THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 763

"Marriage Act, 1854."
OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1874.-NOTICE
No. 20.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 11th November, 1874.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following names of Officiating Ministers
within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information:-

Roman Catholic Church.
The Reverend MICHAEL WALSH.
The Reverend PATRICK O'LEARY.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

HALF-YEARLY Return of the aggregate average
amount of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of
the Bank of Australasia, within the Colony of New
Zealand, from the 14th day of April, 1874, to the
12th day of October, 1874, inclusive.

Published pursuant to the Royal Charter of Incorporation.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Bills in Circulation not bearing Interest ... 4,128 8 4
Notes in Circulation not bearing Interest ... 42,624 15 4
Balances due to other Banks ... ... ...
Cash deposited not bearing Interest ... 134,658 3 2
Cash deposited bearing Interest ... ... 50,109 6 1

Total Liabilities within the Colony £231,520 12 11

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coin and Bullion ... ... ... 58,575 3 3
Landed Property (Bank Premises) ... ... 30,886 14 7
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 560 3 3
Balances due from other Banks ... ...
Debts due to the Corporation, including Notes,
Bills, and other Securities ... ... 613,806 18 3

Total Assets within the Colony £703,828 19 4

THOS. BUCHANAN, Manager.
J. SAWERS, Accountant.
Wellington, 5th November, 1874.

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 28th September, 1874, £600,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, equal
to 15 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £45,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £238,916 6s. 3d.
Dated at Auckland, this 23rd day of October, 1874.
D. L. MURDOCH, Inspector.
FREDK. BATTLEY, Inspector's Accountant.

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 28th September, 1874.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... 130,674 4 10
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 16,004 2 4
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 84 9 1
Government Deposits... ... ... 268 1 6
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... ... 553,596 17 0
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 417,285 11 10

Total average Liabilities £1,117,913 6 7

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metals ... ... ... ... 287,321 5 1
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 12,368 0 9
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 2,125 9 1
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 8,305 0 0
Landed Property ... ... ... 45,000 0 0
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 774,198 18 7
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... ... 611,313 4 5
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... 13,971 9 7

Total average Assets £1,754,603 7 6

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 28th September, 1874, £1,250,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 14 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £87,500.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £492,264 Os. 10d.
Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of October,
1874.
A. JACKSON, Manager.
WM. JAMIESON, Accountant.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in the
Colony, during the Quarter ended 28th September,
1874.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... 424,886 6 6
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 31,660 12 1
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 630 3 11
Government Deposits ... ... ... 1,460,138 15 8
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... ... 1,215,440 19 2
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 656,949 3 11

Total average Liabilities £3,789,706 1 3

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... 344,335 11 5
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 123,691 1 4
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 11,181 11 10
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 14,620 15 11
Landed Property ... ... ... 25,244 17 6
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 1,696,956 8 6
2. Colonial Government Securities ... 300,000 0 0
3. Other Funded Securities ... ... 7,600 0 0
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... ... 1,915,918 8 10
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... 79,378 7 0

Total average Assets £4,518,927 2 4

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the Bank of New South Wales,
in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th
September, 1874.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... 89,573 3 11
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 474 16 11
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 12,491 2 7
Government Deposits ... ... ...
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... ... 277,004 17 10
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 270,937 16 3

Total average Liabilities £650,481 17 6

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... 474,766 16 0
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 23,954 19 1
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 2,202 12 6
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 16,779 7 6
Landed Property ... ... ... 20,424 7 3
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 431,648 8 5
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to Bank (exclusive of Debts
   abandoned as bad) ... ... 463,413 1 11
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... 141,896 16 1

Total average Assets £1,575,086 8 9