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£ s. d. Debentures of the Borough of South Dunedin ... ... 10,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of North Invercargill ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of East Invercargill ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of South Invercargill ... ... . 3,400 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Marton ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Sydenham ... ... 25,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Blenheim ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Lawrence ... ... 2,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Lyttelton ... ... 3,000 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Akaroa ... ... ... 1,500 0 0 Debentures of the Borough of Kaiapoi ... ... ... 2,000 0 0 Debentures of the Otago University ... ... ... 15,000 0 0 Debentures of the Wanganui Harbour Board ... ... 40,000 0 0 Debentures of the Pukaka Biver Board ... ... 435 0 0 Debentures of the Waiohine Biver Board ... ... 500 0 0 Mortgages ... ... ... ... ... 282,119 0 0 £1,295,283 0 0 We hereby certify that we have this day examined the securities in the safe, and find that the same, amounting to £1,295,283, have this day been handed over to the Government Insurance Office. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. D. M. Luckie. W. B. Hudson. 3rd November, 1891. Moeeis Fox.

(6.) The Public Trust Office. £ s. d. Debentures of the Government Loans to Local Bodies ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of the Immigration and Public Works Loan ... 800 0 0 Debentures and Scrip of the General Purposes Loan ... 1,200 0 0 Consolidated Stock Debentures ... ... ... 21,400 0 0 Deficiency Bills ... ... ... ... 141,400 0 0 Debentures of South Invercargill Borough ... ... 1,000 0 0 Debentures of Masterton Borough ... ... ... 200 0 0 Debentures of the Kaihu Valley Bailway Company ... 22,000 0 0 Deposit Beceipts, Bank of New Zealand ... ... 759 15 0 Deposit Beceipts, Union Bank of Australia ... ... 59,165 18 4 Shares in the Wellington Gas Company ... ... 300 0 0 City of Dunedin Bonds and Debentures ... ... 800 0 0 Share Certificate, National Bank of New Zealand ... 598 0 0 £250,623 13 4 We hereby certify that we have this day counted the securities in the safe belonging to the Public Trust Office, and find the same to amount to the sum of £250,623 13s. 4d., as stated above. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. T. Hayton Buenett. 27th January, 1892. J. C. Moginie. These securities have been handed over to the Public Trust Office.

(7.) Belonging to Public Companies, deposited in the Public Trust Office. & s. d. Australian Mutual Provident Society ... ... ... 28,000 0 0 Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... ... 5,435 0 0 National Mutual Life Association of Australasia ... ... 4,500 0 0 New Zealand Accident Insurance Company ... ... 5,000 0 0 Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria ... ... ... 5,100 0 0 Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States ... 6,500 0 0 New York Life Insurance Company ... ... ... 5,000 0 0 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society ... ... 5,500 0 0 Provident and Industrial Insurance Company ... ... 5,000 0 0 The Standard Accident-Insurance Company of New Zealand ... 5,000 0 0 Seen the above-mentioned securities this day. James Edwaed FitzGeeald. T. Hayton Buenett. 26th January, 1892. J. C. Moginie. These securities have been handed over to the Public Trust Office.