GENERAL STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the under-mentioned BANKS in the Colony of NEW ZEALAND, for the QUARTER ended 31st MARCH, 1875.

LIABILITIES.
BANKS. Notes in Circulation. Bills in Circulation. Balances due to other Banks. Deposits. Government. Not bearing Interest. Bearing Interest. Total Liabilities.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand ... 461,612 11 1 33,660 0 10 33,344 5 10 925,064 17 2 1,179,303 2 3 849,637 12 1 3,482,622 9 3
Union Bank of Australia ... 130,888 13 6 14,034 17 4 31 5 6 457,065 5 3 518,618 8 1 1,120,638 9 8
Bank of New South Wales ... 102,603 9 11 2,020 16 4 12,961 9 6 274,998 7 10 315,546 18 1 255,700 7 9
Bank of Australasia ... 52,647 16 10 5,322 8 4 13,373 2 2 125,730 17 2 71,999 5 5 869,975 19 11
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited) *132,561 1 6 6,231 4 7 989 3 3 335,907 7 8 380,914 0 9 144,930 3 5
Colonial Bank of New Zealand 15,204 11 6 29,668 18 3 69,881 4 9 30,175 8 11 6,581,998 11 8
Totals ... 895,518 4 4 90,938 5 8 59,710 3 0 926,054 0 5 2,442,886 4 11 2,166,891 13 4 6,581,998 11 8

• Bank of Otago, £3,114.

ASSETS.
BANKS. Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined Metals. Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars. Notes and Bills of other Banks. Balances due from other Banks. Landed Property. Notes and Bills Discounted. Colonial Government Securities. Other Funded Securities. Debts due to the Bank, exclusive of Debts abandoned as bad. Securities not included under other heads. Total Assets.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand ... 334,991 10 8 124,912 8 4 14,702 4 6 8,555 17 2 26,423 8 7 1,764,966 17 4 292,307 13 10 7,600 0 0 2,012,405 13 6 90,854 4 7 4,677,719 18 6
Union Bank of Australia ... 290,915 15 6 9,256 5 4 2,272 10 6 6,909 6 0 45,000 0 0 706,412 3 10 18,732 15 6 1,728,444 13 8
Bank of New South Wales ... 557,366 15 7 32,634 5 7 2,739 13 7 17,326 9 8 19,772 6 0 503,306 5 7 139,029 9 10 1,824,113 15 5
Bank of Australasia ... 60,869 17 0 4,240 8 7 1,067 8 9 30,680 0 0 431,434 11 1 17,869 15 4 739,909 8 5
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited) 175,970 8 2 24,185 6 4 8,284 1 2 6,353 9 5 36,998 15 11 595,818 17 11 625,567 10 7 31,818 5 2 1,504,996 14 8
Colonial Bank of New Zealand 75,364 6 7 1,142 11 1 669 1 7 71,877 14 7 2,895 8 9 117,834 18 3 60,816 19 1 3,721 4 6 334,322 4 5
Totals ... 1,495,478 13 6 196,371 5 3 29,735 0 1 111,022 16 10 161,769 19 3 4,119,773 14 0 292,307 13 10 7,600 0 0 4,093,421 17 5 302,025 14 11 10,809,506 15 1

CAPITAL AND PROFITS.
BANKS. Capital paid up. Rate per Annum of last Dividend. Amount of last Dividend declared. Amount of Reserved Fund at the time of declaring such Dividend.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand ... 600,000 0 0 Fifteen per cent. per annum 45,000 0 0 238,916 6 3
Union Bank of Australia ... 1,250,000 0 0 Sixteen per cent. per annum 100,000 0 0 505,472 15 2
Bank of New South Wales ... 1,000,000 0 0 Fifteen per cent., and Bonus of two and a half per cent. per annum 87,500 0 0 366,868 0 7
Bank of Australasia ... 1,200,000 0 0 Eleven per cent. per annum 66,000 0 0 343,760 8 8
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited) 350,000 0 0 Six per cent. per annum 10,000 0 0 1,565 6 4
Colonial Bank of New Zealand 208,636 10 0 Nil 1,401 5 3
Totals ... 4,608,636 10 0 308,500 0 0 1,457,984 2 3

Treasury, Wellington, 30th April, 1875.
C. T. BATKIN,
Secretary to the Treasury.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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