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Evening Star, Issue 16196, 18 August 1916, Page 7

i — ttnunmL'nvui* fpHE Government hereby invites the public of New Zealand to subscribe t , authorized to be raised under the Finance Act, 1916, and pursuant to the HM Zealand Loans Act, 1908, as amended by the New Zealand Loans Atneiidhi«i# Act, 1915, for the purpose of carrying on the present War. The Loan is by Act of Parliament made a charge on the consolidated revenue »| the Dominion. " WAR BONDS will be issued on the following terms:— Price of issue '.'...' '".". Par. Rate of interest ..J - .... 4K per cent fc. ee of incom e4^ Terms of Loan ...J :.;: m to»i.* **- or ™™ No Bond will be issued for less than £SO, but small investors may subscribe Suhii of £1 up to at the Post Office. ' ■ ' Interest will be paid half-yearly at the Treasury, Wellington, or at any branch of the of New Zealand, or in London or Australia as may be arranged, on Ist March and Ist September in each year. The first Coupon, representing interest accrued upon the various instalments, from the date upon which they severally become payable, up to 28th February, 1917, will be paid on Ist March, 1917. Interest on the deposit will date from the Ist September, 191& * LODGMENTS.—Forms of application may be obtained and lodgments mads at MM Postal Money Order Office, at any Bank, or at the Treasury Offices, Wellington. Instalments may be prepaid if desired, but the prepayment of any instalment will riot! entitle the subscriber to interest, in respect of the first Coupon, in addition to that provided above. > Lodgments will be made as follows :—. 25 per cento deposit to accompany application | 25 per cent., 2nd October, 191© 5 25 per cent, Ist December, 1916; 25 per cent., Ist February, 19 IT. The Minister of Finance reserves the right to accept the whole or any part of ftmdufttr applied for, or to decline any application. Should the total applied for exceed the amount! of the Minister of Finance reserves the right to accept such excess or any parti thereof. The Controller and Auditor-General will make the allotment, if such is necessary, In case of acceptance of part only of amount applied for, the surplus of the amount) paid as deposit will be appropriated towards the payment of subsequent instalments. Interest will not be paid in respect of amounts which are not accepted. In case of default in payment of any instalment at its due date, the deposit and instalments previously paid will be liable to forfeiture. Interim receipts will be issued for lodgments and must be retained and presented in exchange for War Bonds when ready for issue. Bonds payable to Bearer, with Coupons attached, will be issued after the full subscription has been paid, in denominations of £SO, £IOO, £SOO, £IOOO, or such higher denominations; as may be arranged, and will be repayable at par in New Zealand at date of maturity. The Bonds are Government securities in which trustees are authorised to invesft trust funds. An annual sinking fund is provided for the repayment of the Loan. APPLICATIONS will close on 21st August, 1916, but the Minister of Finance reserves the right to close at a prior date, or to extend the period. Treasury, Wellington, N.Z., sth August,-1916, JOSEPH GEORGE WARD/ Minister qp Franca