SECURITIES HELD IN THE COLONY ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT (LIST OF THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1888 Session I, B-11

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1888. NEW ZEALAND.

SECURITIES HELD IN THE COLONY ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT (LIST OF THE).

Laid on the Table in compliance with Section 4 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1885."

Audit Office, May 9, 1888. The Controller and Auditor-General has the honour to lay before Parliament the return of thesecurities in the safe on the several days on which the certificates show that they have been examined. The Hon. the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Securities belonging to the Government Insurance. ■■ ■ • £ a. a. Consolidated stock short-dated debentures and scrip ... 484,100 0 0 Deficiency bills ... ... ... ... 102,000 0 0 Debentures of the Waimea Plains Railway Company ... 75,000 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Railway Company ... ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Arrowtown "Waterworks ... ... 2,500 0 0 Debentures of the Parnell Waterworks ... ... 2,150 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Parnell ... ... 4,800 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Wangauui ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Queenstowu ... ... 3,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Feilding ... ... 5,800 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of South Dunedin ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of South Invercargill ... 3,400 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Marton ... ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Sydenham ... ... 25,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Blenheim ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Lawrence ... .. 2,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of North Invercargill ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Lyttelton ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Wanganui Harbour Board ... ... 40,000 0 0 Debentures of the County of Ashburton ... ... 1,000 0 0 Otago University ... ... ... ... 15,000 0 0 Mortgages ... ... ... ... ... 216,115 0 0 £1,010,365 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe belonging to the Government Insurance Office, and find the saint! to amount to £1,010,365. James Edward Fitz Gerald. W. West Knowles. 7th March, 1888. Guy Cooper.

Securities belonging to the Armed Constabulary Keserve Fund. & s. d. Deficiency bill ... ... ... ... ... 2,000 0 0 Seen this day, Bth March, 1888. J. E. F'G. E. C. H. G. G.

Securities belonging to the Nelson Rifle Prize Fusing Fund. k, s. a. Mortgage ... ... ... ... ... 800 0 0 Deficiency bill ... ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 £1,000 0 0 Seen this day, Bth March, 1888. J. E. FG. E. C. H. G. C.

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Secubities belonging to the Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Fund. & s. a. Debentures of the Defence Loan ... ... ... 20,000 0 0 Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan ... 14,000 0 0 General Purposes Loan ... ... ... ... 54,700 0 0 Mortgages of the City of Duriedin ... ... ... 3,300 0 0 Debentures of the Borough, of Patea ... ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Ilawera ... ... ... 6,200 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Cambridge ... ... 420 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Thames ... ... ... 3,500 0 0 Debentures of the Waitara Harbour Board ... ... 15,650 0 0 Deficiency bills ... ... ... ... ... 36,200 0 0 "Consolidated Stock Act, 1884" ... ... ... 38,500 0 0 £202,470 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe belonging to the Sinking Funds, and find the same to amount to £202,470, as stated above. Jas. B. Heywood. M. Hodgins.

28th May, 1888. James Edward FitzGeeald. Securities belonging to the Post Office. £ r. <"!. Debentures of the Thames Harbour Board ... ... 4,000 0 0 Debentures of the Oarnaru Harbour Board ... ... 33,000 0 0 Debentures of the Patea Harbour Board ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the North Eakaia Eiver ... ... 5,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Hamilton ... ... 6,000 0 0 ■' Debentures of the Borough of Thames ... ... 6,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Oamaru ... ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Oamaru Gasworks ... 9,300 0 0 State Forests (debentures) ... ... ... 7,000 0 0 Consolidated Loan (debentures) ... ... ... 13,000 0 0 Scrip of the Westland Loan ... ... ... 50,000 0 0 Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan ... 188,100 0 0 General Purposes ... ... ... ... 54,700 0 0 Debentures of the Defence Loan ... ... ... 80,000 0 0 Consolidated Stock, 1884... ... ... .... 324,584 0 0 Debentures under "The Public Eevenues Act, 1886 ." ... 138,000 0 0 Deficiency bills ... ... ... ... 272,200 0 0 District 'Railway Debentures ... ... ... 34,000 0 0 Loans to Local Bodies Scrip ... ... ... 100,000 0 0 £1,340,884 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe belonging to the Post Office, and find the same to amount to £1,340,884. James Edward FitzGebald. J. K. Waebuston. Seen this day, 28th March, 1888. Guy Coopeb.

Sbcubitibs belonging to the Public Teust Office. £ s. ,1. Deficiency bills ... ... ... ... ... 139,400 0 0 Debentures under " The Public Eevenues Act, 1886" ... 11,500 0 0 Debentures and scrip of the General Purposes Loan ... 1,200 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of North Invercargill ... ... 500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of South Invercargill ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of East Invercargill ... ... 400 0 0 Fixed Deposit Eeceipt ... ... ... ... 4 15 0 £154,004 15 0 We hereby certify that we have this day counted the securities in the safe belonging to the Public Trust Office, and find the same to amount to £154,004 155., as stated above. James Edward FitzGebald. B. C. liAMBIITON. Seen this day, Bth March, 1888. Guy Cooper.

Securities belonging to Public Companies deposited in the Public Trust Office. £ n. d. The National Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... 9,700 0 0 ■ The Australian Mutual Provident Company ... ... 25,000 0 0 The Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... 5,140 0 0

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Securities belonging to Public Companies, &C. — continued. The New Zealand Accident Insurance Company ... ... 6,000 0 0 Tin Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria ... ... 1,000 0 0 The Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society ... ... 5,000 0 0 The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States ... 5,000 0 0 The Equitable Insurance Association of New Zealand ... 5,000 0 0 The New York Life Association ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 J. E. F'G. E. C. H. Seen the above this day, Bth March, 1888. G. C.

Securities belonging to the Public Woeks Fund, £ K. (1. Scrip and debentures under the District Railways Purchasing Act 42,187 7 11 Scrip under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act ... 25,000 0 0 Debentures of the New Zealand Loan, 1887 ... ...300,000 0 0 £367,187 7 11 W Te hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe belonging to the Public Works Fund, and find the same to amount to £307,187 7s. lid. James Edward FitzGeeald. Jas. B. Heywood. 12th March, 1888. Guy Coopek,

Securities held by the Public Works Fund under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act.

We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe under the Eoads and Bridges Construction Act, and find the same to amount to £16,785 11s. 3d., as stated above. James Bdwaed FitzOjekald. Jas. B. HirewooD. 13th March, 1888. Guy Coopkb. N,B.—The rest of these securities have been converted into inscribed debt under " The Leans to Local Bodies Act, 1886. 1:-J. E. F'G. [Approximate Cost of Taper.— Preparation, nil; printing (1,375 copies), £2 4b.]

Authority: George Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.

Boroughs. £ s. 22 10 <1. 0 £ s. a Hamilton 22 10 Counties. Oollingwood Geraldine .... Waimea Wanganui 834 3,173 350 6 142 260 300 482 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 it • • • n Wairarapa East KOAD BOAKDS. 5,567 17 Epsom Hunua Karioi Kihikilii Kiwitea Mount Albert 556 4 0 16 2 0 390 0 0 216 0 0 3,125 19 2 168 0 0 290 8 0 16 2 0 22 16 0 2,177 7 10 43 16 0 112 10 0 49 2 7 898 11 0 45 0 0 16 2 0 22 16 0 198 0 0 2,824 7 2 Opaheke rr ... Pahiatua Paparata .... Pokeno Wairoa "Wairoa South Waitara West Waitoa 11,195 3 9 £16,785 .1.1 3