THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 115

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, 1876.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... 105,418 6 0
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 5,344 17 7
Balances due to other Banks... ... 2,136 11 10
Government Deposits... ... ... 597 9 10
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... ... 252,126 8 6
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 290,393 10 11
Total average Liabilities ... ... £656,017 4 8

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... ... 153,033 16 2
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 30,950 19 8
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 4,135 10 1
Balances due from other Banks ... 13,958 13 0
Landed Property ... ... ... 55,197 8 9
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 764,789 9 3
2. Colonial Government Securities ... ...
3. Other Funded Securities ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 582,929 2 6
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 12,580 2 8
   Total average Assets ... ... £1,617,575 2 1

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 31st December, 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, £11,918 15s. 11d.
Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of January,
1877.
H. GREEN, Acting Manager.
W. KNOWLES, Accountant.

GENERAL Abstract showing the average amount
of the Liabilities and Assets of the Colonial
Bank of New Zealand within the Colony, taken
from the several Weekly Statements during the
Quarter from the 2nd October to 25th December,
1876.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... 58,662 5 4
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 4,192 4 10
Balances due to other Banks ... 5,281 12 5
Government Deposits ... ... ... 63
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... ... 174,984 7 0
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 221,260 12 9
Total average Liabilities ... ... £464,381 2 4

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... ... 105,631 4 11
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 12,831 0 10
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 1,287 0 3
Balances due from other Banks ... 6,215 6 4
Landed Property ... ... ... 3,350 16 2
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 359,125 7 2
2. Colonial Government Securities ... ...
3. Other Funded Securities ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 347,074 11 6
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 15,420 4 7
   Total average Assets ... ... £850,935 11 9

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at this date, £326,632
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 January, 1877.
GEO. COWIE, General Manager.
D. WINTON, pro Accountant.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same,
in each case, on or before the 12th day of March,
1877.

2925. JAMES PATTEN.—1 rood, part of Rural
      Section 105, Christchurch District. In the occupa-
      tion of Applicant.

2926. ALFRED RICHARD CREYKE, by
      Edward Cephas John Stevens, his Attorney.—15
      acres 1 rood 35 perches, being Lot 1 on deposited
      plan 61, part of Rural Section 90, Christchurch Dis-
      trict. In the occupation of William Mardon or his
      tenants.

2927. FREDERICK CHARLES BOWLER.—
      1 rood, fronting South Town Belt, Christchurch, part
      of Rural Section 79, Christchurch District. In the
      occupation of Applicant.

2928. WILLIAM COLE WEBB.—62 acres 14
      perches, part of Rural Sections 825, 840, and 2202,
      in Christchurch District. In occupation of Appli-
      cant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 25th day of January, 1877, at the
Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

EDWARD DENHAM,
Deputy District Land Registrar.

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 within
one month from the date of the Gazette containing
this notice.

Northern part of Allotment 786, Town of Hokitika,
containing eleven perches, in the occupation of one
Thomas Duncan.—Applicant, ELLEN MULLIGAN,
Wife of James Mulligan, of Hokitika aforesaid,
Draper. No. 326. (F. A. Learmonth, Broker.)

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 25th day of January, 1877, at the
Lands Registry Office, Hokitika.
WM. PATRICK CRAUFORD,
Deputy District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the several parcels
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 10th day of March next.

Hutt District. Parts Sections "17" and "21," 38
acres 3 roods 20 perches. Bounded—N., 690 links and
60 links, by other parts of Section 21; N.E. and E.
by the Hutt River; S., 430 links, by White's Line, and
2201 links by other parts of Section 17; S.W. 1231
links, and N.W. 2190 links, by roads.—In occupa-
tion of MONTAGU PYM and WILLIAM JAMES
MUDIE LARNACH, the Applicants. 746.

Wellington. Part Section "717," 38 perches.
Fronting 39 feet on Tasman Street, and extending
westerly the depth of said section parallel to and 50
feet from southern boundary thereof.—In occupation
of ARTHUR HAYWARD, the Applicant. 770.

Diagram may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 31st day of January, 1877, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington.

ANDREW TURNBULL,
Deputy District Land Registrar.