The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 58
The National Debt of New Zealand
The National Debt of New Zealand.
Gross Public Debt, 31st March, 1884 | £33,691,022 |
Less Sinking Fund Accrued | 3,041,922 |
£30,649,100 | |
Cash Balance in hand 31st December, 1884 | £335,736 |
Remaining to be expended out of Loan | 573,012 |
From which, deducting cost of construction of Railways, £11,251,633, from the total indebtedness of £29,574,903, leaves £18,323,270 as the National Debt of the Colony at the present time apart from Railways.
Amount of Public Debt per head, less Sinking Fund accrued, £53 19s. 9d.