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Ninety-six Bonds of £200 each. 3007 3015 3010 3023 3024 3025 3032 3033 3034 3036 3040 3041 3049 3052 3058 3059 3060 3061 3062 3003 3066 3069 3071 3077 3089 3090 3092 3093 3096 3100 3103 3104 3105 3106 3112 3115 3118 3120 3122 3127 3128 3131 3132 3134 3135 3139 3144 3153 3154 3155 3156 3157 3158 3159 3160 3179 3180 3181 3183 3188 3192 3202 3203 3205 3206 3209 3223 3224 3235 3236 3237 3243 3244 3245 3247 3250 3252 3253 3254 . 3255 3267 3270 3276 3278 3280 3301 3308 3309 3312 3320 3328 3331 3332 3347 3348 3349 One hundred and sixty-nine Bonds of £100 each. 2002 2004 2008 2009 2014 2015 2016 2027 2028 2034 2035 2037 2041 2043 2051 2055 2061 2068 2078 2084 2085 2095 2096 2097 2099 2100 2105 2112 2113 2114 2117 2118 2119 2120 2124 2129 2132 2134 2136 2137 2141 2142 2145 2155 2157 2164 2165 2173 2176 2186 2187 2189 2191 2193 2194 2195 2200 2201 2206 2207 2209 2210 2216 2217 2218 2220 2221 2226 2227 2228 2233 2237 2240 2241 2245 2246 2248 2249 2251 2252 2273 2275 2286 2288 2298 2299 2300 2302 2303 2309 2310 2312 2313 2314 2315 2319 2320 2324 2325 2336 2337 2339 2340 2341 2342 2343 2344 2347 2348 2349 2350 2357 2358 2368 2371 2372 2374 2375 2379 2380 2382 2386 2389 2404 2405 2415 2420 2421 2422 2423 2424 2429 2433 2434 2435 2436 2445 2449 2451 2452 2453 2454 2457 2470 2475 2476 2477 2478 2480 2482 2485 2486 2487 2493 2494 2506 2507 2508 2510 2511 2516 2517 2518 2527 2531 2535 2541 2542 2545 Summary. 169 debentures of £100 each = £16,900 96 „ 200 „ = 19,200 93 „ 500 „ = 46,500 61 „ 1,000 „ = 61,000 419 £143,600 Downing Street, 24th June, 1891. E. E. Blake, Crown Agent for the Colonies.

Enclosure 6 in No. 10. Narration of 6-per-cent. Debentures of the Loan of 1860, redeemable July, 1891, purchased in London by the Agent-General.—(ln Continuation of Narration dated 12th May, 1891.) Forty-eight Bonds of £100 each. 397 413 425 474 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 525 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 610 888 902 903 904 965 966 967 989 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 1309 1310 1311 1326 1366 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1493 Summary. Forty-eight bonds of £100 each = £4.800. Westminster Chambers, 24th June, 1891. F. D. Bell.

Enclosure 7 in No. 10. Correspondence with the Cbown Agents as to Provincial Loans. The Ceown Agents to the Agent-Geneeal. Sib, — Downing Street, 17th June, 1891. On the 30th of the present month the following warrants on the Bank of New Zealand are due for payments of interest: £2,331 for payment to Union Bank of Australia on account of Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan, £534 for payment to Bank of New Zealand on account of Canterbury Loan; and, on the Ist proximo, £3,501 for which we do not at present hold a warrant, for payment to Bank of New Zealand on account of Otago Loan. As, however, these loans are included in the conversion scheme, we shall be glad to be informed whether the above payments are to be made on the due dates as usual, and, if not, to receive an intimation of your wishes in regard to them. I have, &c, The Agent-General for New Zealand. E. E. Blake. The Agent-General to the Crown Agents. Gentlemen, — Westminster Chambers, 19th June, 1891. I am obliged by your letter of the 17th instant, and in reply beg to inform you that up to this time debentures of the three loans you mention have been sent into the Bank of England for conversion to the following amounts: — £ Lyttelton and Christchurch Loan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,200 Canterbury Loan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,800 Otago Loan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,700 Under the prospectus of the conversion the bonds of provincial loans have to be deposited with all undue coupons attached, and the Bank has been asked to supply a narration of the debentures sent in, when the proper amount payable for interest on unconverted bonds will be seen, and you can return to the Public Account what is not wanted out of the warrants you hold. I am, &0., The Crown Agents for the Colonies. F. D. Bell.