1,048,800 ~ ~ for workers 123,500 Miscellaneous,— "New/Zealand Consols Act, 1908" .... .... 124 Increase by conversion... .... .... .... .... 36,928 For redemptions .... .... .... .... 7,590 Total increase for 1908-9 £4,484,637

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