THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 191

Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 16 per
cent. per annum.
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
Debts abandoned as bad) 584,569 17 2
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £110,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
5. Securities not included under the above
heads 33,843 4 1
Total average Assets £1,350,237 3 8
Dividend, £794,206 6s. 6d.
Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of January,
1879.
A. JACKSON, Manager.
WM. JAMIESON, Accountant.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the National Bank of New
Zealand (Limited), within the Colony of New Zealand,
during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1878.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... 112,782 2 4
Bills in Circulation ... 5,622 11 9
Balances due to other Banks.. 28,872 17 1
Government Deposits...
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... 340,794 18 5
Bearing Interest ... 584,897 7 9
Total average Liabilities £1,072,969 17 4

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... 204,508 4 10
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars 18,914 3 10
Notes and Bills of other Banks 4,700 0 6
Balances due from other Banks 10,336 12 11
Landed Property 65,039 6 11
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted 926,906 9 2
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) 922,939 13 11
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads 15,644 16 6
   Total average Assets £2,168,989 8 7

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at this date, £388,393 5s
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 7 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of last Dividend declared, £11,500 6s.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £49,508 18s. 6d.
Dated at Dunedin, this 22nd day of January, 1879.
GEO. COWIE, General Manager.
R. BARTLEMAN, pro Accountant.

Tenders Invited.

TO IRONMASTERS. WANTED, 100,000 TONS OF
STEEL RAILS.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, New Zealand,
6th November, 1878.

WRITTEN TENDERS will be received at Wel-
lington by the Hon. the Minister for Public
Works up to 30th September, 1879, for the supply
of the whole or any portion of 100,000 tons of steel
rails, to be manufactured within the colony from New
Zealand ores. Payment will be made in cash on
delivery at the works-the Government of New
Zealand agreeing to pay, in addition, one-half of the
cost of the conveyance to the colony by sea of the
workmen to be engaged in the manufacture.

Information as to the mineral resources of New
Zealand, and maps indicating the various localities in
which mineral deposits are situated in relation to
means of transport, may be had on application to the
Agent-General of New Zealand, 7, Westminster
Chambers, Victoria Street, London; or to W. Walton
Evans, Esq., 66, Pine Street, New York.

As it is unlikely that intending contractors will
enter into an engagement of the above nature with-
out first satisfying themselves by personal inspection
as to the position and extent of the raw material in
New Zealand required for the manufacture of iron,
every facility and information on this subject will be
afforded on application to Dr. Hector, C.M.G., F.R.S.,
Director of the Geological Department, Wellington.

For the information of parties desiring to tender,
it may be stated that the official returns show that
there were imported into New Zealand, within the
last eight years, 15,500 tons of cast-iron, and 93,000
tons of wrought-iron, exclusive of iron for Govern-
ment and other railways, during which period 1,068
miles have been constructed and opened for traffic.

JOHN KNOWLES,
Under Secretary for Public Works.

NOTICE.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, New Zealand,
6th November, 1878.

THE foregoing advertisement will be published in
the United Kingdom, the North American
States, and the Continent of Europe.

New Zealand colonists who may have friends and
correspondents connected with the iron manufacture
are requested to be good enough to draw attention to
the highly advantageous and profitable field for enter-
prise which this colony presents to those who can
bring the necessary capital and practical experience
to bear upon such manufacture.

JOHN KNOWLES,
Under Secretary for Public Works.

Dated at Wellington, this 31st day of January,
1879.
H. W. YOUNG, Visiting Officer.
W. H. CHURTON, Inspector's Accountant.

G ENERAL Abstract showing the average amount
U of the Liabilities and Assets of the Colonial
Bank of New Zealand, within the Colony of New
Zealand, taken from the several Weekly Statements
during the Quarter from the 30th September to
30th December, 1878.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... 88,477 1 7
Bills in Circulation ... 1,397 12 11
Balances due to other Banks ... 12,516 17 0
Government Deposits
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... 305,445 11 0
Bearing Interest ... 376,274 7 2
Total average Liabilities £784,111 9 8

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metals ... 96,043 17 5
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars 16,597 1 4
Notes and Bills of other Banks 1,517 2 10
Balances due from other Banks 490 1 8
Landed Property 40,086 2 1
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted 577,089 17 1
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities