THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 69

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter | Amount of all other Securities—
ended 31st December, 1875, £1,000,000. | 1. Notes and Bills Discounted £ 656,595 7 2
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 17½ per | 2. Colonial Government Securities...
cent. per annum. | 3. Other Funded Securities
Amount of last Dividend declared, £87,500. | 4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such | Debts abandoned as bad) 562,348 17 11
Dividend, £403,240 0s. 8d. | 5. Securities not included under the above
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of January, | heads ... ... ... 21,836 16 0
1876. |
EDWD. MILLER, Manager. | Total average Assets £1,482,163 19 6
A. WARBURTON, Accountant. |
| Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
| ended 31st December, 1875, £350,000.
| Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 6 per
| cent. per annum.
| Amount of the last Dividend declared, £9,904 13s. 3d.
| Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
| Dividend, £16,866 0s. 2d.
| Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of January,
| 1876.
| THOS. BUCHANAN, Manager.
| W. KNOWLES, 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,
1875.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... £ 47,609 7 11
Bills in Circulation ... ... 5,558 10 11
Balances due to other Banks ... ... ... 11 1
Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... 126,143 1 1
Bearing Interest ... ... 125,245 1 3
Government ... ... ... 13,510 2 4
Total Amount of Liabilities ... £318,066 13 6

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metals ... ... £ 68,543 9 3
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 3,042 13 6
Landed Property ... ... 30,643 17 0
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 1,421 16 11
Balances due from other Banks ... ...
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 508,869 10 11
2. Colonial Government Securities ... ...
3. Other Funded Securities ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) 234,280 10 4
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 223 8 4
   Total Amount of Assets ... £847,025 6 3

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at this date, £1,200,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, £12 10s.
per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £75,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £374,119 2s. 4d.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of January,
1876.
J. SAWERS, Acting Manager, } at Wellington.
E. TURNER, Acting Accountant,

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the National Bank of New
Zealand (Limited), within the Colony, during the
Quarter ended 31st December, 1875.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... £ 120,911 19 2
Bills in Circulation ... ... 8,380 1 10
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 13,990 17 0
Government Deposits ... ... 1,001 11 1
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... 294,285 1 5
Bearing Interest ... ... 334,647 8 8
Total average Liabilities ... £773,216 19 2

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... £ 150,034 17 10
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 28,844 4 11
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 8,026 0 7
Balances due from other Banks ... 133 4 8
Landed Property ... ... 54,344 10 5 61

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand,
within the Colony, during the Quarter ended 27th
December, 1875.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... £ 43,296 16 11
Bills in Circulation ... ... 747 16 7
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 38,368 10 2
Government Deposits ... ...
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... 154,107 10 1
Bearing Interest ... ... 94,378 4 4
Total average Liabilities ... £330,898 18 1

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... £ 83,483 18 6
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 8,205 6 8
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 925 3 0
Balances due from other Banks ... 8,224 12 6
Landed Property ... ... 634 17 11
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 291,979 7 8
2. Colonial Government Securities ... ...
3. Other Funded Securities ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) 189,838 12 9
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 14,059 10 9
   Total average Assets ... £597,351 9 9

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 27th December, 1875, £281,776 9s. 8d.
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, £4,723 18s. 10d.
Dated at Dunedin, this 18th day of January, 1876.
L. O. BEAL, Manager.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the parcel of
land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
on or before the 4th day of March next.
Wellington. Part Section "472," 16 perches.
Bounded—North, 135 feet 3 inches, West, 32 feet,
and South, 135 feet 3 inches, by other parts of
Section 472; East, 32 feet, by Wellington Terrace.
The northern boundary runs parallel with and 79 feet
distant from Bolton Street. Unoccupied.—HENRY
FREER RAWSON, Applicant. 701.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 25th day of January, 1876, at the
Lands Registry Office, Wellington.
JOHN E. SMITH,
District Land Registrar.