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Table No. 3. The PUBLIC DEBT of NEW ZEALAND on 31st March, 1897.

Amount outstanding. Due Date. Estimated Sinking Funds ACCRUED. Indebtedness. Annual Charge. Eemabks. Bate. When payable. Int. j S.F. £ £ 273,800 107,900 £ 165,900 o/ 5 % £ 16,428 New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 15 July, 1914 15 Jan. and 15 July. Consolidated Loan Act, 1867 552,500 Ann. drawing 552,500 5 27,625 Quarterly, 15 Jan., &c. Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 .. 1,000,000* 1 June, 1907 481,400 518,600 4 2-4 64,000 J 1 June and 1 Dec. Sinking Fund payable 13 Mar. and 13 Sept. t Balance of debentures not yet sent in for payment. Lyttelton and Christchurch Eailway Loan, 1860.. 4,500f 1 Jan. 1897 9,090 Cr. 4,590 Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 .. j 3,800 12,200 I 16,000 f 2 Jan., 1915 \ 2 July, 1916 1 9,750 6,250 6 1 1,120 30 June and 31 Deo. Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862 72,200 1 July, 1898 97,050 Cr. 24,850 6 + 4,332 1 Jan. „ 1 July. Consolidated Loan Act, 1867 13,000 15 April, 1913 13,000 4 520 15 April „ 15 Oct. Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 J 372,100 27,900 1 400,000 J 15 April, 1913 ]15 April, 1913 372,100 27,900 4 14,884 1,256 15 April „ 15 Oct. 15 April „ 15 Oct. Defence and Other Purposes Loan Act, 1870 j 25,000 75,000 ) 100,000 f Uuly, 1910 (15 April, 1913 25,000 75,000 4 1,125 3,000 30 June „ 31 Dec. 15 April „ 15 Oct. General Purposes Loan Act, 1873 .. J 18,500 12,300 54,700 1 85,500 (15 Oct., 1913 \ 15 May, 1914 (28 Nov., 1914 18,500 12,300 54,700 4 5 740 492 2,735 15 April , 15 Oct. 15 May „ 15 Nov. 15 May „ 15 Nov. District Railways Purchasing Acts, 1885-86 J 35,000 40,000 101,600 47,000 I 223,600 (28 May, 1898 J 1 July, 1909 1 1 April, 1905 ( 1 April, 1899 I ■ 223,600 (34 1,225 2,400 4,064 2,350 ■ 1 April „ 1 Oct. Carried forward 2,741,100 148,296 705,190 2,035,910 * Only £200,000 has actually been issued to the public; the unsold debentures are available lor the purpose of obtaining temporary advances from time to time. I Further contributions of Sinking Fund not required _