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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 6

Tire “Economist” gives the new capital applications iii the United Kingdom during the year -1900 at £160,499',000, as against £133,169,000 in 1899, £150,173,000 in 1898, £157,289,000 in’lß97, and £152,807,000 in 1896. .. The year’s issues cover £48,000,000 by the British Government, including £5,000,000 local loans stock, apart; from which the 1900 applications were £117,500,000, of which £11,473,000 was for British railways, £10,670,000 British municipal borrowings, £13,065,000 iron, coal and engineering companies, £14,762,000 other manufacturing companies, £7,005,000 colonial Government loans, £6,499,000 electric light and power, £5,570,000 stmes and trading, £5,308,000 breweries and distilleries, £7,288,000 mining companies, £3,760,000 estate companies, £3,510,000 docks, harbours and shipping, £3,202,000 exploration and financial, £3,186,000 Indian and colonial railways, £3,010,000 foreign railways, £2,090,000 tramways and omnibus companies, £1,819,000 banks and insurance companies, £1,768,000 and water companies, £1,759,000 for colonial and foreign corporations, besides minor demands.