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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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 30th June, 1879.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... £ s. d.
118,587 9 11
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 8,213 8 9
Balances due to other Banks... ... ... 9,072 0 2
Government Deposits...
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... ... 282,626 7 7
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 471,514 19 0
Total average Liabilities ... ... £890,014 5 5

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... £ s. d.
145,967 4 9
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... ... 18,407 11 7
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 4,852 2 4
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 4,531 10 4
Landed Property ... ... ... 65,999 2 3
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... ... 949,210 12 0
2. Colonial Government Securities ... ...
3. Other Funded Securities ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... ... 1,039,690 15 8
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... 17,458 10 0
   Total average Assets ... ... £2,246,117 8 11

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 30th June, 1879, £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, £12,435 4s. 5d.
Dated at Wellington, this 21st day of July, 1879.

W. H. CHURTON, pro Inspector.
ALEX. FORREST, pro Accountant.

S TATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, within
the Colony, during the Quarter ended 30th June,
1879.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... £ s. d.
530,750 19 3
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 20,310 4 10
Balances due to other Banks... ... ... 352,748 4 1
Government Deposits ... ... ...
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... ... 1,641,757 8 7
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 1,889,335 17 2
Total average Liabilities ... ... £4,434,902 13 11

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... £ s. d.
587,372 19 4
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... ... 97,248 13 4
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 23,172 10 1
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 5,123 7 10
Landed Property ... ... ... 70,827 7 5
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... ... 3,047,603 10 5
2. Colonial Government Securities ... ... 185,692 6 2
3. Other Funded Securities ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... ... 3,476,430 12 8
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... 110,252 17 1
   Total average Assets ... ... £7,603,724 4 4

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 30th June, 1879, £962,830.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, equal
to 15 per cent. per annum.

Amount of the last Dividend declared, £54,375.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £593,333 11s. 8d.
Dated at Auckland, this 22nd day of July, 1879.

D. L. MURDOCH, General Manager.
GEO. WHITELAW, Inspector's Accountant.

S TATEMENT of the average amount of the
Liabilities and Assets of the Union Bank of
Australia, within the Colony of New Zealand, during
the Quarter ended 30th June, 1879.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... £ s. d.
128,064 4 8
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 10,047 9 7
Balances due to other Banks ... ... ... 127 17 11
Government Deposits...
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... ... 427,660 7 11
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 1,038,871 10 2
Total average Liabilities ... ... £1,604,771 10 3

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... £ s. d.
345,064 5 4
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... ... 12,387 4 1
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 1,895 7 11
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 2,161 9 7
Landed Property ... ... ... 90,500 0 0
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... ... 773,060 15 10
2. Colonial Government Securities ... ...
3. Other Funded Securities ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... ... 1,014,074 7 5
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... ... 52,749 5 10
   Total average Assets ... ... £2,291,892 16 0

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 31st December, 1878, £1,487,500.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 16 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £118,537.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £909,502 15s. 11d.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of July, 1879.

A. JACKSON, Manager.
WM. JAMIESON, Accountant.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

N OTICE 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 15th day of September, 1879.

1029. JOHN ALEXANDER.—1 rood, Town
      Section 423, Wanganui. Occupied by Applicant.

1030. WATSON MCDONALD.—60 acres 2
      roods and 27 perches, Rural Allotment 156, Okotuku
      District. Occupied by Applicant.

1031. CHARLES HART ASHFORTH.—1 rood,
      part of Suburban Section 17, Wanganui, fronting
      100 links on Campbell Street, with a depth of 250
      links, the north-western boundary being parallel to
      and distant 300 links from Glasgow Street. Un-
      occupied.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 5th day of August, 1879, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington.

GEO. B. DAVY,
480
District Land Registrar.