JOHN POWER, Barrister and Solicitor. Manchester Square - - Feilding. MONEY TO LEND on Freehold, Leasehold, Stock, and Chattels at Lowest Current Rates.
WAR LOAN. New Zealand Government 41% War Bonds. (Free of New Zealand Income-tax) Bssue of £8.000,000. rpHE Government hereby myites the public of New Zealand to subscribe £8,000,000, authorized to be raised under the Finance Act, 1916, and pursuant to the New Zealand Loans Act, 1908.. as amended by the New Zealand Loans Amendment ' 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 of the Dominion. WAR BONDS will be issued on the following terms: — Price of issue Par Eate of interest 4 J per cent., free Of income-tax Term of Loan ••• 14 years or 25 years No Bond will be issued for less than £50, but small investors may subscribe sums of £1 up to £50 at the Post Office. INTEREST WILL BE PAID HALF-YEARLY AT THE TREASURY, WELLINGTON, OR AT ANY BRANCH OF THE BANK 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, 1916. LODGMENTS Forms of application may be obtained and lodgments made at any 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 not entitle the subscriber to interest, in respect to the first Coupon, in addition to that provided above. Lodgments will be made as follows: — 25 per cent, deposit to accompany application; 25 per cent., 2nd October, 1916; 25 per cent., Ist December, 1916; . 25 per cent., Ist February, 1917. The Minister b£ Finance reserves the right to accept the whole or any part of amount applied for, or to decline any application. Should the total applied for exceed the amount of £8,000,000, the Minister of Finance reserves the right to accept such excess or any part 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 tie 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 £50, £100, £500, £1,000, 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 invest 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 Tβ CLOSE AT A PRIOP DATE, OR TO EXTEND THE PERIOD. JOSEPH GEORGE WARD, Minister of Finance. Treasury, Wellington, N.Z., stli August, 1916, ~. .
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 3022, 17 August 1916, Page 4
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