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

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1892 Session I, B-10

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1892. NEW ZEALAND.

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

Laid on the Table in compliance with Section 19 of " The Public Revenues Act, 1891."

Securities belonging to the Seveeal Accounts named below. (1.) The Public Works Fund. £ s. d. Debentures under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act ... 16,900 0 0 Debentures of the Greymouth Harbour Board ... . . 16,000 0 0 Fixed Deposit Beceipts* ... ... ... ... ... 6,000 0 0 £38,900 0 0 We 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 £38,900. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. T. Hayton Buenett. 3rd February, 1892. J. G. Andeeson. * These are held as securities for the due performance of contracts.

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

Boroughs — Hamilton £ s. 7 10 d. 0 £ s. d. Counties — Collingwood Geraldine Waimea Wanganui 7 10 0 417 0 2,115 7 150 0 120 0 71 4 3 0 150 0 160 16 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 a a ••' Wairarapa East Road Boards — Epsom Hunua Karioi Kihikihi Mount Albert .'. Opaheke 3,187 7 6 „ ... 252 16 6 18 264 0 144 0 145 4 6 18 11 8 21 18 37 10 15 0 6 18 11 8 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paparata Pokeno Wairoa South a a ''' Waitara West ... 1,049 18 0 i £4,244 15 6 Examined and found correct. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. T. Hayton Buenett. J. G. Andeeson. 1st February, 1892.

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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 Debentures ... ... ... 46,341 0 0 Deficiency Bills ... ... ... ... ... 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 ... ... 140 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 ... ... 3,600 0 0 Debentures of the Waitara Harbour Board ... ... 15,650 0 0 Debentures of the County of Waitemata ... ... 2,600 0 0 Debentures of the County of Tauranga ... ... 2,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Brunner... ... ... 1,500 0 0 £198,031 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe belonging to the Public Debts Sinking Funds, and find the same to amount to £198,031. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. T. Hayton Buenett. sth February, 1892. J. G. Andeeson.

(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 Government Loans to Local Bodies ... 275,400 0 0 Debentures and Scrip of the District Bailways ... ... 76,100 0 0 Consolidated Stock Debentures ... ... .... 978,739 0 0 Deficiency Bills ... ... .. ... ... 232,600 0 0 Treasury "Bills ... ... ... ... ... 88,000 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 Bakaia Biver Board ... ... 4,500 0 0 Debentures of the Patea Harbour Board ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Hokitika Harbour Board ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Greymouth Harbour Board ... ... 50,000 0 0 Debentures of the Westport Harbour Board ... ... 200,000 0 0 £2,263,139 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 £2,263,139. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. Geoege Geay. 29th January, 1892. W. Beswick. These securities have been handed over to the Post Office.

(5.) The Government Insurance Department. £ s. d. Consolidated Stock Debentures ... ... ... 499,379 0 0 Deficiency Bills ... ... ... ... ... 125,000 0 0 Debentures of the Government Loans to Local Bodies ... 165,700 0 0 Debentures of the Waimea Plains Bailway Company ... 75,000 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Valley Bailway 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 Feilding... ... ... 5,800 0 0

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£ s. d. 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 Biver Board ... ... 435 0 0 Debentures of the Waiohine Biver Board ... ... 500 0 0 Mortgages ... ... ... ... ... 282,119 0 0 £1,295,283 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe, and find that the same, amounting to £1,295,283, have this day been handed over to the Government Insurance Office. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. D. M. Luckie. W. B. Hudson. 3rd November, 1891. Moeeis Fox.

(6.) The Public Trust Office. £ s. d. Debentures of the Government Loans to Local Bodies ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan ... 800 0 0 Debentures and Scrip of the General Purposes Loan ... 1,200 0 0 Consolidated Stock Debentures ... ... ... 21,400 0 0 Deficiency Bills ... ... ... ... 141,400 0 0 Debentures of South Invercargill Borough ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of Masterton Borough ... ... ... 200 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Valley Bailway Company ... 22,000 0 0 Deposit Beceipts, Bank of New Zealand ... ... 759 15 0 Deposit Beceipts, Union Bank of Australia ... ... 59,165 18 4 Shares in the Wellington Gas Company ... ... 300 0 0 City of Dunedin Bonds and Debentures ... ... 800 0 0 Share Certificate, National Bank of New Zealand ... 598 0 0 £250,623 13 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 the sum of £250,623 13s. 4d., as stated above. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. T. Hayton Buenett. 27th January, 1892. J. C. Moginie. These securities have been handed over to the Public Trust Office.

(7.) Belonging to Public Companies, deposited in the Public Trust Office. & s. d. Australian Mutual Provident Society ... ... ... 28,000 0 0 Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... ... 5,435 0 0 National Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... 4,500 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 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 the above-mentioned securities this day. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. T. Hayton Buenett. 26th January, 1892. J. C. Moginie. These securities have been handed over to the Public Trust Office.

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(8.) Nelson Rifle Prize-firing Account. £ s. d. Mortgage ... ... ... ... ... 800 0 0 Consolidated Stock Debenture ... ... ... 200 0 0 £1,000 0 0 Seen this day, 23rd February, 1892. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. Bobeet J. Collins. L. W. Loveday. Approximate Cost of Pa/per. —Preparation, nil; printing {1,300 copies), .£2 7s.

By Authority : George Didsbury, Government Brinter, Wellington.—lB92. Price, 3d.]