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Evening Post, Volume LII, Issue 162, 30 November 1896, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND QOVEENMENT ,£3£ per cent. 10/25 DEBENTUEE LOAN. ISSUE OP~ £500,000, Part of authorised to be raised under an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, and intituled " The Aid to Public Works and Laud Settlement Act. 1896." MINIMUM PEICE OP ISSUE, .£IOO PHR CENT. THE COLONIAL TEEASUEEE invites Tenders for .£500,000 New Zealand Government Three and one-half per cent. Debentures, representing £1,000, £500, .£2OO, and J2IOO respectively, payable to Bearer. These Debentures are Beoured' on the Public Revenues of the Colony. The Principal will be repaid at par not earlier than ten years nor later than twentyfive years from the 21st December, 1896, the Government reserving to itself the right of redemption (by conversion or otherwise) on the 15th February or 15th August, 1907, or in any year after the year 1907, upon giving six mouths' notioo in the Government Gazette and in at least four newspapers published in the colony, of its intention to do so. Both Principal and Interest will be made payable at the Treasury, Wellington, New Zealand. Dividends, represented by Coupons attached to the Debentures, will be payable at the Treasury, Wellington, on the 15th February and on the 15th August in each year during tho currency of the Loan. The issue-price will be at the rate of iJIOO in money for every j£loo expressed in Debentures (below which no tender will be accepted), payable as follows :—: — 5 per cent, deposit on application 45 per cent, on Monday, the 21st Decem- • ber, 1896 25 per cent, on Monday, the 18th January, 1897 25 per cent, on Monday, tho 15th February, 1897 Payments may be made in full at any time on or after the 21st December, 1896, and prior to the 15th February, 1897, at a discount at the rate of one pound ten shillings per centum per annum. Sealed Tenders, addressed to the Secretary to the Treasury, Government Buildings, Wellington, accompanied with the 5 per cent, deposit, will be received up to noon of Monday, 7th Deoember, 1896, when they will be opened in the presence of a Committee, consisting of the Colonial Treasurer, the Controller and Auditor-General, and Mr. Henry Kember, F.1.A.N.Z., and allotment will forthwith be made. If cheques are lodged with a Tender they must be drawn upon a Bank in Wellington, and be marked by such Bank as " good " for fourteen days. Cheques issued by a Bank need not be so marked. Tenders may be for the whole or any part of the Loan, and must state what amount of money will be given for every £100 of the Debentures tendered for. Tenders must be for even hundreds of pounds sterling, and at prices which are multiples of sixpenoe. Tenders at different prices must be on separate forms. The nominal amount of Debentures tendered for must be written on the outside of the Tender. Should the tenders received exceed in the aggregate tha amount required, a pro rata distribution will be made. In case of partial allotment, the balance of the deposit will be applied towards the first instalment. In case of default in the payment of any instalment at its proper date, the deposit and instalments previously paid will be liable to forfeiture. When no allotment is made, the deposit will bo returned. The first instalment and all subsequent payments may be paid at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand within the Colony, to the credit of the Public Account, or at the Treasury, Wellington, not later than the several dates previously mentioned. Scrip Certificates (with Coupon attached for the payment of Interest for the broken period from the 21st December, 1896, to the 15th February, 185)7), will be issued, to be exchanged for tho Debenture-bonds with Interest-coupons attached. The first six months' interest, calculated upon the nominal amount of the Debenture, will be payable on the 15th August, 1897. Tenders must be on printed forms, which may be obtained at the Cashier's Offices, Treasury, Wellington, or at the Offloes of the Bank of New Zealand at Auckland, Wellington, Chris tcliuroh, or Dunedin. Office of the Colonial Treasurer, Wellington, 18th November, 1896. WESTPOET COAL COMPANY'S 4* PEE CENT. DEBENTUEES. FOE FIVE YEARS FROM Ist FEBEUABY, 1897. THE Westport Coal Company (Limited) invite tenders (to repay the present issue) for £40,000 4% per cent. Mortgage Debentures over the Company's Colebrookdole property and the unoallod oapital of £103,9291 Tenders must be lodged at the Company's Office, in Dunedin, not later than the Ist DECEMBEE NEXT, marked on outside " Tender for Debentures." Prospectus and form of tender can be obtained at the Company's offioea at Dunedin, Christohurch, or Wellington. By order of the Board of Directors. GEORGE JOACHIM, General Manager. lgE^D IT TO SHORTT'S.

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