IV.-PUBLIC

AN ACCOUNT of the State of the PUBLIC FUNDED DEBT of 31st March, 1862.

FUNDED DEBT.

GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, and the Charge thereupon, at the

Annual Interest of Unredeemed

Debt
Annuities per 4 Geo. 4, c. 22, ex-
pire 5th April, 1867
Annuities per 18 Vict. c. 18,

and 23 & 24 Vict. c. 109, ex-
pire 5th April, 1885.
Annuities for a limited term of
years, per 59 Geo. 3, c. 34, 10
Geo. 4, c. 24, and 3 Will. 4, c.
14, expire at various periods;
viz.:-
Granted up to 31

March, 1862 £1,750,715 15 0 Deduct,

Due to the Public Creditor.
Payable at the National Debt

Office.

Ex

pired and Unclaimed up to

ditto

1,673,823 3 0

£ 8. d.

22,291,295 2 24

585,740 0 0

The Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, which came into operation at the 5th July, 1829, enacts, "That the Sum thenceforth annually applicable to the Reduction of the National Debt of the United Kingdom, shall be the sum which shall appear to be the Amount of the whole actual annual surplus Revenue, beyond the Expenditure of the said United Kingdom;" and the following sums have been accordingly received by the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, including sums on account of Donations and Bequests, viz. :—

V.-UNFUNDED DEBT.

AN ACCOUNT of the UNFUNDED DEBT of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, showing the Total Amount of UNFUNDED DEBT in EXCHEQUER BILLS and EXCHEQUER BONDS outstanding on the 31st March, 1861; the Amounts issued and paid off in the Year to 31st March, 1862, and the Total Amount outstanding on the last-mentioned Date; with the Amount of the annual Charge for Interest thereon, as then estimated.

£1,000,000 (E.) dated 8 May, 1858, payable 8 May, 1862, at £3 per cent. per

annum.

£1,000,000 (F.) dated 8 November, 1858, payable 8 May, 1863, at
£1,000,000 (G.) dated 8 November, 1860, payable 8 November,
£3 per cent. per annum.

per annum.

ditto.

1864, at

£600,000 (H.) dated 18 March, 1861, payable 18 March, 1865, at £3

per cent.

AN ACCOUNT of EXCHEQUER DEFICIENCY BILLS issued in the Year ended 31st March, 1862, to meet the Charge on the CONSOLIDATED FUND, and of the Sum required to be issued to meet the Charge on that Day.

Amount of Bills to be issued in the Quarter to 30th June, 1862, to meet the Charge for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1862

VI.

DISPOSITION OF GRANTS (SUPPLY, AND WAYS AND

MEANS).

An Account, showing, under their several Heads, how the BALANCES of the MONEYS granted for the SERVICE of the UNITED KINGDOM for the Year 1861-62, have been disposed of, to 31st March, 1862.