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Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10498, 14 December 1903, Page 4

NEW! ZEALAND GOVERNMENT-£4-Fer Cent 5/20 Debenture Loan. ISSUE OF £500,000. Part of £1,000,000 authorised to U raised under an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, and i intituled " The Aid to Public Works \ and Land Settlement Act, 1903." MINIMUM PRICE OF ISSUE £100 PER CENT. The Colonial Treasurer invites Tenders for £500,000 New Zealand Government 1 per cent- debentures* payable to bearer, and) oi the facevalue of £1000, £500, £200, and £100 respectively, as may be desired. These debentures are secured oni tha Public RerenMes of New Zealand The Plrincripal will be repaid at. par not earlier thsan five years nor later tihan twenty years fronn the Ist Febaiiary, 1904, the Government reserving to ifcself the right of redemption (by conversion or otherwise) on Uhe Ist February or Ist August, 1909, or in any year alter the year 1909, upon giving six months' notice in the Government Gazette and in at least four newspapers published in tie 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 deibentuites, will be ! payable om the Ist February and the , Ist August in eacih year during the of the Loan, at the Cashier's ; OSSee, Treaisuiry, WelliDgtioni lor it I any Branch ol the Bank of New Zest- . land in New. Zealand or Australia. j At the option of the holder of any d'ebemtuire, and on application m«do in tiha* behaif at the Treasury, Wellington, New Zealand, he may at any time dtoring its euiiriency have it indorsed! payable, both -as to principal and interest, a* any specified Branch of the Bank of NenV Zealand in Australia; Provided that the indorsement 1 shall be made not less than one month before the due date of the neit ensuing payment of intei-est. i Scrip Certificates (with Coupon at taicihedl for the payment of interest fot the broken period from th© 4tJu January, to the lsb February, 1904) will be' issued, to be excharagied for the diebentuxetibonda -wjith Jniberest-ciou-pons attachedI The first six monifcha' interest, cal- ! culated upon the nominal amount of j the debenture, will be payable on the jlat Aiivguist, 1904. ' ! j The issue-prioe will be at the r&t« 1 of £100 in money for every £100 expressed mi debentiuires (beLow whicih no tender will be accepted), payable as follow®: , j Deposit of 5 .per cent on applkaition First instalment of 45 per cent on Monday, 4tih January, 1904. Seoond) infftakaent of 50 per cent j on, Monday, Ist Febiiuary, 1904. I Paiymmts may be mlade in full at any tim« on or alter tihe 4th Januaiy, 1904, and prior to the Ist Februr airy, 1904, at a discount *ib the rate of one .pound ten shillings per centum per aravuimi. Sealed tiendersi, addinessed to tihe 1 Sbcretairy to tihe Treasury, Government Buildings', Weliingiton, aicicomr 1 panied with the 5 pea- c©nt deposit, will be ireoeived up to noon of Wed--1 nesday, 33rd Deoemibeir, 1903, when ; they will ;.b|i, opened! in th© presenco 1 of tne Colonial "Treasurer amd! tihe Controller and) Auditor-General, and allotment will forthwith be made. If : cheques are lodged witb a" tendier, ' .they must be drawn upon a Bank in iWellington 1, and be marked by, such Bamk a« "good" for fourteen days. Cheques issued by a Bank noedi not be so im'ark«d> : Tenders may be for the whole 1 or. , any part of the Loan, and tniuet state what amount of money will be given for every £100 of thie Dotteiaturesi | tendered! for- Tenders must be for even hundreds of pounds sterling, and a* prices which are multiples of sixpence. Tenders at different prices j must be on separate form®. The nomi- j nal amount of debentures! tendered for must be written on tlha outside of tihe tender. : In case of default in, the payment of any instalment at its proper date, the deposit and instalment (if, any) previously paid will be liable to forfeiture. If no allotment' is made the deposit) will be returned. The firs* and seaondl instalments may be paid) at any Branch of the Bank of New Zealand either in the Colony or Australia, to the credit of' th« Public Aoaount, or at the Trear euay, Wellington, not later than th« several dates previously mentiofled'.; j Tenders must be on printed forms, whicih may be obtained at the Cashier's. Office, Treasury, Wellington, or ab the Ofiices of the Bank of New Zealand at Sydney, Melbourne, Aupk- . land, Wellington, Christchuroh, or Ihinedin. ,

Office of the Colonkl Treasuirer, Wellington, 25th November, I^o3

Bought Cheap to Sell Cheap a supplt of Crockery and Glassware. OUK SUPERIOR First .Quality Dairy Butter, Selling at Ud per lb. Also a DAIRY BUTTER at lOd per lb . & SONS JStfttnps Given. Telephone 77. Direct from the best manufacturers 'tbsMat Ignlens, eheetinigs, <9ali'Cio»a, towels, and 1 all linen goods direct fror/j the best makers, /a^d wide nainsooK 3a 6di doz.—Geo. CuHen and Go-— Adrt,