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Table No, 3. The PUBLIC DEBT of NEW ZEALAND on 31st March, 1897.

Amount outstanding. Due Date. Sinking Net Funds Indbbtbdaccbued. ness. I Bate. Int. : S.F. Annual i Amount. Annual Charge. Chai When payable. Remarks. £ £ 273,800 15 July, 1914 552, 500 !Ann. drawing 1,000,000*1 Uune, 1907 4,500t' 1 Jan. 1897 £ 107,977 £ 165,823 % 5 % 1 £ 16,428 I 15 Jan. and 15 July. New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 .. .. Consolidated Loan Act, 1867 552,500 5 27,625 Quarterly, 15 Jan., &c. Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 .. 481,573 518,427 * 2-4 64,000 , 1 June and 1 Dec. Sinking Fund payable 13 Mar. and 13 Sept. t Balance of debentures not sent in for payment as at 31 March, 1897. Lyttelton and Christchurch Railway Loan, 1860.. 9,091 ; Cr. 4,591 I ' • i I . i Canterbury Loan Ordinance, 1862 3,800 12,200 ) .„ AAn I 2 Jan., 1915 lb ' 000 j 2 July, 1916 t 9,750 6,250 6 i i 1,120 | 30 June and 31 Dec. Otago Loan Ordinance, 1862 72,200 1 July, 1898 97,046 Cr. 24,846 6 4 4 + 4,332 1 Jan. „ 1 July. Consolidated Loan Act, 1867 13,000 15 April, 1913 13,000 520 ; 15 April „ 15 Oct. Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 j 372,100 27,900 1 1 aton mm (15 April, 1913 400,000 | 15A J ril5l91g 372,100 27,900 14,884 15 April „ 15 Oct. 1,256 15 April „ 15 Oct. Defence and Other Purposes Loan Act, 1870 j 25,000 75,000 1 I ioo ooo - f 1Jul y- 1910 100, UUO (15Aprilil g 13 25,000 75,000 4 j 1,125 ' 30 June „ 31 Dec. 3,000 15 April , 15 Oct. General Purposes Loan Act, 1873 18,500 12,300 54,700 1 1 (15 Oct., 1913 85,500 J15 May, 1914 [ 28 Nov., 1914 18,500 12,300 54,700 4 4 5 I _.. ; 740 j 15 April „ 15 Oct. 492 : 15 May . 15 Nov. 2,735 15 May „ 15 Nov. District Railways Purchasing Acts, 1885-86 35,000 40,000 101,600 47,000 |- 223,600 1 ) (28 May, 1898 99 o mn I 1 July. 1909 223,600 1 1April)190 5 [ 1 April, 1899 j- 223,600 J? IS 1,225 \ 2,400 , . ., , „ , 4|064 1 1 A P nl " 1 0ot - 2,'350 ) .. Carried forward ! 2,741,100 I i I 148,296 j 2,741,100 i 705,437 ! 2,035,663 ■ * Only £200.000 has actually been issued to the public; the unsold debentures are available for the purpose of obtaini ing temporary advances from time to time. ; Further contributions of Sinking Fond not required.