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(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 ... ... ... ... 113,600 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... ... ... ... ... 12,100 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 ... ... ... 5,200 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Cambridge ... ... 210 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 Borough of Hokitika ... ... 3,900 0 0 Debentures of the Waitara Harbour Board .. ... 15,650 0 0 Debentures of the County of Waitemata ... ... 2,700 0 0 £262,260__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 Eunds, and find the same to amount to £262,260, as stated above. James Edwaed EitzGeeald. James C. Gavin. 24th February, 1891. A. O. Gibbes.

(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 Eevenues 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 Eorest ... ... ... 8,000 0 0 Debentures of the District Eailways ... ... ... 42,100 0 0 Consolidated Stock Debentures and Scrip ... ... 809,184 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... ... ... ... ... 232,600 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 ... ... ... 3,000 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 ... ... 45,000 0 0 Debentures of the Westport Harbour Board ... ... 44,000 0 0 £2,016,184 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 £2,016,184. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. T. Haytok Buenett. 23rd February, 1891. J. K. Waebueton.

(5.) The Government Insurance Department. £ s. d. Consolidated Stock ... ... ... ... 630,100 0 0 Deficiency 8i115... ... ... ... ... 105,000 0 0 Debentures of the Waimea Plains Eailway Company ... 75,000 0 0 Debentures of the Eaihu Valley Eailway Company ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the County 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 Debentures of the City of Wellington ... ... ... 7,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Queenstown ... ... 3,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Eeilding ... ... ... 5,800 0 0