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1922. NEW ZEALAND.

INVESTMENT OF DEPARTMENTAL FUNDS (RETURN SHOWING).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to Section 91 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910.

Return showing the Investments of the Funds of the Post Office, Public Trust Office, Commissioners of Public Debt Sinking Funds, and New Zealand Consols Account, made during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922, under the Authority of Section 91 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910.

Compiled from returns rendered. J. J. Esson, Secretary to the Treasury. R. E. Hayes, The Treasury, 10th July, 1922. Accountant to the Treasury. Examined and found correct. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

Investments. Hate of Interest per Cent. Post Office Account. Commissioners Public of Trustee's Public Debt Account. Sinking Funds Account. New Zealand Consols Account. Qovernment securities— Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1903 Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1919 (section 4) Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 (Post Office Investment Certificates) Education Purposes Loans Act, 1919 Finance Act, 1915 (section 105): Public works.. Finance Act, 1916 (section 35): War expenses Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2), (section 32) : State forests .. Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2), (Part IV): War-loan certificates Finance Act, 1920 (section 15): Public works Finance Act, 1921 (section 10): Public works Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1913, and Appropriation Act, 1919 (section 18) Hauraki Plains Amendment Act, 1913, and Finance Act, 1920 (section 16) Housing Act, 1919 (section 30) New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917, and War Purposes Loan Act, 1917 New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917, and Finance Act, 1918 (section 10): War expenses New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917, and Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914 New Zealand Inscribed Stock Act, 1917, and Discharged Soldiers Settlement Loans Act, 1920 Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1914, and Appropriation Act, 1918 (section 45) Land for Settlements Act, 1908 Public Revenues Act, 1910 (Treasury bills) Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914 Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913, and Finance Act, 1920 (section 16) Rangitaiki Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1913, and Finance Act, 1921-22 (section 23) Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and Finance Act, 1921-22 I (section 23) Swamp Drainage Act, 1915, and Appropriation Act, 1918 ; (section 46) Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivera Improvement Act, 1910, and Finance Act, 1919 (section 6) Wellington and Manawatu Railway Purchase Act, 1908 Mortgages on property 44 44 54 44 44 44 44 4* 4 44 44 44 44 44 44 5 £ 675 50,000 78,850 200,000 55 100,000 23,000 194,570 440,000 87,000 20,000 10,000 64,820 13,020 £ £ 6,500 2,400 5,000 £ 5j 16,600 0,850 4-i 2,000 5,500 u 44 44 44 600 100,000 20,000 9,200 4J 10,000 4 4 10,000 • t 41 70,000 44 10,000 4| 300 Totals 1,521,490 35,450