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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 84
The National Debt of New Zealand
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The National Debt of New Zealand.
| Gross Public Debt, 31st March, 1884 | £34,965,222 |
| Less Sinking Fund Accrued | 3,276,873 |
| £31,688,349 | |
| Cash Balance in hand 31st March, 1886 | £112,858 |
| Remaining to be expended out of Loan | 768,780 |
From which, deducting cost of construction of Railways, £13,726,166, and expenditure on Immigration, £2,072,831, from the total indebtedness of £31,688,349, leaves £15,798,997 as the National Debt of the Colony at the present time.
Amount of Public Debt per head, less Sinking Fund accrued, £54 15s. 11d.