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Enclosure 2 in No. 8. Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Debentures One hundred and fifty-two £100 debentures numbered as follows: — 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 1006 1007 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1122 1123 1124 1125 1139 1140 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 1210 1211 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228 1229 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 1235 1236 1237 1238 1239 1240 1241 1242 1243 1244 1245 1246 1247 1248 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1266 1267 1268 1269 1270 1271 1272 1273 1274 1275 1276 1277 1278 1279 1280 1281 1282 1283 1284 1285 1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1298 1299 1300 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 1306 1307 1308 1309 1310 1311 1312 1313 1314 1331 1332 1333 1334 1335 1336 1337 1338 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 1348 1349 1350 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 1356 1357 1358 1359 1360 One hundred and fifty-two debentures at £100 each = £15,200

Enclosure 3 in No. 8. £250,000 Cheviot Estate Debentures. Twenty debentures of £10,000 each. 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 Five debentures of £5,000 each. 66 67 68 69 70 One debenture of £25,000. 71 Summary. £ One debenture of £25,000 .. = 25,000 Twenty debentures of £10,000 = 200,000 Five debentures of £5,000 .. - 25,000 £250,000

No. 9.

The Agent-General to the Colonial Treasurer. Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Street, London, S.W., 23rd August, 1895. (No. 949.) District Railway Debentures. Eeperring to the honourable Minister's letter (T. 95/886) No. 16, of the 9th July last,* I herewith transmit schedule of the numbers and denominations, as furnished by the Bank of England, of the £12,000 debentures issued under " The District Eailways Purchasing Act, 1885," which have been converted into stock on the terms given in my letter, No. 947, of the 9th August, 1894. I have requested the Bank of England to forward these debentures to this office for transmission to the Treasury. Walter Kennaway, The Hon. the Colonial Treasurer. For the Agent-General.

Enclosure in No. 9. " District Railways Purchasing Act, 1885 ": £4-per-cent. Debentures. Twenty-four debentures of £500 each, £12,000. 391 392 393 394 ' 395 396 397 398 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 450 451 454 455 456

No. 10.

The Agent-General to the Colonial Treasurer. Westminster Chambers, 13, Victoria Street, London, S.W., (No. 1096.) , 2nd October, 1895. Cancelled 5-per-cent. Debentures. I beg to state that I have received from the Bank of England fifteen packages containing the undermentioned cancelled debentures. 5-per-cent. debentures convertible into 4-per-cent. stock on the 15th April, 1892 :— £ 6,666 of £100 ... ... ... ... ... ... 666,600 3,025 of £200 ... ... ... ... ... ... 605,000 3,015 of £500 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,507,500 1,435 of £1,000 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,435,000 £4,214,100 * Vide No. 3, supra.