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Table No. 7. Charges of the Public Debt.

Authority : Geohge Didsbuky, Government Printer, Wellington.-—IBS6.

1883-84. 1884-85. 1885-86. 1886-87 (Estimated). Interest and sinking fund Exchange and commission Bank of England £ 1,565,872 26,936 3,588 £ 1,570,989 32,015 5,734 £ 1,689,347 1,908 8,175 £ 1,654,500 1,500 11,400 1,596,396 1,608,738 1,699,430 1,667,400 Deduct — Interest received on public moneys Amount of converted bonds drawn 8,448 12,274 72,400 19,482 106,900 15,000 130,000 8,448 84,674 126,382 145,000 Net 1,573,048 1,587,948 1,524,064 1,522,400 Deduct — Interest on new loans — First instalment of three millions Second „ „ Third Million and a half Colonial inscribed stock, quarter million... District railways: State forests On account of new loan 40,000 40,000 40,000 11,455 40,000 40,000 40,000 30,000 12,500 5,761 40,000 40,000 40,000 60,000 12,500 9,976 500 12,000 40,000 91,455 168,261 214,976 Net, exclusive of interest on new loans .. Difference between amount paid in 1883-84, and amount paid in each succeeding year 1,547,948 1,432,609 1,404,787 1,307,424 115,339 143,161 240,524