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LIST OF EXHIBITS.

Page Exhibit A.—Return showing transactions during the period from Ist November to 15th December, 1911 : (1) Loans provisionally approved; (2) loans finally approved; (3) payments made ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 127 Exhibit B.—Under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908 : Amount borrowed from Government from 1887 up to the 30th September, 1912 ... ... ... ... ... 131 Exhibit C.—Local Authorities Branch : Details oF money raised from Post Office ... ... 131 Exhibit D.—Amount granted since February, 1910, to the 30th September, 1912, to local bodies under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908, and its amendment, 1910 ... ... 132 Exhibit E.—Under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1908 : Return showing the average amount per year granted from 1887 to 1910 by the Government to local bodies (particulars of each body are given) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 132 Exhibit F.—Local Authorities Branch : Average amount paid over per year from February, 1910, to the 30th September, 1912, under the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 133 Exhibit G.—Return showing approximate loss to the State on moneys lent by the Government under the various Local Bodies' Loans Acts ... ... ... ... ... 133 Exhibit H.—Amounts (giving dates, rates, and balances) of loans finally granted but not yet paid over, also balances of amounts finally granted and partly paid over, at 3| per cent, and 3f per cent. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 133 Exhibit J.—Total amount of loans which have been provisionally approved but have not been finally granted ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 134 Exhibit X.—Return of Post Office Savings-bank funds invested in securities granted outside the Treasury or Government Departments to the 31st December, 1911 ... ... 138 Exhibit L.—Return showing loans which were provisionally approved up to the 10th July, 1912, and which approvals are now in force, with the position of each application ... 138 Exhibit M.—Position of loans raised under the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, from Ist November to 15th December, 1910 ... ... ... ... ... 142 Exhibit N.—Taihape Borough Council ... ... ... ... ... ... 143 Exhibit O.—Return showing loans which were provisionally approved up to the 10th July, 1912, and which approvals were then in force, with the present position of each application .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 144 Exhibit P.—Return showing amounts lent (i.e., finally approved) to Borough Councils for purposes of sewerage, drainage, water-supply ... ... ... ... ... 150 Exhibit Q.—Return showing amounts provisionally and finally approved for each month from the date of the Act becoming operative to the 19th October, 1912. (These amounts are taken from the minute-books of the Advances Board. The payments to the above date are also shown.) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 151 Exhibit R.—Return showing loss on uninvested bank balances ... .... ... ... 152