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Appropriations for General Government Services.

PERMANENT CHARGES— continued. -1877-78. £ s. d. % Treasury Sills Extended Currency Act, 1873— Interest on £400,000 @ 3f d. per cent, per diem 20,531 5 0 Defence and other Purposes Loan Act, 1870 — £ s. d. Interest on £600,000 @ 5 per cent. 30,000 0 0 Sinking Fund „ „ 1 percent. 6,000 0 0 Interest on 250,000 „ 5 per cent. 12,500 0 0 Interest on 50,000 „ 5^ per cent. 2,750 0 0 Interest on 25,000 „ 4^ per cent. 1,125 0 0 Interest on 75,000 „ 4 per cent. 3,000 0 0 55,375 0 0 £1,000,000 Immigration and Public Works Loan Acts, 1870—73—74— Interest on £2,100,000 @ 5 per cent. 105,000 0 0 Sinking Fund „ „ 1 per cent. 21,000 0 0 Interest on 500,000 „ 5 per cent. 25,000 0 0 Interest on 6,027,900 „ 4J per cent. 271,255 10 0 Interest on 1.372,100 „ 4 per cent. 54,884 0 0 477,139 10 0 £10,000,000 Wellington Belts Act, 1871— Interest on £58,000 @ 5 percent. 2,900 0 0 North Otago District Public Works Loan Act, 1872— Interest on £43,900 @ 5 per cent. 2,195 0 0 Sinking Fund on 70,000 „ 10 per cent. 7,000 0 0 9,195 0 0 Lyttelton Harbour Works Loan Act, 1872— Interest on £100,000 @ 6 percent. 6,000 0 0 General Purposes Loan Act, 1873 — Interest on £692,100 @ 5 percent. 34,605 0 0 Interest on 6,200 „ 4i per cent. 279 0 0 Interest on 51,700 „ 4 per cent. 2,068 0 0 36,952 0 0 £750,000 Westland Loan Act, 1873— Interest on £50,000 @ 5 per cent. ... 2,500 0 0 Provincial Public Works Advances Act, 1874— Interest on £80,000 Treasury Bills, @ 3fd. per cent, per diem 4,106 5 0 Provincial Appropriations Extension Act, 1875— Interest on £92,000 Treasury Bills, @ 3|d. per cent, per diem 4,722 3 9 Financial Arrangements Act, 1876 — Interest on £150,000 Treasury Bills, @ 3f per cent, per diem 7,699 4 4 Appropriation Act, 1876 — Interest on £110,000 Treasury Bills, @ 3| per cent, per diem 5,646 1 10 New Zealand Loan Act, 1876— Interest on £1,000,000 @ 5 per cent. 50,000 0 0 Total Ikteeesx and Sinking Fund 1,116,1!