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STATEMENT showing the SECURITIES in which the SINKING FUNDS were held on the 31st March, 1904.

STATEMENT showing the AMOUNT of SINKING FUNDS ACCRUED to the 31st March, 1904, in respect of each LOAN.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1903-1904.

£ s. d. New Zealand 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 3,470 0 0 New Zealand 44-per-cent. Debentures .. 1,700 0 0 New Zealand 34-per-cent. Debentures .. 1,250 0 0 New Zealand 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 129,754 19 0 New Zealand 34-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 2,571 3 7 New Zealand 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 9,229 9 2 New South Wales 4-per-cent. Debentures 19.800 0 0 New South Wales 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. .. 5,486 6 7 New South Wales 34-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. .. 84,384 16 10 New South Wales 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. .. 71,380 18 4 Victoria 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 15,000 0 0 Victoria 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. 43,233 17 4 Victoria 34-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. 84,000 0 0 Victoria 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. 27,429 4 1 South Australia 4-per-cent. Debentures 24,700 0 0 South Australia 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. .. 4,851 0 5 South Australia 34-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. .. 38,068 11 6 South Australia 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. .. 114,866 15 9 Canada 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 18,200 0 0 Canada 4-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. 60,000 0 0 Canada 34-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. 34,022 11 8 Canada 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. 33,226 12 3 Canada 24-percent. Inscribed Stock .. 13,666 15 11 Tasmania 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. 6,645 15 1 Queensland 4-per cent. Inscribed Stock 1,433 8 8 Ceylon 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. 10,000 0 0 Transvaal 3-per cent., Guaranteed Stock 30,994 9 9 Leeds Corporation 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. .. 14,000 0 0 £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. 903,372 16 5 Cardiff Comoration 3 ptr-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. .. 26,000 0 0 Gold Coast 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock 17,121 14 10 Reading Corporation 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. 6,500 0 0 Sheffield Corporation 3-per-cent. Inscribed Stock .. .. .. 16,000 0 0 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlements Act 4-per-cent. Debentures .. 660 0 0 Land for Settlements Act 4-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 2.885 0 0 Local Bodies' Loans Act 34-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 400 0 0 County of Tauranga 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 60 0 0 Borough of Brunnur 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 840 0 0 Borough of Hokitika 6-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 1,800 0 0 Borough of Patea 44-P er -° en t- Debentures .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Borough of Tauranga 5-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Westport Harbour Board 4-per-cent. Debentures .. .. .. 550 0 0 Waimakariri - Ashley Water-supply Board 5-per-cent. Debentures % .. 320 0 0 Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company 5-per-cent. Debentures .. 540 0 0 977,509 11 3 Mortgages .. .. .. .. 61,900 0 0 Total .. .. £1,039,409 11 3 Carried forward .. .. 903,372 16 5

Investments (Nominal Value). Cash. Totals. Under Colonial Acts :— " New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 " " Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 " " Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1901 " "Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1894 " £ s. d. 155,450 18 5 807,123 12 10 61,900 0 0 £ s. d. 607 10 4 302,197 0 2 158,520 4 9 £ s. d. 155,450 18 5 807,731 3 2 364,097 0 2 158,520 4 9 Under Acts or Ordinances of the late Provinces :— " Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 " 14,935 0 0 60 7 4 14,995 7 4 £1,039,409 11 3 £461,385 2 7 £461,385 2 7 £1,500,794 13 10