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Table No. 7 Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the PostOffice Savings-Bank Fund on the 31st December, 1897.

Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 81st December. 1897. " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1896" Debentures, 3J per cent. £ s. d. 250,000 0 0 £ s. d. 250,000 0 0 £ s. d. 3,613 16 7 " The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act 1896" Debentures, 3 per cent. 25,000 0 0 25,000 0 0 Bank of New Zealand (Hokitika Harbour Board fixed deposit) 300 0 0 300 0 0 7 18 2 " The Consolidated Loan Act 1867 " Debentures, 4 per cent. .. 13,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 109 13 11 " The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 " Debentures, 4J per cent... 707,129 0 0 707,129 0 0 3,061 16 10 " The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 " Debentures, 4 per cent. .. 91,837 0 0 91,837 0 0 332 2 4 " The Consolidated Stock Act 1884" Debentures, 3£ per cent. .. 562,200 0 0 562,200 0 0 1,779 0 2 " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870" Debentures, 4 per cent. 75,000 0 0 72,000 0 0 632 17 6 " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870" Debentures, 4£ per cent. 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 The District Eailways Purchasing Acts, 1885 and 1886, Debentures, 4 per cent. 42,000 0 0 36,076 17 8 418 17 0 The District Eailways Purchasing Acts, 1885 and 1886, Scrip, 4 per cent. 34,100 0 0 34,100 0 0 340 1 3 Dunedin Garrison Hall Debentures, 5 per cent. 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 129 17 3 " The General Purposes Loan Act 1873 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 5,200 0 0 4,342 0 0 43 17 7 " The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act 1886 " Debentures, 3£ per cent. 176,000 0 0 176,000 0 0 1,906 17 5 Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 1,250 0 0 Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 J per cent. 50,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 1,125 0 0 Hamilton Borough Debentures, 5J per cent. 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 68 14 3 Hokitika Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 ♦868 9 10 "The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870" Debentures, 4 per cent. 174,200 0 0 167,272 0 0 1,469 19 2 " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870" Debentures, 4J per cent. 20,900 0 0 20,527 10 0 198 8 2 " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. (Imperial guaranteed) 400,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 1,315 1 4 Inscribed Stock, 3 per cent. 284,416 0 0 284,416 0 0 1,681 7 6 The Land for Settlements Acts, 1892 and 1894, Debentures, 4 per cent. 129,100 0 0 129,100 0 0 863 0 4 " The Land for Settlements Act 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 339,690 0 0 339,690 0 0 1,929-8 5 "The Land for Settlements Act 1892 " Debentures, 4J per cent. 45,276 0 0 45,276 0 0 340 9 11 " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 264,000 0 0 264,000 0 0 2,661 14 0 "The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 3 J per cent. 35,000 0 0 35,000 0 0 250 5 5 " The Native Land Purchases Act 1892 " Debentures, per cent. 125,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 940 1 4 North Rakaia River Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 1,500 0 0 1,500 0 0 31 4 8 Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan 1893 Debentures, 5 per cent. 13,800 0 0 13,800 0 0 345 0 0 Oamaru Harbour Bonds, 5J per cent. 32,000 0 0 32,000 0 0 1-1,617 15 1 Oamaru Harbour Advances 1887, 5 per cent. 30,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 628 15 4 Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 225 0 0 Thames Borough Debentures, 6 per cent. 6,500 0 0 6,500 0 0 190 3 10 Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 250 0 0 " The Public Revenues Act 1893 " (Treasury bills), 3J per cent. 289,200 0 0 289,200 0 0 Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4j per cent. 32,000 0 0 32, i>00 0 0 613 9 7 Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 339,200 0 0 339,200 0 0 8,480 0 0 Accrued interest on Post Office Account 810 8 3 Totals 4,690,648 0 0 4,673,045 7 8 40,560 12 5 * Includes three half-yearly interest-payments of £250, and £50 t t Includes half-yearly interest di lalance of a fourth n< Jβ 31it July, 1897, £88 ot yet paid. Board unable to pay. iO.