MAY 5.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 519

Amount of the last Dividend declared, £72,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £441,334 19s. 1d.
Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at this date, £400,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 6 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of last Dividend declared, £12,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £41,943 7s. 11d.
Dated at Wellington, this 26th day of April, 1881.
E. J. FULFORD, pro Inspector.
J. W. PICKERSGILL, pro Accountant.
Dated at Dunedin, this 20th day of April, 1881.
GEO. COWIE, General Manager.
WM. YOUNG, Visiting Officer.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the National Bank of New
Zealand (Limited), in New Zealand, during the
Quarter ended 31st March, 1881.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... 105,783 10 9
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 11,062 8 11
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 1,818 17 4
Government Deposits ... ... ... ...
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... 381,032 1 2
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 499,182 11 1
Total average Liabilities ... ... £998,879 9 3

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... ... 222,840 9 5
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 10,973 1 10
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 2,547 12 7
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 7,326 6 3
Landed Property ... ... ... 70,239 4 2
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 683,544 11 3
2. Colonial Government Securities ... ...
3. Other Funded Securities ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 853,323 12 6
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 16,233 0 3
   Total average Assets ... ... £1,867,027 18 3

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 31st March, 1881, £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, £22,028 16s. 6d.
Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of April, 1881.
THOS. BUCHANAN, Inspector.
ALEX. FORREST, Inspector's Accountant.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

TRANSMISSION No. 143: JOE DRANSFIELD
and ISAAC PHILLIPS, claiming as Devisees
under will of LIPMAN LEVY, deceased, will be regis-
tered as Proprietors of the land in the Registration
District of Wellington, particularly described in the
above application, and in Register-book, Vol. ii., folio
294, and of which the said Lipman Levy was at the
time of his decease registered proprietor, unless
caveat be lodged on or before 13th June, 1881.
Dated this 3rd day of May, 1881, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington.
328
GEO. B. DAVY,
District Land Registrar.

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
on or before the 13th day of June next.
1124, 1125. FRANCIS WILSON SMITH.—46
acres 3 roods and 8 perches, Section 29, Wainui
District; in occupation of Applicant. Also 28
perches, more or less, part of Section 533, City of
Wellington (Molesworth Street); now or late in
occupation of Robert Kent.
1189. CHARLES EFFINGHAM CAPPER and
FREDERICK AUGUSTUS KRULL, as Trustees
in assigned estate of CALEB WHITEHEAD.—12
perches, part of Section 230, City of Wellington
(Taranaki Street).
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 4th day of May, 1881, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington.
GEO. B. DAVY,
District Land Registrar.

GENERAL Abstract showing the average amount
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 28th December, 1880,
to the 28th March, 1881.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... ... ... 89,733 19 11
Bills in Circulation ... ... ... 2,779 8 7
Balances due to other Banks ... ... 263 17 5
Government Deposits ... ... ... ...
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... ... 392,742 17 0
Bearing Interest ... ... ... 335,575 5 9
Total average Liabilities ... ... £821,095 8 8

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver, and other Coined
Metal ... ... ... ... ... 248,055 16 10
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 12,866 16 1
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... ... 1,096 11 8
Balances due from other Banks ... ... 14,379 9 11
Landed Property ... ... ... 35,274 0 9
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 391,901 5 9
2. Colonial Government Securities ... ...
3. Other Funded Securities ... ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 574,595 8 11
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... ... ... 58,172 5 5
   Total average Assets ... ... £1,336,341 15 4

327
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.
4460. EDWARD MITCHELL.—16 perches,
part of Section 1043, Christchurch City. Occupied
by Applicant.
4468. LOUIS EDWARD NATHAN.—2 acres,
part of Lot 67, Christchurch Town Reserves. Occu-
pied by Applicant.
4478. WILLIAM GRAHAH.—3 perches, part
of Sections 160 and 161, Lyttelton Town. Occupied
by William Graham, jun.
4480. JAMES HENDERSON.—12 perches, part
of Section 217, Christchurch City. Unoccupied.
4481. FREDERIC AUGUSTUS BISHOP.—
3 roods 37 perches, part of Rural Section 239,
Christchurch District. Unoccupied.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 28th day of April, 1881, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.
323
R. W. D'OYLY,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of
land hereinafter described will be brought under