THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New South Wales in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1874.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in Circulation ... ... 92,499 7 9
Bills in Circulation ... ... 2,935 15 2
Balances due to other Banks ... 11,817 3 7
Government Deposits ... ... ...
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... ... 262,990 0 4
Bearing Interest ... ... 275,763 19 6

Total average Liabilities £646,006 6 4.

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... £ 514,654 4 1
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 41,088 9 6
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 2,492 9 2
Balances due from other Banks ... 16,187 10 0
Landed Property ... ... 20,191 14 4
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 475,597 15 1
2. Colonial Government Securities ...
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to Bank (exclusive of Debts
   abandoned as bad) ... ... 522,339 9 4

5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 135,113 14 1

   Total average Assets £1,727,665 5 7

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 31st December, 1874, £1,000,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 15 per
cent. per annum, with bonus 24 per cent. per annum.
Amount of last Dividend declared, £87,500.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £366,868 Os. 7d.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of January,
1875.

EDWD. MILLER, Manager.
A. WARBURTON, p. Accountant.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the National Bank of New Zea-

land, Limited, for the Colony, during the Quarter
ended 31st December, 1874.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in Circulation ... ... 135,464 7 8
Bills in Circulation ... ... 6,994 4 7
Balances due to other Banks ... 10,727 8 4
Government Deposits ... ... 2,808 15 2
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... ... 354,700 15 7
Bearing Interest ... ... 363,265 0 6

Total average Liabilities £873,960 11 10

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... £ 147,053 19 3
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 26,604 12 1
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 6,951 16 4
Balances due from other Banks ... 24,812 14 2
Landed Property ... ... 42,422 0 0
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 631,584 13 2
2. Colonial Government Securities ...
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 613,204 1 11

5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 22,476 14 7

   Total average Assets £1,515,110 11 6

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 31st December, 1874, £350,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, Nil.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, Nil.
Amount of the Reserved Profits, £1,102 5s. 9d.
Dated at Wellington, this 30th day of January,
1875.

ALEX. KERR, Manager.
C. W. BULLER, p. Accountant.

GENERAL Abstract showing the average amount

of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of
Australasia within the Colony of New Zealand,
taken from the several Weekly Statements during
the Quarter from the 1st October to 31st December,
1874.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in Circulation ... ... 49,197 9 2
Bills in Circulation ... ... 4,137 19 6
Balances due to other Banks ...
Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... ... 132,039 2 7
Bearing Interest ... ... 52,139 18 5

Total Amount of Liabilities £237,514 9 8

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other coined
Metals ... ... ... £ 58,088 3 6
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 3,022 1 8
Landed Property ... ... 30,696 10 9
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 530 2 2
Balances due from other Banks ...
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 444,792 8 6
2. Colonial Government Securities ...
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 188,026 12 6

5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 14,490 10 11

   Total amount of Assets £739,646 10 0

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at this date, £1,200,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 11 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £66,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £343,760 8s. 8d.
Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of January,
1875.

THOS. BUCHANAN, Manager.
J. SAWERS, Accountant.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities

and Assets of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand,
during the Quarter ended 28th December, 1874.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in Circulation ... ... 3,465 10 0
Bills in Circulation ... ... 30 3 10
Balances due to other Banks ...
Government Deposits ... ...
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... ... 29,189 3 4
Bearing Interest ... ... 5,890 9 4

Total Average Liablities £38,575 6 6

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... £ 34,683 6 8
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 58 10 5
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 672 9 5
Balances due from other Banks ... 75,430 10 8
Landed Property ... ... 3,984 4 1
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills discounted ... 39,019 15 1
2. Colonial Government Securities ...
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) ... 22,422 6 3

5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 987 19 5

   Total Average Assets £177,259 2 0

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 28th December, 1874, £160,423.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, Nil.
Amount of last Dividend declared, Nil.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, Nil.
Dated at Dunedin, this 25th day of January,
1875.

L. O. BEAL,
Manager.
WM. YOUNG,
Acting Accountant.