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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1907-1908.

The PUBLIC DEBT of NEW ZEALAND on 31st March, 1908.

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Annual Charge. Amount outstanding. Dtje Date. Sinking Funds. Indebted- R t NE88. ' Int. | S.F. Remarks. Amount. When payable. New Zealand Loan Aot, 1863 £ £ 266,800 15 July, 1914 £ 193,986 £ 72,314 % 5 1 £ 15,978 15 Jan. and 15 July. Canterbury Loan Ordinanoe, 1862 .. j 3,000 12,200 I 15,200 I 2 Jan., 1915 t 2 July, 1916 | 18,616 Cr. 3,416 6 1 1,064 30 June , 31 Dec. ' v 13,000 4 520 15 April „ 15 Oct. Consolidated Loan Aot, 1867 13,000 15 April, 1913 Immigration and Public Works Loan Aot 1870 j 363,000 27,900 | 390,900 115 April, 1913 115 April, 1913 363,000 27,900 4 14,520 1,256 I 15 April „ 15 Oct. 15 April „ 15 Oct. Defenoe and other Purposes Loan Act, 1870 j 25,000 75,000 I 100,000 ( Uuly, 1910! 115 April, 19131 25,000 75,000 44 4 1,125 3,000 30 June „ 31 Deo. 15 April „ 15 Oct. General Purposes Loan Aot, 1873 17,400 10,800 54,700 [ 82,900 (15 Oct., 1913 \ 15 May, 1914 (28 Nov., 1914 17,400 10,800 54,700 4 4 5 696 432 2,735 15 April „ 15 Oot. 15 May „ 15 Nov. 15 May „ 15 Nov. Distriot Railways Purchasing Acts, 1885-86 40,000 1 July, 1909 40,000 6 2,400 | 1 April „ 1 Oct. Government Loans to Looal Bodies Aot, 1886 250,300 1 Sept., 1914 250,300 3* t '55,713 j 1 Mar. , 1 Sept. fThe Sinking Fund is payable on £2,893,100 (2 per oent. on £1,754,509, 1$ per oent. on £95,277, 1 per cent, on £1,043,314). {£4,900 of this amount recoverable from the Government Advances to Settlers Offioe. §£89,700 of this amount recoverable from the Government Advanoes to Settlers Office. Consolidated Stock Aot, 1877 .. 29,150,302 9,580,674 9,659,980 [ 48,390,956 ( 1 Nov., 1929 ■j 1 Jan., 1940 ( 1 April. 1945 29,150,302 9,580,674 9,659,980 4 3 1,166,012 335, 324 J 289,799§ 1 May „ 1 Nov. 1 Jan. „ 1 July. 1 April „ 1 Oot. Consolidated Stook Aot, 1884— I Colonial ssue .. ., .. -I 65,000 100,000 194,200 385,500 [ 744,700 ( 4 Jan., 1909 J 4 Jan., 1909 1 1 Feb., 1912 181 Dee., 1914 65,000 100,000 194,200 385,500 3 31 1,950 3,500 6,797 13,493 11 Mar. „ 1 Sept. ' 1 Feb. „ 1 Aug. Mar. „ 1 Sept. Native Land Purchases Act, 1892 (Eenewed under "The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot, 1899," and " The New Zealand Loan Act,.1904") 125,000 31 Oct., 1912 125,000 34 4,375 30 April „ 31 Oct. Lands Improvement and Native Lands Aoquisi- j tipn Aot, 1894 \ 117,000 283,000 j- 400,000 f 1 Sept.,1908 "(30 Sept., 1908 117,000 283,000 34 4 4,095 ! 11,320 1 Mar. „ 1 Sept. 31 Mar. , 30 Sept. New Zealand Consols Act, 1894 478,449 51,297,705 1 Feb., 1910 478,449 34 16,746 | 1 Feb. „ 1 Aug. Carried forward 212,602 51,085,103 1,952,850