THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Amended Banking Returns.

Treasury; 28th October, 1875.

THE following amended Statements of Bank Re-
turns for the quarter ended 30th June, 1875,
are published for general information.

H. A. ATKINSON.

AMENDED 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 30th June, 1875.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... 136,508 12 8
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 17,657 3 8
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 7 2 1
Government Deposits... ... ... 28,839 1 7
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... ... ... 433,806 6 9
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 543,035 2 0
Total average Liabilities ... £1,159,853 8 9

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metals ... ... ... ... ... 290,666 12 11
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 10,862 19 7
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 2,072 11 1
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 7,414 13 1
Landed Property ... ... ... 45,000 0 0
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... ... 657,715 19 8
2. Colonial Government Securities ... 586,144 7 1
3. Other Funded Securities ... ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... ... ...
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... ... 15,042 9 11
   Total average Assets ... ... £1,614,919 13 4

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 30th June, 1875, £1,250,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 16 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £100,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £505,472 15s. 2d.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of October,
1875.

A. JACKSON, Manager.
WM. JAMIESON, Accountant.

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... ... 656,897 4 2
2. Colonial Government Securities...
3. Other Funded Securities ... ... ... 533,573 6 2
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... ... ...
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... ... 47,699 6 9
   Total average Assets ... ... £1,538,672 4 6

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 30th June, 1875, £350,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 6 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £10,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £1,565 6s. 4d.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of September,
1875.

THOS. BUCHANAN, Manager.
W. KNOWLES, Accountant.

PATENT for a Compound Suspension Trussed
Girder.

This is to notify, that CHARLES DOPPING IRVINE,
of Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, Civil Engineer,
did, on the 24th day of June instant, deposit at the
office of the Patent Officer, in the Colonial Secretary's
Office, in Wellington, a specification or instrument
in writing, under his hand and seal, particularly
describing and ascertaining the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed; and that by reason of such deposit the said
Invention is protected and secured to him exclusively
for the term of six calendar months thence next
ensuing. And I do further notify, that the said
Charles Dopping Irvine has given notice in writing,
at my office, of his intention to proceed with his appli-
cation for Letters Patent for the said Invention, and
that I have appointed Friday, the 29th day of Octo-
ber next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at my
office, to hear and consider the said application and
all objections thereto; and I do hereby require all
persons having an interest in opposing the grant of
such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the twenty-
fifth day of October, at my office, in Wellington,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from
urging the same.

Given under my hand this twenty-fourth day
day of June, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

P.S. This appointment has been adjourned by the
Patent Officer till noon on Friday, 3rd December
next.

CHAS. D. IRVINE,
Applicant.

AMENDED Statement of the average amount of
Liabilities and Assets of the National Bank of
New Zealand (Limited), within the Colony, during
the Quarter ended 30th June, 1875.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... 132,974 4 8
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 8,918 13 11
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 58 11 11
Government Deposits ... ... ... 4,018 3 3
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... ... ... 326,854 6 11
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 370,631 4 10
Total average Liabilities ... ... £843,455 5 6

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... ... 192,642 1 0
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 36,460 11 6
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 10,053 4 9
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 15,120 9 10
Landed Property ... ... ... 46,226 0 4

602

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership
hitherto subsisting between the undersigned
Thomas Richmond and John Richmond, both of
Oamaru, Hotelkeepers, under the style of "T. and
J. Richmond," has been this day dissolved by mutual
consent. The business will in future be carried on
by John Richmond and Stewart Richmond, under the
style of "J. and S. Richmond," who will pay and
receive all moneys due by and to the late firm.

Dated this 14th day of October, 1875.

THOMAS RICHMOND.
JOHN RICHMOND.

Witness-B. Balmer, Solicitor, Oamaru.
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