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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1393

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 31st March, 1881, £1,000,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 15 per
cent. per annnum, and bonus 2½ per cent. per annum.
Amount of last Dividend declared, £87,500.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £590,589 11s. 7d.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of October, 1881.

W. ROBERTON PERSTON, Manager.
Jos. L. FLINT, Acting Accountant.

GENERAL ABSTRACT showing the average
amount of the Liabilities and Assets of the
Bank of Australasia, within the Colony of New Zea-
land, taken from the several Weekly Statements
during the Quarter from the 1st July to the 30th
September, 1881.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... £ 57,830 4 8
Bills in Circulation ... 8,152 5 3
Balances due to other Banks ... 46 12 6
Government Deposits ...
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest... 240,781 8 2
Bearing Interest 264,416 19 4
505,198 7 6
Total average Liabilities ... £571,227 9 11

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... £ 267,454 12 4
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 13,666 1 7
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 2,439 8 5
Balances due from other Banks ... 22,681 16 3
Landed Property ... 70,401 0 9
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 664,880 14 11
2. Colonial Government Securities ...
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 947,674 0 6
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... 12,791 5 0
   Total average Assets ... .£2,001,988 19 9

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 30th September, 1881, £350,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 8 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £14,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £25,195 7s. 7d.
Dated at Dunedin, this 11th day of October, 1881.

W. DYMOD, Inspector.
ALEX. FORREST, Inspector's Accountant.

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 27th June to the 26th
September, 1881.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... £ s. d.
90,506 8 7
Bills in Circulation ... 1,178 5 0
Balances due to other Banks ... 2,071 16 3
Government Deposits ...
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... 487,896 9 5
Bearing Interest ... 313,511 12 2
Total average Liabilities ... £895,164 11 5

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver, and other Coined
Metal ... £ 124,419 6 0
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 1,718 19 2
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 622
Balances due from other Banks ... 44,291 0 8
Landed Property ...
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 426,982 10 9
2. Colonial Government Securities ...
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 494,301 17 9
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... 73,475 14 7
   Total average Assets ... .£1,165,195 11 1

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at this date, £1,200,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 12
per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared, £72,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such
Dividend, £441,089 3s. 3d.
Dated at Wellington, this 10th day of October,
1881.

E. W. MORRAH, Inspector.
J. W. PICKERSGILL, pro Accountant.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the National Bank of New
Zealand (Limited), in New Zealand, during the
Quarter ended 30th September, 1881.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... £ s. d.
101,933 1 7
Bills in Circulation ... 6,883 2 4
Balances due to other Banks ... 4,526 15 7
Government Deposits ...
Other Deposits-
Not bearing Interest ... 426,726 5 7
Bearing Interest ... 438,199 2 9
Total average Liabilities ... ... £978,268 7 10

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver, and other Coined
Metal ... £ 202,277 12 6
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 8,906 9 1
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 1,586 15 0
Balances due from other Banks ... 11,954 18 10
Landed Property ... 35,635 5 11
Amount of all other Securities-

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 407,856 10 6
2. Colonial Government Securities ...
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 676,155 10 6
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... 59,446 16 9
   Total average Assets ... ...£1,403,819 19 1

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, £44,396 17s. 11d.
Dated at Dunedin, this 17th day of October, 1881.

GEO. COWIE, General Manager.
WM. YOUNG, Visiting Officer.