798

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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, 1877.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... £ s. d.
111,205 12 3
Bills in Circulation ... 6,387 1 0
Balances due to other Banks... 2,392 9 11
Government Deposits...
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... 297,407 17 7
Bearing Interest ... 356,070 2 9
Total average Liabilities ... £773,463 3 6

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... £ s. d.
212,096 0 0
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 46,990 14 7
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 5,070 4 3
Balances due from other Banks ... 7,180 15 3
Landed Property ... 55,632 1 3
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 819,762 10 11
2. Colonial Government Securities ...
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 637,538 11 3
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... 13,000 16 4
   Total average Assets ... £1,797,271 13 10

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 30th June, 1877, £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 26th day of July, 1877.
THOS. BUCHANAN, Acting Inspector.
W. H. CHURTON, Branch 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 26th March to 25th June, 1877.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... £ s. d.
68,747 5 7
Bills in Circulation ... 557 8 9
Balances due to other Banks ... 1,619 15 2
Government Deposits
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... 234,867 12 11
Bearing Interest ... 276,714 1 2
Total average Liabilities ... £582,506 3 7

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... £ s. d.
144,489 13 7
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 11,743 14 0
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 1,233 4 8
Balances due from other Banks ... 4,472 10 3
Landed Property ... 3,428 18 10
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 372,139 5 7
2. Colonial Government Securities ...
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 335,562 18 11
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... 16,357 7 5
   Total average Assets ... £889,427 13 3

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at this date, £328,400.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 6 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of last Dividend declared, £9,774 7s. 2d.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £22,177 19s. 5d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 14th day of July, 1877.
GEO. COWIE, General Manager.
GEO. MORRISON, Accountant.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

Between WILLIAM VINCENT RIDLEY, Plaintiff,
and JOSEPH HAGGERTY, Defendant.

Amount Recovered, £109 7s. 1d.

I HEREBY give notice, that by virtue of a writ
of fieri facias issued out of the above honorable
Court, and to me directed, I have caused my Bailiff
to enter upon all that piece or parcel of land, being
the Sections numbered 102 to 108 inclusive, on the
plan of the Township of Carterton, in the District
of Wairarapa, containing seventy acres (70a.), a
little more or less, together with the appurtenances
thereunto belonging, the property of the defendant,
having been taken in execution at the suit of the
execution creditor therein; and that it is my in-
tention to sell or cause to be sold the freehold of the
said piece of land by public auction, at the Court
House, Carterton, on Saturday, the 29th day of
September, 1877, at 12 o'clock noon, unless satis-
faction be sooner made of the judgment, and all
costs and expenses connected therewith.

And I further give notice that William Gascoyen
Beard, of Greytown, is solicitor for the said plaintiff.

Given under my hand at Featherston, this 21st
day of June, 1877.

299 HERBERT S. WARDELL,
Sheriff of Wairarapa.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

Between HENRY HURLEY, Plaintiff, and STEPHEN
NEARY, Defendant.

I HEREBY give notice, that by virtue of a writ of
fieri facias issued out of the above honorable
Court, and to me directed, I have caused my Bailiff to
enter upon all that piece of land, being the Section
numbered 875, part of Suburban Block 38, on the
plan of the suburbs of the Town of Wanganui, con-
taining one rood (which section of land was formerly
designated by the letter "G" on a plan of a subdivision
of the said block for the purposes of sale), which
piece of land is distant from the junction of Plymouth
and Bell Streets. 500 links, and is bounded on three
sides by other parts of said Block 38, and on the
other side by Bell Street 100 links; together with the
appurtenances the property of the defendant (subject
to a mortgage to the Wanganui Equitable Land
Building and Invesment Society), having been taken
in execution at the suit of the execution creditor
herein; and that it is my intention to sell or cause to
be sold the freehold interest (if any) of the defend-
ant in the said piece of land (subject to such mort-
gage) by public auction, at the Court House, Wa-
nganui, on Tuesday, the twenty-fifth day of September,
1877, at 12 o'clock noon, unless satisfaction be sooner
made of the said judgment, and all costs and expenses
connected therewith. And I further give notice that
Matthew Vere Hodge, of Wanganui, is solicitor for
the plaintiff.

Given under my hand, at Wanganui, this twelfth
day of June, 1877.

291 EDWARD HARDCASTLE,
Sheriff, Wanganui and Rangitikei District.