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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 11

S TATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities
and Assets of the National Bank of New
Zealand (Limited), in New Zealand, during the
Quarter ended 26th December, 1881.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... 109,206 1 6
Bills in Circulation ... 7,567 9 1
Balances due to other Banks ... 7,727 4 6
Government Deposits
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... 412,187 16 1
Bearing Interest ... 438,304 17 3
Total average Liabilities... ... £974,993 8 5

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... 245,774 8 6
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 17,098 16 3
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 4,164 4 2
Balances due from other Banks ... 20,949 14 3
Landed Property ... 72,771 0 0
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 671,564 12 0
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 972,428 10 3
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... 12,170 17 8
   Total average Assets ... £2,016,922 3 1

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter
ended 26th December, 1881, £350,000.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders, 4 per
cent. for half-year, making 7 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 12th day of January, 1882.
ALEX. FORREST, pro Inspector.
E. H. ALEXANDER, pro Inspector's Accountant.

G ENERAL 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 26th September, 1881,
to the 26th December, 1881.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in Circulation ... 93,102 19 3
Bills in Circulation ... 2,202 5 7
Balances due to other Banks ... 3,832 3 1
Government Deposits
Other Deposits—
Not bearing Interest ... 412,811 11 7
Bearing Interest ... 397,945 4 1
Total average Liabilities ... £849,894 3 7

ASSETS.
Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined
Metal ... 137,649 9 11
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars ... 6,135 1 0
Notes and Bills of other Banks ... 2,591 1 7
Balances due from other Banks ... 8,939 14 5
Landed Property ... 35,889 18 7
Amount of all other Securities—

1. Notes and Bills Discounted ... 421,142 15 11
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   Debts abandoned as bad) ... 730,428 5 11
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads ... 60,986 9 3
   Total average Assets ... £1,403,762 16 7

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 the 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 13th day of January, 1882.
GEO. COWIE, General Manager.
A. MACKENZIE, Assistant Accountant.

Crown Lands Notices.
Hot Lakes District, North Island.

S ALE of Leaseholds for ninety-nine years in the
Township of Rotorua.
About 125 acres of the new Township of Rotorua,
near the Maori settlement of Ohinemutu, will be
offered for lease by public auction on the 7th March,
1882, at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland.
The business sites will comprise quarter-acre and
the villa sites half-acre lots.
A few suburban lots of 5 acres and 10 acres each,
and small farms varying from 40 to 60 acres, will
also be offered.
The lots as marked on the plan will be let on lease
for ninety-nine years, under arrangement made by the
Government of New Zealand with the proprietors of
the soil.
The letting will be by auction, at the office of the
Commissioner of Crown Lands, in Auckland, on the
7th March, 1882.
Rents will be payable half-yearly, the first half-
year being paid on the day of sale.
All mineral waters, hot springs, and streams are
and remain vested in the Crown.
The reserves for schools, post office, telegraph
office, railway, hospital, and other public objects will
be shown on the maps on the day of sale.
The recreation-grounds will be reserved for the
public, and will be under the management of a local
body.
There will be a resident medical officer, appointed
by the Government.
The government of the town will be by a local
body constituted under "The Thermal Springs Dis-
tricts Act, 1881."
Some of the building sites, peculiarly suitable for
residences, will be let subject to restrictions as to use
for trades or shops.
The hotels and lodging-houses will be governed by
regulations suitable to the exceptional character and
requirements of the town.
Rents will be paid half-yearly, in Auckland, or in
the town, as may be found convenient.
Possession of the land will be given immediately
after the auction. The lots may be now identified on
the ground by marked pegs.
The use of the waters, and all similar arrangements,
will be under the control of the doctor and a local
body.
Copies of the plans and full printed particulars can
be seen at any Post or Telegraph Office, Railway
Station, and Athenæum, or they can be obtained
from any Commissioners of Crown Lands at any Land
Office in the colony.

WILLIAM ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.
Wellington, 24th December, 1881.

Otago Runs.—Leases which Expire March, 1883.
T HE following Licenses of Runs, for terms of years
commencing the 1st March, 1883, will be offered
by auction in Watson's Long-room, High Street,
Dunedin, on Monday, the 27th February, 1882, at
11 o'clock a.m.

LITHOGRAPH SHEET No. 1.
MANIOTOTO COUNTY.
Subdivision of No. 226, Lauder Station, Base of the
Dunstan Range.
Run No. 226, about 32,430 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, £300 per annum.