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We hereby certify that we have this day counted the securities in the safe under the Eoads and Bridges Construction Act, and find the same to amount to £9,676 4s. James Edward FitzGerald. Jas. B. Heywood. 25th April, 1889. L. W. Loveday.

(3.) The Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds. £ s. a. 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 ... ... ... ... 82,900 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... ... ... ... ... 6,300 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... ... ... 6,200 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Cambridge ... ... 350 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Thames... ... ... 3,500 0 0 Debentures of the Waitara Harbour Board ... ... 15,650 0 0 £216,900 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe belonging to the Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds, and find the same to amount to £216,900. James Edward EitzGerald. Jas. B. Heywood. 16th April, 1889. L. W. Loveday.

(4.) The Post Office. & s. a. 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 Public Seventies Act, 1886 "... ... 138,000 0 0 Debentures of the Westland Loan ... ... ... 50,000 0 0 Debentures of the Loans to Local Bodies ... ... 175,000 0 0 Debentures of the State Forests ... ... ... 8,000 0 0 Debentures of the District Bailways ... ... ... 42,100 0 0 Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 624,084 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... ... ... ... ... 178,200 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 ... ... 73,000 0 0 Debentures of the Oamaru Borough ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Oamaru Gasworks ... ... ... 9,300 0 0 Debentures of the Hamilton Borough ... ... .. 6,000 0 0 Debentures of the North Eakaia Eiver Board ... ... 5,500 0 0 Debentures of the Patea Harbour Board ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Waimea Plains Eailway ... ... 34,000 0 0 Debentures of the Hokitika Harbour Board ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Greymouth Harbour Board ... ... 43,000 0 0 Debentures of the Westport Harbour Board ... ... 4,000 0 0 £1,711,984 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 £1,711,984. James Edward EitzGerald. J. K. Warbuhton. 9th April, 1889. Thomas Truman.

(5.) The Government Insurance Department. £ s. A. Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 560,100 0 0 Deficiency Bills ... ... ... ... 30,000 0 0 Debentures of the Waimea Plains Eailway Company ... 75,000 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Valley Eailway Company ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Couniy 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