MAY 5.]

STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the under-mentioned BANKS in the Colony of NEW ZEALAND, for the QUARTER ended 31st March, 1881.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS. | Notes in Circulation. | Bills in Circulation. | Balances due to other Banks. | Deposits. (Government)

Bank of New Zealand | 489,521 4 7 | 32,224 9 0 | 19,612 14 11 | 784,542 6 1
Union Bank of Australia (Limited) | 111,622 15 3 | 20,797 15 6 | 126 6 10 | ...
Bank of New South Wales | 82,097 9 1 | 436 2 10 | 5,598 16 0 | ...
Bank of Australasia | 59,844 13 10 | 7,289 12 6 | 35 12 1 | ...
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited)... | 105,783 10 9 | 11,062 8 11 | 1,818 17 4 | ...
Colonial Bank of New Zealand | 89,733 19 11 | 2,779 8 7 | 263 17 5 | ...
Totals | 938,603 13 5 | 74,589 17 4 | 27,456 4 7 | 784,542 6 1

ASSETS.

BANKS. | Coined Gold and Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars. | Gold and Silver and other Coined Metals. | Notes and Bills of other Banks. | Balances due from other Banks. | Landed Property.

Bank of New Zealand | 700,471 10 1 | ... | 99,119 16 7 | ... | 70,630 9 9
Union Bank of Australia (Lim.) | 356,220 8 8 | ... | 10,349 13 2 | ... | 92,000 0 0
Bank of New South Wales | 306,349 5 0 | ... | 23,473 1 5 | ... | 37,113 10 11
Bank of Australasia | 109,648 18 2 | ... | 2,012 5 10 | ... | 43,813 13 1
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited) | 222,840 9 5 | ... | 10,973 1 10 | ... | 70,239 4 2
Colonial Bank of New Zealand | 248,055 16 10 | ... | 12,866 16 1 | ... | 35,274 0 9
Totals | 1,943,586 8 2 | ... | 156,782 9 1 | ... | 349,070 18 8

CAPITAL AND PROFITS.

BANKS. | Capital paid up.

Bank of New Zealand | 1,000,000 0 0
Union Bank of Australia (Limited) | 1,500,000 0 0
Bank of New South Wales | 1,000,000 0 0
Bank of Australasia | 1,200,000 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand (Limited) | 350,000 0 0
Colonial Bank of New Zealand | 400,000 0 0
Totals | 5,450,000 0 0

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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LIABILITIES (Continued).

Deposits. (Not bearing Interest) | Deposits. (Bearing Interest) | Total Liabilities.

1,928,854 0 11 | 1,832,071 5 8 | 5,086,826 1 8
644,377 10 10 | 1,174,338 13 4 | 1,951,263 19 9
315,364 0 10 | 524,724 5 6 | 928,220 14 3
225,587 13 4 | 255,104 16 0 | 547,862 7 9
381,032 1 2 | 499,182 11 1 | 998,879 9 3
392,742 17 0 | 335,575 5 9 | 821,095 8 8
3,887,958 4 1 | 4,620,996 17 4 | 10,334,147 2 10

ASSETS (Continued).

Notes and Bills Discounted. | Government Securities. | Other Funded Securities. | Debts due to the Bank, exclusive of Debts abandoned as bad. | Securities not included under other heads. | Total Assets.

80,000 0 0 | ... | 3,729,697 16 1 | 143,624 2 7 | 6,928,042 14 4
... | 80,000 0 0 | ... | 701,677 15 10 | 27,898 5 0 | 1,638,546 2 11
... | ... | ... | 573,809 6 5 | 72,927 2 7 | 1,251,937 15 3
... | ... | ... | 358,120 12 4 | 73,011 12 3 | 1,006,709 4 3
... | ... | ... | 683,544 11 3 | 16,233 0 3 | 1,867,027 18 3
... | ... | ... | 391,901 5 9 | 58,172 5 5 | 1,336,341 15 4
349,070 18 8 | 80,000 0 0 | 6,791,224 12 1 | 391,866 8 1 | 14,028,605 10 4

CAPITAL AND PROFITS (Continued).

Rate per annum of last Dividend. | Amount of last Dividend declared. | Amount of Reserve Fund at the time of declaring such Dividend.

Fifteen per cent. | 75,000 0 0 | 653,337 6 9
Sixteen per cent. | 120,000 0 0 | 952,105 9 7
Seventeen and a half per cent. | 87,500 0 0 | 585,023 11 6
Twelve per cent. | 72,000 0 0 | 441,334 19 1
Six per cent. | 10,500 0 0 | 22,028 16 6
Six per cent. | 12,000 0 0 | 41,943 7 11
... | 377,000 0 0 | 2,695,773 11 4

Treasury,
Wellington, 2nd May, 1881.

JAMES C. GAVIN,
Secretary to the Treasury.