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DISBURSEMENTS in respect of INTEREST and SINKING FUND— continued.

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1896-97.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward V » 1,493,342 18 6 INTEREST AND SINKING FUND- -continued. " The New Zealand Consolidated Stock Act, 1884" (Colonial Issue) :— Interest, — On £1,044,384 at 4J per cent., 4 year to 28 May, 1896 On £10,400 at 4| „ 1 ,, to 28 November, 1896 On £10,000 at 4J „ 1 „ to 28 On £538,516 at 4J „ 1 „ to 28 On £28,800 at 4| „ 1 „ to 28 On £1,024,813 at 4| „ 4 „ to 28 On £19,571 at 4| „ 95 days to 28 On £159,100 at 4 . 1 year to 28 On £93,900 at 4 „ 1 „ to 28 On £200 at 4 „ 1 „ to 28 On £419,100 at 3J „ 88 days to 28 May, On £44,200 at 3J „ 87 „ to 28 „ On £15,000 at 3J „ 66 „ to 28 „ On £70,300 at 34 » 170 » to 28 November, „ On £59,200 at 34 „ i year to 28 On J8419.100 at 3| „ J „ to 28 On £10,000 at 3| „ 1 „ to 28 On £25,000 at 3| „ 3 days to 1 December, „ On £18,000, difference between 4J per cent, and 4 per cent., 33 days to 31 December, 1895 23,498 12 9 468 0 0 450 0 0 24,233 4 6 1,296 0 0 23,058 5 10 229 4 5 6,364 0 0 3,756 0 0 8 0 0 3,536 10 0 368 14 8 94 18 7 1,145 19 8 1,036 0 0 7,334 5 0 350 0 0 7 3 9 8 2 9 "The District Railways Purchasing Act, 1885":— Interest, — On £35,000 at 6J per cent., 1 year to 1 October, 1896 .. On £40,000 at 6 „ 1 „ to 1 On £47,000 at 5 „ 1 „ to 1 On £101,600 at 4 „ 1 „ to 1 97,243 1 11 2,187 10 0 2,400 0 0 2,350 0 0 4,064 0 0 11,001 10 0 " The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886 ":— Interest, — On £30,000 at o\ per cent., J year to 1 September, 1896 On £6,000 at 3J „ 176 days to 1 On £1,000 at 34 „ 172 „ to 1 On £11,000 at 3J „ 157 „ tol On £10,000 at 3J „ 138 „ to 1 On £10,000 at 3J „ 108 „ to 1 On £1,000 at 3| „ 84 „ to 1 „ On £10,000 at 34 „ 43 „ to 1 On £39,000 at 34 „ 4 year to 1 March, 1897 On £40,000 at 3| „ 4 „ to 1 On £10,000 at 34 „ 161 days to 1 On £10,000 at 34 „ 123 „ to 1 „ On £20,000 at 34 „ 74 „ to 1 On £2,000 at 34 „ 49 „ to 1 On £20,000 at 3| „ 40 „ to 1 525 0 0 101 5 2 16 9 10 165 12 0 132 6 7 103 11 3 8 11 41 4 8 682 10 0 700 0 0 154 7 8 117 18 11 141 18 4 9 7 11 76 14 3 2,976 7 8 Sinking Fund, — Amount paid to Public Trustee, being 14 per cent, on the amount borrowed to 1 March, 1897 14,960 1 10 " The Native Land Pubchases Act, 1892 " :— Interest, — On £140,000 at 44 per cent., 1 year to 31 October, 1896 .. On £9,700 at 5 „ 1 „ to 31 „ „ .. 17,936 9 6 6,300 0 0 485 0 0 6,785 0 0 " The Naval and Military Settlers' and Volunteers' Land Act, 1892 " :— Interest, — Arrears of interest unpaid at 31 March, 1896 On £27,226 at 44 per cent., 1 year to 31 October, 1896 .. 44 1 9 1,225 3 6 1,269 5 3 60 13 2 Less unpresented coupons, 31 March, 1897 "The Land for Settlements Act, 1892": — Interest, — On £53,966 at 44 per cent., 1 year to 31 October, 1896 .. 1,208 12 1 2,428 9 4 Carried forward ..— 1,629,946 1 4