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We liereby certify that we have this day counted the securities in the safe under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, and find the same to amount to £7,621 12s. 10d., as stated above. James Edward FitzGerald. Jas. B. Heywood. 26th March, 1890. L. W. Loveday.

(3.) The Commissioners of the Public Debts Sinking Funds. £ s. d. 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 ... ... ... ... 96,900 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 ... ... 280 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Thames ... ... ... 3,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Tauranga ... ... 3,400 0. 0 Debentures of the Waitara Harbour Board .. ... 15,650 0 0 £234,230 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 £234,230 as stated above. . James Edward FitzGerald. James C. Gavin. 26th March, 1890. L. W. Loveday.

(4.) The Post Office. £ s. d. 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 "The Public Revenues Act, 1886" ... 138,000 0 0 Debentures of the Westland Loan ... ... ... 50,000 0 0 Debentures of the Loans to Local Bodies ... ... 250,000 0 0 Debentures of the State Forest ... ... ... 8,000 0 0 Debentures of the District Railways ... ... ... 42,100 0 0 Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 684,084 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... ... ... ... ... 105,200 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 ... ... 33,000 0 0 Debentures of the Oamaru Borough ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Hamilton Borough ... ... ... 6,000 0 0 Debentures of the North Rakaia River Board ... ... 5,500 0 0 Debentures of the Patea Harbour Board ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Waimea Plains Railway ... ... 34,000 0 0 Debentures of the Hokitika Harbour Board ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Greymouth Harbour Board ... ... 45,000 0 0 Debentures of the Westport Harbour Board ... ... 44,000 0 0 £1,766,684 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 £1,766,684. James Edward FitzGerald. J. K. Warburton. 11th March, 1890. Jas. B. Heywood,

(5.) The Government Insurance Department. £ .s. .d. Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 605,100 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... « ... ... ... ... 70.00Q 0 0 Debentures of the Waimea Plains Railway Company ... 75,000 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Valley Railway Company ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the County of Ashburton ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Arrowtown 7.. ... 2,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Parnell ... ... ... 6,950 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Wanganui ... - ... 1,000 0 0