THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 201
STATEMENT of the Average Amount of LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the BANK OF NEW
ZEALAND, within the Colony, during the Quarter ended 31st MARCH, 1866.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in Circulation . . . . £ 414,401 13 9
Bills in Circulation . . . . 40,794 19 5
Balances due to other Banks . 65,518 9 5
Government Deposits . . . . 194,491 9 10
Other Deposits $\begin{cases} \text{Not bearing In-} \ \text{terest} \end{cases}$ 769,705 16 3
Bearing Interest. 336,264 19 7

Total Average Liabilities . £1,821,177 8 3

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter ended
31st March, 1866 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £ 499,983 0 0
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders . . . . . . . . 17 cent. annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42,500 0 0
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such Dividend . 178,529 18 0
Dated at Auckland, this 25th day of April, 1866.

D. L. MURDOCH, Inspector.
FRED. BATTLEY, Inspector's Accountant.

ASSETS.

Coined Gold and Silver and other
Coined Metal . . . . . . . £ 267,886 9 4
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars 108,976 13 0
Notes and Bills of other Banks . 6,186 13 8
Balances due from other Banks . 28,298 19 3
Landed Property . . . . . . . 18,828 8 3
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted . 682,304 18 1
2. Colonial Government Securities 100,000 0 0
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclu-
   sive of Debts abandoned as
   bad) . . . . . . . . . . . 900,392 13 11
5. Securities not included under
   the above heads . . . . . . 169,208 11 2

Total Average Assets £2,282,083 6 8

STATEMENT of the Amount of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the UNION BANK OF
AUSTRALIA, in the Colony of NEW ZEALAND, during the Quarter ended 26th MARCH, 1866.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in Circulation . . . . £ 168,094 3 1
Bills in Circulation . . . . 26,694 4 3
Balances due to other Banks . 2,510 5 8
Government Deposits . . . . 4,539 7 9
Other Deposits $\begin{cases} \text{Not bearing In-} \ \text{terest} \end{cases}$ 473,852 11 1
Bearing Interest. 302,723 11 1

Total Average Liabilities . £978,414 2 11

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 31st December, 1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £ 1,250,000 0 0
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders . . . . . . . . 17 cent annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,250 0 0
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358,736 5 0
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of April, 1866.

J. CARTER, Manager.
EDWD. H. TATE, Accountant.

ASSETS.

Coined Gold and Silver and other
Coined Metals . . . . . . . £ 312,554 6 2
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars. 15,908 1 3
Notes and Bills of other Banks . 6,288 3 4
Balances due from other Banks . 12,462 10 2
Landed Property . . . . . . . 17,000 0 0
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted . 588,001 5 0
2. Colonial Government Securities 304,645 17 1
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclu-
   sive of Debts abandoned as
   bad).
5. Securities not included under
   the above heads . . . . . . 2,456 3 7

Total Average Assets £1,259,316 6 7