THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 737

4. Debts due to Bank (exclusive of Debts
   abandoned as bad)
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads
   Total average Assets

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 30th September, 1876, £1,000,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 15 per
cent. per annum, and Bonus 2½ per cent per annum.
Amount of last Dividend declared, £87,500.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £413,579 12s. 1d.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of October,
1876.
EDWD. MILLER, Manager.
A. WARBURTON, 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 30th June to 25th September,
1876.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation
Bills in Circulation
Balances due to other Banks...
Deposits—
Not bearing Interest
Government Deposits
Bearing Interest
Total Amount of Liabilities

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars
Landed Property
Notes and Bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad)
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads
   Total Amount of Assets

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at this date, £1,200,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, £12 10s.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £75,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £382,242 5s. 7d.
Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of October,
1876.
J. SAWERS, Manager, } at Wellington.
E. TURNER, 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 30th September, 1876.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation
Bills in Circulation
Balances due to other Banks...
Government Deposits...
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest
Bearing Interest
Total average Liabilities

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars
Notes and Bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Landed Property
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad)
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads
   Total average Assets

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars
Notes and Bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Landed Property
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad)
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads
   Total average Assets

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 30th September, 1876, £350,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 6 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £10,500.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £1,418 15s. 11d.
Dated at Wellington, this 28th day of October,
1876.
H. GREEN, Acting Manager.
W. KNOWLES, Accountant.

TATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the Colonial Bank, New Zealand,
during the Quarter ended 25th September, 1876.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation
Bills in Circulation
Balances due to other Banks
Government Deposits
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest
Bearing Interest
Total average Liabilities

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars
Notes and Bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Landed Property
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad)
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads
   Total average Assets

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 25th September, 1876, £326,247 6s. 9d.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, nil.
Amount of last Dividend declared, nil.
Amount of the Reserved Profits, £11,151 3s.
Dated at Dunedin, this 13th day of October, 1876.
D. WINTON, pro Inspector's Accountant.

NOTICE.

ARTHUR DISNEY JOSEPH DALY, of Mel-
bourne, in the Colony of Victoria, Solicitor,
Proctor, and Conveyancer, has been appointed, by
His Honor Joshua Strange Williams, a Commissioner
of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, under "The
Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,"
for the purpose of administering and taking any oath,
affidavit, or affirmation.

Dated at Dunedin, this 27th day of October, 1876.

EDWARD ffRAS. WARD,
Registrar, Supreme Court, Dunedin.