B.—No. 4a

RETURN SHOWING HOW THE SINKING FUND OF THE THREE MILLION LOAN HAS BEEN INVESTED.

£67,925 9s. 6d. invested in Securities of the total nominal value of £65,870 19s. lid., as under :— £ s. d. 8,500 0 0 Victorian Government ... ... 6 f-Cent. Debentures. G,300 0 0 Queensland Government ... ... 6 ditto. 29,400 0 0 Ceylon Government ... ... 6 ditto. 11,600 0 0 Cape of Good Hope Government ... 6 ditto. 3,500 0 0 Natal Government ... ... 6 ditto. 1,400 0 0 Antigua Government ... ... 6 ditto. 170 19 11 3"f Cent. Consols. 5,000 0 0 New South Wales Government ... 5 ditto. £65,870 19 11 C. T. Batkin, Accountant to Treasury. 12th August, 1868.