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STATEMENT showing the SECURITIES in which the SINKING FUNDS were held on the 31st March, 1898.

STATEMENT showing the AMOUNT of SINKING FUNDS ACCRUED to the 31st March, 1898, in respect of each LOAN.

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1897-98.

£ s. d. New Zealand 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 20,395 0 0 New Zealand 4£-per-cent. Debentures .. 34,240 0 0 New Zealand 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 4,910 0 0 New Zealand 3J-per-eent. Debentures .. 5,030 0 0 New Zealand 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 110,999 17 10 .New Zealand 3i-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 1,291 9 3 Treasury Bills,"3J per cent. .. .. 21,568 0 0 County of Tauranga 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 1,320 0 0 County of Waitemata 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 580 0 0 City of Dunedin 7-per-cent. Mortgage Debentures .. .. .. 3,30*0 0 0 Borough of Brunner 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 820 0 0 Borough of Hokitika 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 2,080 0 0 Borough of Palmerston North 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 1,100 0 0 Borough of Patea 5-per-cent. Debentures 5,000 0 0 Borough of Tauranga 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 2,200 0 0 Borough of Thames 5J-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 2,200 0 0 £ s. d. Brought forward .. ..217,034 7 1 Westport Harbour Board 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 7,650 0 0 Waimakariri - Ashley Water - supply Board 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 970 0 0 Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 17,505 0 0 New South Wales 4-per-cent. Debentures 20,800 0 0 New South Wales 4-per-cent. Stock .. 5,486 6 7 New South Wales 3J-per-cent. Stock .. 83,393 15 8 New South Wales 3-per-cent. Stock .. 19,864 14 11 Victoria 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 23,000 0 0 Victoria 4-per-cent. Stock .. .. 43,233 17 4 Victoria 31-per-cent. Stock .. .. 75,062 0 3 South Australia 4-per-cent. Debentures 24,700 0 0 South Australia 4-per-cent. Stock .. 4,851 0 5 South Australia 3J-per-cent. Stock .. 37,216 16 0 South Australia 3-per-cent. Stock .. 39,593 15 4 Canada 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 18,200 0 0 Canada 4-per-cent. Stock .. .. 60,000 0 0 Canada 3J-per-cent. Stock .. .. 34,022 11 8 Canada 3-per-cent. Stock .. .. 32,670 17 3 Mortgages .. .. .. .. 112,100 0 0 Carried forward .. £217,034 7 1 Total .. .. ..£877,355 2 6

Investments (Nominal Value). Cash. Totals. Under Colonial Acts :— " New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 " " Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 " " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1892 " £ s. d. 112,291 7 1 522,095 15 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 112,291 7 1 522,095 15 5 133,668 0 0 1,661 2 7 135,329 2 7 Under Acts or Ordinances op the late Pbovinoes:— " Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862 ".. " Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 " 99,225 0 0 10,075 0 0 2,579 3 7 307 4 11 101,804 3 7 10,382 4 11 £877,355 2 6 £4,547 11 1 £881,902 13 7