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Securities, &c., standing in the Name of the Postmaster-General on Account of the PostOffice Savings-Bank Fund on the 31st December, 1902.

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Description of Securities, &c. Nominal Value. Value at Cost Price. Accrued Interest on 31st December, 1902. "The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1896" Debentures, 3J per oent. £ s. d. 100,000 0 0 £ s. d. 100,000 0 0 £ s. d. 1,457 10 7 " The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act 1899" Debentures, 3J per cent. 125,000 0 0 125,000 0 0 731 3 3 The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Acts 1896 and 1897 Debentures, 3 per oent. 65,000 0 0 65,000 0 0 203 0 3 " The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot 1902 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 100,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 328 15 4 " The Consolidated Loan Act 1867 " Debentures, 4 per cent. .. 13,000 0 0 12,480 0 0 109 13 11 " The Consolidated Stock Act 1884 " Debentures, 3J per cent... 629,100 0 0 629,100 0 0 7,299 5 3 " The Dairy Industry Act 1898 " Debentures, 3J per oent. 1,781 0 0 1,781 0 0 8 7 11 " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 75,000 0 0 72,000 0 0 632 17 6 " The Defence and other Purposes Loan Act 1870" Debentures, 4J per cent. 8,100 0 0 8,100 0 0 The District Railways Purchasing Acts 1885 and 1886 Debentures, 4 per cent. 42,000 0 0 36,076 17 8 418 17 0 The District Railways Purchasing Acts 1885 and 1886 Scrip, 4 per cent. 34,100 0 0 34,100 0 0 340 1 3 Dunedin Garrison Hall Debentures, 5 per cent. 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 129 17 3 " The General Purposes Loan Act 1873 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 5,200 0 0 4,342 0 0 43 17 7 "The Government Loans to Looal Bodies Act 1886" Debentures, 3J per cent. 231,500 0 0 231,500 0 0 2,686 0 6 Greymouth Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 105,000 0 0 105,000 0 0 2,038 18 1 Hamilton Borough Debentures, 4J per cent. .. .. 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 56 4 4 Hokitika Harbour Board Debentures, 5 per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 2,218 9 10 "The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 174,200 0 0 167,272 0 0 1,469 19 2 " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4J per cent. 20,900 0 0 20,527 10 0 198 8 2 " The Immigration and Public Works Loan Act 1870 " Debentures, 4 per cent. (Imperial guaranteed) 400,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 1,315 1 4 Inscribed Stock, 3 per cent. 12,134,940 0 0 i 2,129,614 0 0 15,968 2 6 " The Land for Settlements Act 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 1 731,066 0 0 731,066 0 0 4,276 4 9 The Land for Settlements Act Debentures, 3J per cent. 62,000 0 0 62,000 0 0 541 0 3 " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 4 per cent. 264,000 0 0 264,000 0 0 2,661 14 0 " The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act 1894 " Debentures, 3J per cent. 35,000 0 0 35,000 0 0 250 5 5 " The Local Bodies' Loans Act 1901" Debentures, 3J per oent. 245,000 0 0 245,000 0 0 2,391 19 6 Oamaru Borough Consolidated Loan 1893 Debentures, 5 per cent. 13,800 0 0 13,800 0 0 345 0 0 Oamaru Harbour Bonds, 5J per cent. 31,000 0 0 31,000 0 0 714 14 0 Patea Harbour Board Debentures, 4J per cent. 13,000 0 0 13,000 0 0 292 10 0 " The State Coal-mines Act 1901 " Debentures, 3J per cent. .. 30,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 245 0 0 Thames Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 10,000 0 0 10,000 0 0 99 14 6 " The Public Revenues Act 1893 " (Treasury bills), 3J per oent. 749,200 0 0 749,200 0 0 Westport Harbour Board Debentures, 4 per cent. 489,500 0 0 489,500 0. 0 9,755 4 1 Accrued interest on Post Office Account 426 6 3 Totals 6,957,387 0 0 ;6,934, 459 7 8 59,654 3 9