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STATEMENT showing the DEBENTURES of each LOAN in CIRCULATION, and the SINKING FUNDS ACCRUED, on 30th June, 1879.

* The debentures of the Canterbury loan of 1856 matured in March, 1873. The Commissioners have been unable to ascertain the precise amount unredeemed by the late provincial authorities, hut it is within £1,200. t The amounts borrowed are secured on lands specially set apart. Statement of the Expenses incurred during the Tear ended 30th June, 1879. Salary of the Secretary and Accountant ... ... ... £50. James C. Gavin, 21st August, 1879. Secretary and Accountant to the Commissioners. It is hereby certified that the accounts of the Commissioners of j the Public Debts Sinking Funds for the year ended 30th June, 1879, have been duly audited and found correct; and that the uninvested balance in the hands of the Commissioners on the 30th June last amounted to £1,715 15s. 9d., as appears by the Bank pass-book. C. J. Batkin, 22nd August, 1879. (for the Controller and Auditor-General.) By Authority : Oeokge Didsbubt, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB79. Price 9d.] ' S

Loan. Debentures in Circulation. Rate of Sinking Fund. When Redeemable. Sinking Fund Accrued. " New Zealand Loan Act, 1860 " " Auckland Loan Act, 1863 " " Wellington Loan Act, 1866" "Nelson Waterworks Loan Act, 1864" " Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1856 " " Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan Act, "i860" " Canterbury Loai Ordinance, 1862 " '•Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862" " Westland Loan Act, 1873 " " North Otago District Public Works Loan Act, 1872" £ 93,100 31,600 13,500 6,200 # Per cent. 2 2 2 2 ' 1 July, 1891 1 June, 1896 Uuly, 18S6 1 January, 1881... £ s. d. 55,577 4 3 8,213 6 7 5,712 15 6 5,545 10 3 1,337 2 4 77,700 22,800 116,700 50,000 2 1 1 t 10 1894 to 1897 ... 50 years from date of issue 1 July, 1898 15 April, 1894 ... [ . Not later than 1 November, 1902 26,878 5 4 1,599 5 10 27,492 12 0 676 6 9 30,900 678 6 5 £442,500 133,710 15