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£ s. d. Debentures of the Borough of Queenstown ... ... 3,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Feilding... ... ... 5,800 0 0 "Debentures of the Borough of South Dunedin ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of North Invercargill ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of East Invercargill ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of South Invercargill ... ... 3,400 0 0 Debentutes of the Borough of Marton ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Sydenham ... ... 25,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Blenheim ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Lawrence ... ... 2,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Lyttelton ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Akaroa ... ... ... 1,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Kaiapoi ... ... ... 2,000 0 0 Debentures of the Otago University ... ... ... 15,000 0 0 Debentures of the Wanganui Harbour Board ... ... 40,000 0 0 Debentures of the Pukaka River Board ... ... 435 0 0 Debentures of the Waiohine River Board ... ... 500 0 0 Mortgages ... ... ... ... ... 247,635 0 0 £1,138,320 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe, and find the same to amount to £1,138,320. James Edward FitzGerald. W. West Knowles. 12th March, 1890. Jas. B. Heywood. (6.) The Public Trust Office. £ s. d. Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan ... 800 0 0 Debentures and Scrip of the General Purposes Loan ... 1,200 0 0 Debentures under "The Public Revenues Acts, 1886" ... 12,000 0 0 Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 11,000 0 0 Deficiency Bills ... ... ... ... 171,400 0 0 Debentures of South Invercargill Borough ... ... 600 0 0 Debentures of Masterton Borough ... ... ... 200 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Valley Railway Company ... 22,000 0 0 Three Shares of the Wellington Trust and Loan Company ... 85 0 0 Deposit Receipts, Bank of New Zealand ... ... 626 1 0 Shares in the Wellington Gas Company ... ... 300 0 0 £220,211 1 0 We hereby certify that we have this day counted the securities in the safe belonging to the Public Trust Office, and find the same to amount to £220,211 Is. James Edward FitzGerald. j. c. moginie. 31st March, 1890. Jas. B. Heywood, (7.) Belonging to Public Companies, deposited in the Trust Office. £ s. d, j\ustralian Mutual Provident Society ... ... ... 25,000 0 0 Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... ... 5,667 0 0 National Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... 12,700 0 0 New Zealand Accident Insurance Company ... . ... 5,000 0 0 Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria ... ... ... 5,100 0 0 Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States ... 6,500 0 0 Equitable Insurance Association of New Zealand ... ... 5,250 0 0 New York Life Insurance Company ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society ... ... 5,500 0 0 Provident and Industrial Insurance Company ... ... 5,000 0 0 Seen, 31st March, 1890. J. E. F'G, J. C. M. J. B. H. (8.) Nelson Rifle Prize-firing Account. £ £ B. d. Consolidated Stock Scrip ... ... ... ... I,ooo' 0 0 Seen, 31st March, 1890. J. E. F'G. J. C. M. J. B. H. [Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,300 copies), £1 19s. j

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