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APPENDIX No. 2. Computation of Interest.

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Exhibit No. Three Months before Contract. Contract Finished. Amount. Rate per cent. Interest. Stillwater to Reefton and Brunnerton to Jackson's Line. ;e. 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 40 44 49 50 52 73 81 Balance be works £ — April, 1886 —May, 1889 56,768 — Sept., 1886 —May, 1889 9,708 — May, 1887 —May, 1889 51,800 20 April, 1889 1 Feb., 1891 27,413 14 Aug., 1889 25 Feb., 1892 36,298 14 Aug., 1889 3 April, 1892 36,737 14 Aug., 1889 3 Dec, 1892 41,394 14 Sept., 1889 4 April, 1892 10,179 13 Nov., 1889 14 April, 1891 9,782 — June, 1891 4 April, 1892 6,809 — April, 1891 20 Jan., 1893 24,267 — Nov., 1891 28 Nov., 1893 28,582 17 Nov., 1891 7 May, 1894 25,566 — March, 1892 23 Jan., 1894 4,469 — Sept., 1889 30 Sept., 1890 2,046 — June, 1891 —Dec, 1892 2,062 3ing importations from England, and minor 166,422 3 3 3 3 3 33 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 £ 5,100 776 3,108 1,508 2,722 1,836 4,140 789 416 170 1,274 1,716 1,917 256 61 93 4,993 Total £30,884 Belgrove to Norris's Gully Line. 2,700 41 | 1 July, 1890 | 26 July, 1893 | 30,000 | 3 71 I Springfield to Patterson's Creek Line. 7 Oct., 1889 | 25 March, 1892 | 30,000 | . 3 2,250