New Zealand Gazette – 1860 – No. 5

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✨ Bankers' Financial Returns

Treasury, Auckland, 6th February, 1860.

T HE following Statements of the Average Amount of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bankers in the Colony of New Zealand are published for general information
in conformity with the 5th Section of the "Bankers' Returns Act, 1858."

C. W. RICHMOND.

STATEMENT of the Average Amount of LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the Union Bank of Australia, within the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended
31st December, 1859.

LIABILITIES.	£	s.	d.	ASSETS.	£	s.	d.
Notes in circulation	89,136	1	0	Coined Gold and Silver, and other Coined Metal	191,357	1	10
Bills in circulation	39,330	15	6	Gold and Silver in Bullion and Bars	986	2	0
Balances due to other Banks	0	0	0	Notes and Bills of other Banks	9,764	5	9
Government Deposits	103,682	19	8	Balances due from other Banks	0	0	0
Other Deposits				Landed Property	16,363	9	5
{ Not bearing Interest	217,712	18	4	Amount of all other Securities—
{ Bearing Interest..	190,666	10	2	1. Notes and Bills discounted..	503,537	4	6
				2. Colonial Government Securities	0	0	0
				3. Other Funded Securities	0	0	0
				4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of Debts aban-
doned as bad)	107,423	2	6
				5. Securities not included under the above heads	22,879	11	5
Total Average Liabilities	512,062	8	2		633,839	18	5

| | | | | Total Average Assets | | | £ 852,310 | 17 | 5 |

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter ended 30th June, 1859 | | | | £ | 1,000,000 | 0 | 0 |
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders | | | | | 16 | 0 | 0 per cent. per annum |
Amount of the last Dividend declared | | | | | 80,000 | 0 | 0 |
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such Dividend | | | | | 287,073 | 15 | 7 |

Dated at Auckland this 24th day of January, 1860.

A. KENNEDY, Manager.
D. J. FERGUSON, Accountant.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1860, No 5

Parliament sat at General Assembly House (nicknamed the 'Shedifice') in Auckland from 1854-1864, sharing the building with the Auckland Provincial Council.

Ironically the Upper House met on the lower story, and the Lower House on the upper story.

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💰 Statement of Average Liabilities and Assets for Union Bank of Australia, Quarter ended December 1859

Domain💰 Finance & Revenue
Dated24 January 1860
KeywordsBankers' Returns Act 1858, Union Bank of Australia, Liabilities, Assets, Financial Statement, Banking Statistics
👩‍💼 Officials

C. W. Richmond
A. Kennedy, Manager
D. J. Ferguson, Accountant

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