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Table No. 21. PUBLIC DEBT. Statement showing Loans falling due in the next Seven Years, ending with the Year 1935, excluding Imperial Debt Repayments.

Table No. 22. PUBLIC DEBT. Statement of Half-yearly Instalments of Principal and Interest for Repayment of £27,532,164 advanced by the Imperial Government and funded in Terms of the Agreement dated 6th September, 1922.

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Year ending 31st March, London. Australia. New Zealand. ! Total. £ £ £ £ 1929 .. .. .. .. 13,100 15,500 15,275,345 15,303,945 1930 .. .. .. .. 29,471,029* 2,360 12,405,432 41,878,821 1931 .. .. .. .. 13,250 123,190 21,479,586 21,616,026 1932 .. .. .. .. 3,800 334,900 6,420,106 6,758,806 1933 .. .. .. .. 56,890 477,550 4,675,023 5,209,463 1934 .. .. .. .. 500,000 52,000 2,906,920 3,458,920 1935 .. .. .. .. .. 1,275,000 .. 1,275,000 Totals .. .. .. 30,058,069 2,280,500 63,162,412 95,500,981 * £5,000,000 of this amount has since been converted in 1928 to stock falling due in 1947.

Date Instalments paid. i Interest. Principal. £ £ £ 1st December, 1922 .. .. 684,794 141,171 27,390,993 1st June, 1923 .. .. .. .. 681,282 144,683 27,246,310 1st December, 1923 . . .. .. 677,684 148,281 27,098,029 1st-June, 1924 .. .. .. .. 673,996 151,969 26,946,060 1st December, 1924 .. .. .. 670,216 355,749* 26,590,311 1st June, 1925 .. .. .. .. ! 661,367 164,598 26,425,713 1st December, 1925 .. .. .. 657,274 168,691 26,257,022 1st June, 1926 .. .. .. .. 653,078 172,887 26,084,135 1st December, 1926 .. .. .. 648,778 177,187 25,906,948 1st June, 1927 .. .. .. 644,370 181,595 25,725,353 1st December, 1927 .. .. .. 639,854 ; 186,111 25,539,242 I * Includes £200,000 paid off the Naval Defence Loan in terms of the clause by which New Zealand has the right, on giving three months' notice, to repay at par any part of the principal.