B.—No. 17.

[Copy of Statement at foot of Memorandum H on page 12 of the Financial Statement.] Analysis of the Sum of £616,973 19s. 1d. charged as Interest and Sinking Fund in the Approximate Statement of Expenditure of the year 1868-9.

Since the publication of the above Statement, the receipt of further accounts has enabled the Treasury to charge finally some of the amounts described as " Balances of Advances Outstanding." Other adjustments have likewise been made, but it has been deemed advisable for the sake of perspicuity in the Statements which follow to adhere to the figures originally giVen - C. T. Batkin, . . Treasury, 19th August, 1869. Accountant to Treasury.

A. Statement showing the Periods for which the Interest and Sinking Fund described as paid in the two first columns of the foregoing Analysis have been paid.

ANALYSIS OF THE OIOUNT CHARGED AS INTEREST AND SINKING FUND IN APPROXIMATE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE FOR 1868-9.

Interest am lin ;mg um pai i Balances of Advances outstanding on 30th June, 1869. By whom paid. Out of Advances made this year and accounted for. Total. Out of Advances made prior to 30th June, 1868. 'rown Agents, London ... Jnion Bank of Australia, London ... Sank of New Zealand, London jords of Her Majesty's Treasury, London ... V. Fitzherbert, Esq. )riental Bank, Sydney ... )riental Bank, Melbourne 'aymasters in the Colony £ s. d. 156,958 4 3 2,871 0 0 20,065 4 11 £ s. d. 214,607 19 11 £ s. d. 179,283 15 4 4,494 0 0 808 9 11 5,750 0 0 £ s. d. 550,849 19 6 7,365 0 0 20,873 14 10 5,750 0 0 20,714 6 3 2,174 0 0 160 0 0 9,086 18 6 20,714 6 3 2,094 0 0 160 0 0 80 0 0 9,086" 18 6 179,974 9 2 244,409 4 8 192,590 5 3 616,973 19 1 See Stateme: it A attached. See Statements B, C attached.

Interest and Sinking Fund — "New Zealand Loan Act, 1856," £500,000— Interest to 1st April, 1867, half-year ... ... ... ••■ „ 1st October, 1867, half-year ... „ 1st April, 1868, half-year ... ,, 1st January, 1869 ... £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,500 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,500 0 0 8,500 0 0 13,000 0 0 Sinking Fund, half-year to 1st October, 1867 „ half-year to 1st January, 1869 " New Zealand Loan Act, 1860," £150,000— Interest, half-year to 1st July, 1868 „ 1st January to 15th April, on converted portion ... „ 1st January to 15th January, on converted portion " New Zealand Loan Act, 1863," £3,000,000— Interest at 4 per cent, on £500,000, half-year to 1st May, 1868 „ 4 per cent, on £500,000, half-year to 1st November, 1868 750 0 0 4,250 0 0 2,871 0 0 950 5 0 0 10 0 5,000 0 0 3,821 15 0 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 20,000 0 0 „ 5 per cent, for half-year to 15th July, 1867 „ „ ,, 15th January, 1868... „ „ 15th January to 15th April, 1868 for half-year to 15th July, 1868 „ 15th January, 1869... 137 10 0 25,021 0 0 5,132 10 0 14,787 10 0 14,472 10 0 59,551 0 0 6 per cent, for half-year to 15th September, 1866 15th March, 1867 ... 15th June, 1867 „ „ „ 15th September, 1867 „ „ „ 15th December „ „ 15th March „ „ 15th March to 15th April, 1868 ... „ for half-year to 15th June, 1868, 15th September, 1868 15th December, 1868 15th December, 1868, to 15th April, 1869 ... ,, ,, 15th January, 1869 ... 15th March, 1869 ... 15 0 0 27 0 0 87 0 0 123 0 0 2,295 0 0 15,237 0 0 1,436 15 0 11,301 15 0 7,254 0 0 11,250 0 0 12.268 0 0 409 10 0 5,388 0 0 67,092 0 0 Forward 168*, 464 15 0