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No. 23. The Agent-General to the Colonial Treasurer. Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Street, London, S.W., (Memorandum.) 15th November, 1889. Three-and-a-half-per-cent. Loan.—The following are the payments made by the Bank of England to the Public Account on account of the 3-_~per-cent. loan : 29th October, £135,000 ; 29th October, £20,000; 31st October, £155,000; 4th November, £30,000; sth November, £50,000; 6th November, £50,000; 7th November, £60,000; 12th November, £20,000; 13th November, £35,000 : total, £555,000. F. D. Bell.

No. 24. The Agent-General to the Colonial Treasurer. Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Street, London, S.W., (Memorandum.) 30th November, 1889. Three-and-a-half-per-cent. Loan.—ln continuation of my memorandum of the 15th November, No. 1396, I beg to report the following payments made by the Bank of England to the Public Account on account of the 3_-per-cent. loan : Amount already advised, £555,000 ; 15th November, £15,000; 21st November, £10,000 : total, £580,000. F. D. Bell.

No. 25. . The Agent-General to the Colonial Treasurer. Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Street, London, S.W., (Memorandum.) 13th December, 1889. Threb-and-a-half-per-cent. Loan.—ln continuation of my memorandum, No. 1,503, of the 30th November, I beg to report the following payments made by the Bank of England to the Public Account on account of the 3J-per-cent. loan : Amount already advised, £580,000 ; 4th December, £10,000; 10th December, £15,000: total, £605,000. F. D. Bell.

No. 26. The Loan and Stock Agents to the Colonial Treasurer. Sir, — Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Street, London, S.W., 11th December, 1889. We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2nd November, No. 1, and we desire to express our thanks to the Government for its generous terms. The anticipation mentioned in our letter of the 26th October, No. 1,306, that the new 3_-per-cents would soon improve in price, has been realised, as business was done yesterday in the scrip at 3^ premium (18f, 80 per cent, to be paid). Up to the present date the sum of £605,000 has been paid into the Public Account of the loan. As the deposit and first instalment amounted to £427,538 175., subscribers have paid up in full to the amount of about £220,000. We have, &c, P. G. Jueyan, F. D. Bell, The Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, Wellington. Loan Agents.

No. 27. The Agent-General to the Colonial Treasurer. Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Street, London, S.W., (Memorandum.) 10th January, 1890. Three-and-a-half-per-cent. Loan.—ln continuation of my memorandum, No. 1569, of the 13th ultimo, I now beg to report the following payments made by the Bank of England to the Public Account on account of the 3_-per-cent. loan : Amount already advised, £605,000 ; 20th December, £10,000; 30th December, £20,000 : total, £635,000. F. D. Bell.

No. 28. The Agent-General to the Colonial Treasure?.. Treasurer, New Zealand. (Eeeeived 28th February, 1890.) Three-and-a-half-per-cent. foan completed. Only £92,400 debentures deposited' Bank of England towards last instalment. Remainder in full paid into Public Account. In round numbers million and a half debentures lodged Crown Agents, payment Saturday. Secondly, next Consol drawing, 7th March; amount repayable by Crown Agents paid into Public Account 15th. London, 27th.