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

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1891 Session II, B-16

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Sess. 11.—1891. NEW ZEALAND.

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

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

Securities belonging to the Seveeal Accounts named below. (1.) The Public Works Fund. £ s. A. Debentures under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act ... 75,000 0 0 Debentures of the Westport Harbour Board ... ... ... 130,000 0 0 Debentures of the Greymouth Harbour Board ... . . 5,000 0 0 £210,000 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe belonging to the Public Works Account, and find the same to amount to £210,000. James Edwaed FitzGebald. Eobeet J. Collins. 8th April, 1891. L. W. Loveday.

(2.) Debentures under "The Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882."

We hereby certify that we have this day counted the securities in the safe under the Eoads and Bridges Construction Act, and find the same to amount to £4,316 15s. 6d., as stated above. James Edwaed EitzGeeald. T. Hayton Buenett. 7th April, 1891. L. W. Loveday.

Boroughs — Hamilton £ s. 7 10 d. 0 £ 3. a. Counties — Collingwood Geralchno Waimea Wanganui 417 0 0 2,115 7 4 150 0 0 120 0 0 71 4 0 3 0 0 150 0 0 160 16 2 7 10 o Wairarapa East Road Boards — Epsom Hunua Earioi Kihikihi Mount Albert . . 252 16 0 6 18 0 264 0 0 144 0 0 72 0 0 145 4 0 6 18 0 11 8 0 21 18 0 37 10 0 15 0 0 6 18 0 11 8 0 126 0 0 3,187 7 6 Opaheke Paparata Pokeno Wairoa South 1,121 18 0 Waitara West ... £4,316 15 6

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(3.) The Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds. £ s. d. Debentures of the Defence Loan ... ... ... 20,000 0 0 Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan ... 14,000 0 0 Debentures of the General Purposes Loan ... ... 54,700 0 0 Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 113,600 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... ... ... ... ... 12,100 0 0 Mortgages of the City of Dunedin ... ... ... 3,300 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Patea ... ... . 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Hawera ... ... ... 5,200 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Cambridge ... ... 210 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Thames ... ... ... 3,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Tauranga ... ... 3,400 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Hokitika ... ... 3,900 0 0 Debentures of the Waitara Harbour Board .. ... 15,650 0 0 Debentures of the County of Waitemata ... ... 2,700 0 0 £262,260__0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe belonging to the Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Eunds, and find the same to amount to £262,260, as stated above. James Edwaed EitzGeeald. James C. Gavin. 24th February, 1891. A. O. Gibbes.

(4.) The Post Office. £ s. d. Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan ... 188,100 0 0 Debentures of the General Purposes Loan ... ... 5,200 0 0 Debentures of the Defence Loan ... ... ... 80,000 0 0 Debentures of the Consolidated Loan ... . ... 13,000 0 0 Debentures of the " The Public Eevenues Act, 1886 " ... 138,000 0 0 Debentures of the Westland Loan ... ... ... 50,000 0 0 Debentures of the Loans to Local Bodies ... ... 250,000 0 0 Debentures of the State Eorest ... ... ... 8,000 0 0 Debentures of the District Eailways ... ... ... 42,100 0 0 Consolidated Stock Debentures and Scrip ... ... 809,184 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... ... ... ... ... 232,600 0 0 Debentures of the Thames Harbour Board ... ... 4,000 0 0 Debentures of the Thames Borough ... ... ... 6,500 0 0 Debentures of the Oamaru Harbour Board ... ... 33,000 0 0 Debentures of the Oamaru Borough ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Hamilton Borough ... ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the North Eakaia Eiver Board ... ... 5,500 0 0 Debentures of the Patea Harbour Board ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Waimea Plains Eailway ... ... 34,000 0 0 Debentures of the Hokitika Harbour Board ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Greymouth Harbour Board ... ... 45,000 0 0 Debentures of the Westport Harbour Board ... ... 44,000 0 0 £2,016,184 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 £2,016,184. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. T. Haytok Buenett. 23rd February, 1891. J. K. Waebueton.

(5.) The Government Insurance Department. £ s. d. Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 630,100 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... ... ... ... ... 105,000 0 0 Debentures of the Waimea Plains Eailway Company ... 75,000 0 0 Debentures of the Eaihu Valley Eailway Company ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the County of Ashburton ... 1 000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Arrowtown ... ... 2,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Parnell ... ... ... 6,950 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Wanganui ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the City of Wellington ... ... ... 7,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Queenstown ... ... 3,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Eeilding ... ... ... 5,800 0 0

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£ s. a. Debentures of the Borough of South Dunedin ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of North Invercargill ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of East Invercargill ... ... 3,000 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 Lyttelton ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Akaroa ... ... ... 1,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Kaiapoi ... ... ... 2,000 0 0 Debentures of the Otago University ... ... ... 15,000 0 0 Debentures of the Wanganui Harbour Board ... ... 40,000 0 0 Debentures of the Pukaka Eiver Board ... ... 435 0 0 Debentures of the Waiohine Eiver Board ... ... 500 0 0 Mortgages ... ... ... ... ... 275,645 0 0 £1,233,830 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe, and find the same to amount to £1,233,830. James Edwaed EitzGeeald. L. W. Loveday. 12th March, 1891. W. West Knowles.

(6.) The Public Trust Office. £ s. a. Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan ... 800 0 0 Debentures and Scrip of the General Purposes Loan ... 1,200 0 0 Debentures under "The Public Revenues Acts, 1886" ... 12,000 0 0 Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 11,000 0 0 Deficiency Bills ... ... ... ... 166,400 0 0 Debentures of South Invercargill Borough ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of Masterton Borough ... ... ... 200 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Valley Eailway Company ... 22,000 0 0 Three Shares of the Wellington Trust and Loan Company ... 85 0 0 Deposit Eeceipts, Bank of New Zealand ... ... 685 4 0 Deposit Eeceipts, Union Bank of Australia ... ... 59,165 18 4 Shares in the Wellington Gas Company ... ... 300 0 0 City of Dunedin Bonds ... ... ... ... 800 0 0 Northern Eivers Steam Navigation Company ... ... 87100 Share Certificate, National Bank of New Zealand ... 747 10 0 Share Certificate, National Mortgage Agency Company ... 182 0 0 Share Certificate, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company... ... ... ... ... 185 0 0 £276,838 2 4 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 £276,838 2s. 4d. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. L. W. Loveday. 10th March, 1891. R. C. Hameeton.

(7.) Belonging to Public Companies, deposited in the Trust Office. £ s. d. Australian Mutual Provident Society ... ... ... 28,000 0 0 Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... ... 5,700 0 0 National Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... 12,700 0 0 New Zealand Accident Insurance Company ... ... 5,000 0 0 Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria ... ... ... 5,100 0 0 Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States ... 6,500 0 0 Equitable Insurance Association of New Zealand ... ... 5,250 0 0 New York Life Insurance Company ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society ... ... 5,500 0 0 Provident and Industrial Insurance Company ... ... 5,000 0 0 The Standard Accident Insurance Company of New Zealand ... 5,000 0 0 Seen, 31st March, 1891. J. E. EG, E. C. H.

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(8.) Nelson Rifle Prize-firing Account. £ s. d. Mortgage ... ... ... ... ... 800 0 0 Consolidated Stock Scrip ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 £1,000 0 0 T T 1 IhY 1 Seen 18th June, 1891. J. B." H. T ' L. W. L.

SECUEITIES HELD IN ENGLAND. We hereby certify that, in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1885," we have inspected the under-mentioned securities deposited in London, and found them to be correct:—

C. Weay Pallisee, Audit Officer. London, 24th April, 1891. W. G. McKellae, Accountant.

In addition to the above-mentioned securities there is £68,000, New Zealand Government Three-and-a-half-per-cent. Consolidated Stock, inscribed at the Bank of England in the names of myself and Mr. Palliser, which we hold subject to instructions from the Government. ( G ) London, 30th April, 1891. F. D. Bell.

Secueities in the Custody of the Bank of England, held on account of Sir F. D. Bell and Sir P. G. Julyan, on the evening of the 21st April, 1891. New Zealand Guaranteed Four-per-cent. Debentures ... ... £570,000 Bank of England, 22nd April, 1891. F. May, Chief Cashier.

Secueities in the Custody of the Bank of England, held on account of Sir F. D. Bell and Sir P. G. Julyan, on the evening of the 21st April, 1891, as Security for an Advance. New Zealand Guaranteed Four-per-cent. Debentures ... ... £230,000 Bank of England, 22nd April, 1891. F. May, Chief Cashier.

Bills in the Custody of the Bank of England, held on account of the Agent-General of New Zealand, on the evening of the 21st April, 1891. Bank of New Zealand, 3rd August ... ... ... ... £25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 £200,000 Bill Office, 22nd April, 1891. , F. May, Chief Cashier.

(') Public Debt Sinking Fund Account; ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) Post Office Account; (') Conversion Investment Account; (») Public Trust Office Account; ( 6 ) Public Works Fund.

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Description. Value. Deposited at Held on behalf of To the Order of Wellington and Manawatu Eailway Five-per-cent. Bonds f 1 ) larnaru Gasworks Bonds ("-) £ 20,000 London and Westminster Bank Bank of New Zealand .. N.Z. Government The Agent-General. 9,000 Sir F. 1). Bell and C. Wray Palliser. Ditto. •amaru Harbour Board Bonds (") .. lew Zealand Government Six-per-cent. Loan 18G0 Bonds ( 4 ) jueensland Government Four-per-cent. Bonds ( 5 ) 33,400 200 13, Victoria Street, S.W... 20,000 Bank of New Zealand The Public Trustee.