8.—6.

Table No. 19. PUBLIC DEBT. Statement of Half-yearly Instalments of Principal and Interest for Repayment of £27,532,164 advanced by the Imperial Government and funded in Terms of the Agreement dated 6th September, 1922.

Table No. 20. EXTERNAL TRADE. Statement showing the Recorded, Sterling, and New Zealand Currency Values of Imports and Exports of the Dominion in each Financial Year ended 31st March, from 1930 to 1934 (excluding Specie).

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Date Instalments paid. Interest. j Principal. 1 Outstanding^ £ £ £ 1st December, 1922 .. .. .. 684,794 141,171 27,390,993 1st June, 1923 .. .. .. .. 681,282 144,683 27,246,310 1st December, 1923 .. .. .. 677,684 148,281 27,098,029 1st June, 1924 .. .. .. . 673,996 151,969 26,946,060 1st December, 1924 .. .. .. 670,216 355,749* 26,590,311 1st June, 1925 .. .. .. .. 661,367 164,598 26,425,713 1st December, 1925 .. .. .. 657,274 168,691 26,257,022 1st June, 1926 .. .. .. .. 653,078 172,887 26,084,135 1st December, 1926 .. .. .. 648,778 177,187 25,906,948 1st June, 1927 .. .. .. 644,370 181,595 25,725,353 1st December, 1927 .. .. .. 639,854 186,111 25,539,242 1st June, 1928 .. .. .. .. 635,225 190,740 25,348,502 1st December, 1928 .. .. .. 630,481 195,484 25,153,018 1st June, 1929 .. .. .. .. 625,618 200,346 24,952,672 1st December, 1929 .. .. .. 620,635 205,330 24,747,342 1st June, 1930 .. .. .. .. 615,528 210,437 24,536,905 1st December, 1930 .. .. .. 610,294 215,671 24,321,234 1st June, 1931 .. .. .. .. 604,930 221,035 24,100,199 1st December, 1931f .. .. .. .. .. 24,100.199 * Includes £200,000 paid off the Naval Defence Loan in terms of the clause by which New Zealand has the right, on giving three months' notice, to repay at par any part of the principal. f Following on the "Hoover" moratorium, the Imperial Government agreed to postpone the instalments of principal and interest due in December, 1931, and June, 1932, only one half-yearly payment was therefore made in 1931-32. Further postponements from 1st July, 1932, were agreed to by the Imperial Government. No payments were therefore made in 1932-33 and 1933-34.

Exports. Imports. Excess of Exports. Year ended As Recorded o t „ r i iri „ Full New Zealand On New „ (NewZealand E ival = nt _ As Recorded. Sterling Currency Zealand Cur- 0n ' ng Currency). Equivalent. Equivalent, rency Basis. | £ (000) £ (000) £ (000) £ (000) £ (000) £ (000) ! £ (000) 1930.. .. 48,412 47,933 49,100 49,085 49,430 -1,018* -1,152* 1931.. .. 39,527 37,198 37,938 37,656 39,833 -306*: -458* 1932.. .. 33,943 30,857 23,109 22,510 24,761 9,182 8,347 1933.. .. 37,510 32,677 22,649 22,049 25,059 12,451 10,628 1934.. .. 46,043 36,834 21,478 20,908 26,136 19,907 15,926 Totals .. 205,435 185,499 154,274 152,208 j 165,219 40,216 J 33,291 * Excess of imports.