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PERMANENT CHARGES— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

18991900. • Interest and Sinking Fund— continued. Native Land Purchases Act, 1892 — Interest on £9,700 @ 5 per cent., 30 April and 31 October Interest on 140,000 „ 44 per cent., 30 April and 31 October £ 485 6,300 £ 6,785 £149,700 Land for Settlements Acts, 1892 and 1894— Interest on £45,276 @ 44 per cent., 30 April and 31 October Interest on £134,100 @ 4 per cent., 80 April and 31 October Interest on £605,990 „ 34 per cent., 30 April and 31 October Interest on £349,000 ,, 3f per cent., 1 October (half-year) Interest @ 34 per cent., to provide for further issue of Debentures during the financial year (say) 2,037 5,364 21,210 6,544 3,000 Amount to be recovered from the Land Settlements Account 38,155 38,155 New Zealand Consols Act, 1894— Interest on £385,925 @ 34 per cent., 1 February and 1 August Interest on £51,915 ., 34 per cent., deposited since 31 March, 1899, and to provide for further Deposits during the financial year (say) 13,507 2,200 15,707 Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894— Interest on £283,000 @ 4 per cent., 31 March and 30 September Interest on £117,000 „ 34 per cent., 31 March and 30 September 11,320 4,095 15,415 £400.000 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Acts, 1896, 1897, and 1898 — Interest on £250,000 @ 3J per cent., 1 February and 1 August ... Interest on £500,000 „ 34 per cent., 15 February and 15 August Interest on £165,000 „ 34 per cent. Interest on temporary advances 8,750 17,500 5,775 731 32,756 Treasury Bills — Interest on Bills issued during the year, 30 June and 31 December (say) 33,000 Total Interest and Sinking Fund 1,768,992 Under Special Acts of the Legislature. Militia Act Amendment Act, 1862 — Pensions and Allowances 350 Civil Service Act, 1866— Pensions, Compensation, and Gratuities 30,000 .Military Pensions Act, 1866— Pensions and Allowances . ..... 1,600 Legislative Officers' Salaries Act, 1867— Legislative Council — Speaker Chairman of Committees ... Clerk 600 300 400 House of Representatives — Speaker Chairman of Committees Clerk Clerk-Assistan* ■■: I 600 400 600 400