THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 149

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, 1877.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... £ 101,174 15 0
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 5,664 10 3
Balances due to other Banks... ... ... 2,369 9 9
Government Deposits...
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... ... 299,624 3 3
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 380,593 16 1
Total average Liabilities ... ... ... £789,426 14 4

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... ... £ 198,941 12 10
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... ... 36,861 13 4
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 4,197 17 11
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 10,759 4 9
Landed Property ... ... ... 56,644 12 8
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... ... 721,571 12 8
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... ... 653,115 19 9
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... ... 12,898 2 0
   Total average Assets ... ... ... £1,694,990 15 11

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 31st December, 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, £12,386 18s. 6d.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of January, 1878.

THOS. BUCHANAN, Inspector.
W. H. CHURTON, Branch Accountant.

Amount of last Dividend declared, £9,855.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £23,893 17s. 3d.
Dated at Dunedin, this 21st day of January, 1878.
GEO. COWIE, General Manager.
R. BARTLEMAN, 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
within one month after the date of the Gazette
containing this notice.

3371. DAVID HAY.—1 rood 30 perches, part
      of Rural Section 41, Christchurch District. Occupied
      by Daniel Richardson and Smith.
      3373.--HENRY WEIR.--50 acres, Rural Section
      220, Christchurch District. Occupied by Applicant.
3372. PETER CUNNINGHAM.-2 roods, Sec-
      tions 291 and 292, Town of Lyttelton. Occupied by
      Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 24th day of January, 1878, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.
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R. W. D'OYLY,
District Land Registrar.

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 1st October to 31st December,
1877.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... £ 73,768 18 1
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 1,063 16 4
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 9,796 6 1
Government Deposits
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... ... 281,192 4 8
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 290,783 19 6
Total average Liabilities ... ... ... £656,605 4 8

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... ... £ 102,792 13 3
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... ... 17,654 11 1
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 1,430 17 10
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 3,201 13 10
Landed Property ... ... ... 6,633 4 1
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... ... 412,968 0 10
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... ... 435,293 18 11
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... ... 27,688 16 10
   Total average Assets ... ... ... £1,007,663 16 8

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at this date, £328,580.
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, £12,386 18s. 6d.

Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of January, 1878.

THOS. BUCHANAN, Inspector.
W. H. CHURTON, Branch Accountant.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Portobello Road
Board intend to take a road, 60 links wide,
under "The Public Works Act, 1876," through
Sections 23, 24, part of 25, part of 78, 26, 27, and 2
of 27, Block II., Otago Peninsula. A plan of the
road intended to be taken through the above-named
sections can be inspected at Mr. W. R. Latham's
store, Portobello, up to the 28th day of February
next.

All persons affected are requested to set forth, in
writing, any well-grounded objections to the taking
of such lands, and to send such writing, within forty
days from the date hereof, to the Road Board Office,
Portobello.

H. J. GUILDFORD,
Clerk to the Board.
19th January, 1878. 46

WAIKOHU ROAD BOARD.
4TH JANUARY, 1878.

NOTICE is hereby given, under clauses from 21 to
24 of the Public Works Act, that it is the
intention of the above Road Board to erect a Bridge
over the Pohurua Stream, and to lay off a Road from
thence north through that portion of Mr. Kemp-
thorne's Run now in the occupation of Messrs. Direy
and Son. And all persons interested in that work
are hereby required to send in to the Chairman of
the Board, within forty days of the date of this
notice, any objections they may have to the afore-
said works.

Plans may be seen at my house.
By order.
O. L. W. BOUSFIELD,
Engineer to Board.
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Taurika, 4th January, 1878.