MAY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 831

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, 1884.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 113,900 4 7
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 6,785 18 6
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 10,652 13 6
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 304,007 15 8
Bearing interest .. .. .. 563,332 9 8
Total average liabilities .. £998,679 1 11

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 224,784 6 4
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 13,153 6 8
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 3,371 2 7
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 3,828 6 0
Landed property .. .. .. 79,075 6 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 639,378 15 0
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,083,394 17 8
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 12,782 19 4
   Total average assets .. £2,059,769 0 3

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st March, 1884, £350,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 3 per cent. for half-year ended 30th September, 1883.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £10,500.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £25,402 12s. 1d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 17th day of April, 1884.

D. HEAN, Interim 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 31st December, 1883, to the 31st March, 1884.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 106,115 13 10
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 4,095 4 1
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 749 4 1
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 377,296 7 4
Bearing interest .. .. .. 489,707 13 5
Total average liabilities .. £977,964 2 9

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 181,030 18 4
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 9,968 4 5
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 2,154 2 0
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 8,201 19 1
Landed property .. .. .. 38,108 1 4
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 490,964 16 7
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 930,029 5 0
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 69,968 2 5
   Total average assets .. £1,730,425 9 2

Amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £400,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 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, £57,497 14s.

Dated at Dunedin, this 16th day of April, 1884.

GEO. COWIE, General Manager.
C. E. THOMSON, Accountant.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

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 in each case on or before the 19th day of June next.

ROBERT GRAHAM.—Parts of Allotments 64 and 110 of the Parish of Waiwera, containing 102 acres. In the occupation of Applicant. 2198.

MARGARET LONERGAN.—Part of Lot 23 of the subdivision of Allotment 8, Section 7, of the Suburbs of Auckland. 2230.

CAREY JOHN CARRINGTON.—Part of Lot 23 of the subdivision of Allotment 8, Section 7, of the Suburbs of Auckland. In the occupation of Applicant. 2231.

ROBERT RIDLEY HOLMES.—Part of Lots 31 and and 32 of the subdivision into lots of Allotment 25A, Section 3, of the Suburbs of Auckland. In the occupation of Applicant. 2232.

ENoch WOOD.—Part of Allotment 1, Section 10, of the Suburbs of Auckland, containing 3 acres 3 roods 32 perches. Unoccupied. 2236.

BROWNE WOOD.—Allotment 48 of the Town of Hamilton West, containing 3 roods 2 perches. Unoccupied. 2237.

SAMUEL FINCH.—Allotment 32 and part of Allotment 37 of Section 5 of the Suburbs of Auckland, containing 19 acres 3 roods 28 perches. In the occupation of Applicant. 2241.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 9th day of May, 1884, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

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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 in each case within one calendar month after date of Gazette containing this notice.

Section 15, Block VII., and Sections 27, 28, Block IX., Town of Queenstown.—JULIUS WENKHEIRN, Applicant. Occupied by Applicant. No. 3511.

Section 2 of 34, Block V., Otokia District.—JAMES ASHCROFT (Attorney for HUGH MCPHEE), Applicant. Occupied by Peter Welsh. No. 3512.

Pre-emptive right on Run No. 223, North-eastern District, known as Application No. 6862.—GEORGE GRAY RUSSELL and JOHN MACFARLANE RITCHIE, as Administrators, Applicants. Occupied by William Laidlaw and John Crawford. No. 3513.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 12th day of May, 1884, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

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Private Advertisements.

NEW ZEALAND, } In the matter of a Bill intituled “An Act
TO WIT. } empowering the New Zealand Shipping
Company (Limited) to alter its Memorandum of Association.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the New Zealand Shipping Company (Limited) intend to present a petition to the General Assembly of New Zealand, at the sitting to be held at Wellington in the month of June next, praying for leave to introduce a Bill to be intituled “An Act to empower the New Zealand Shipping Company (Limited) to alter its Memorandum of Association.”

By the said Bill it is intended to empower the said company, by special resolution, to alter the memorandum of association of the said company, and to extend the power thereby given to the said company of borrowing and raising money to the borrowing and raising of money on the uncalled capital of the company, whether by means of debentures or otherwise.

Copies of the said Bill will be deposited in the office of the Examiner of Standing Orders on or before the commencement of the session.

Copies of the said Bill may be had upon application to the undersigned or to their Agents in Wellington.

Dated this 3rd day of May, 1884.

HARPER AND CO.,
Christchurch.

Izard and Bell, Parliamentary Agents, Wellington. 285