B.—No. 6.

RETURN showing the Total Liability of the Colony, as well as of the several Provinces, &c.— continued.

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AND PEOVINCES AS TO LOANS

HOW AUTHORIZED. ANNUAL CHARGE. Debentubes In Cibculation. REMARKS. Goveenment. Act ob Oedinance. Inteeest. Sinking Fund. Total. Hawke's Bay —Proportion of Loan of 1856 Ditto ditto 1867 £ s. d. 27,000 0 0 60,000 0 0 £ s. d. 1,080 0 0 3,000 0 0 £ s. d. 540 0.0 600 0 0 £ s. a. 1,620 0 0 3,600 0 0 Total, Hawke's Bay ... 87,000 0 0 4,080 0 0 1,140 0 0 5,220 0 0 Nelson —Provincial Loans ... Proportion of Loan of 1856 Ditto ditto 1867 17,400 0 0 45,000 0 0 31,500 0 0 1,392 0 0 1,800 0 0 1,575 0 0 348 0 0 900 0 0 315 0 0 I 1,740 0 0 2.700 0 0 1,890 0 0 Interest, &c., paid by Province Canterbury —Provincial Loans Proportion of Loan of 1856 Ditto ditto 1867 Total, Nelson ... 122,500 0 0 74.000 0 0 692,900 0 0 93,900 0 0 7,568 0 0 2,960 0 0 34,645 0 0 4,767 0 0 1,563 0 0 2,431 0 0 1,480 0 0 6,929 0 0 9,999 0 0 4,440 0 0 41,574 0 0 6,330 0 0 Interest,&c.,paid by Province Otago —Provincial Loans Proportion of Loan of 1856 Ditto ditto 1867 Total, Canteebuey 889,400 0 0 273,700 0 0 63,000 0 0 444,300 0 0 45,173 0 0 18,986 0 0 2,520 0 0 22,215 0 0 10,840 0 0 5,301 0 0 1,260 0 0 4,443 0 0 56,013 0 0 24,287 0 0 3,780 0 0 26,658 0 0 Interest, &c., paid by Province Total, Otago 781,000 0 0 43,721 0 0 11,004 0 0 54,725 0 0 Southland —Proportion of Loan of 1856 ... Ditto ditto 1867 ... 18,000 0 0 424,500 0 0 720 0 0 21,225 0 0 360 0 0 4,245 0 0 1,080 0 0 25,470 0 0 Total, Southland 442,500 0 0 21,945 0 0 4,605 0 0 26,550 0 0 ' TOTAL, GENERAL AND PROVINCIAL 7,210,716 0 0 371,007 0 0 85,783 0 0 456,790 0 0