Internal War Loans Belligerent Countries

Commonwealth of Australia
4>4% War Loan 1927
(Fifth War Loan)
Dated—Specific date not determinable from prospectus. See
under Method of Payment.
Due—December 15, 1927.
Period of Subscription—September 15, 1917 to November 2,
1917.
Interest Dates—June 15 and December 15.
Issue Price—100.
Form and Denomination—Coupon bonds in denominations of
£10, £50, £100, £500, £1,000 and Inscribed Stock in
amounts of £100 and multiples of £10 over £100. Inscribed
stock and coupon bonds interchangeable at any
time upon application in writing to the Commonwealth
Treasury, Melbourne, or any branch of the Commonwealth
Bank of Australia.
Method of Subscription—Subscriptions were received at the
Commonwealth Bank of Australia and branches (including
Rabaul and New Britain), at the head offices and branches
of all banks, State Savings Bank, by any member of a
recognized stock exchange or at any post office where
money order business was conducted.
Method of Payment—10% on application, 20% December 3,
1917, 20% January 3, 1918, 20% February 1, 1918, 15%
March 1, 1918, and 15% April 1, 1918, without accrued interest.
Any or all of the installments could be prepaid.
Subscribers paying by installments received interest
amounting to £3:55. June 15, 1918, on each £100 subscribed.
Subscribers paying in full on or before November
2, 1917, received interest amounting to £3:103. June 15,
1918, on each £100 subscribed.
Fiscal Service—Principal payable at the offices of the Commonwealth
Bank of Australia in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane,
Adelaide, Perth or Hobart. Interest payable free of
exchange at any branch of the Commonwealth Bank of
Australia or any bank or State Savings Bank throughout
the Commonwealth.
Taxation—Bonds and transfers of Inscribed Stock free of
Commonwealth and State Stamp Duty and interest free
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