highest tenderer (if the tenders shall equal or exceed the upset fixed annual rental per acre) will be declared the lessee.
Forms of tender and declaration can be obtained at any Crown Lands Office in the colony.
Any person of the age of eighteen years and upwards may become a lessee under this system. In the event of any person tendering for two or more leases, the deposit of a sum equal to one-half year's rent of the tender largest in amount shall be sufficient, together with a sum of £1 10s. to pay for the lease and registration thereof, paid either in cash, marked cheque, or bank draft, made payable to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland.
Limits of Area for each Lessee: No lease shall be made to any person owning, nor shall any person be capable of becoming the lessee under a lease or a sub-lease who owns, any freehold land, or land held under lease or license under the Crown, whereby such person shall become either the owner, tenant, or occupier in the whole, either by himself or jointly with any other person or persons, including the lands comprised in the lease, of a greater area than 640 acres anywhere in the colony.

TAURANGA COUNTY.-MAKETU SURVEY DISTRICT.

Rangiuru Block.

Block. Section. Area. Upset Price per Acre per Annum.
VII. 1 198 2 16 0 1 6
2 151 1 36 0 1 0
3 126 3 7 0 1 0
4 49 2 16 0 1 0
5 98 2 0 0 1 0
6 130 0 0 0 1 0
7 131 3 7 0 1 0
8 136 0 0 0 1 0
10 224 1 14 0 1 0
X. 1 181 0 0 0 1 0
2 138 2 0 0 1 0
3 134 3 16 0 1 0
4 73 3 18 0 1 0
5 119 0 0 0 1 0
6 148 1 25 0 1 0
7 187 0 0 0 1 0
8 158 2 16 0 1 0

Description of Land: Block VII., Section 1, open fern land, a few acres swamp, soil good, 95 chains frontage to navigable river (Te Kaituna), old cultivations on river banks; 2, open fern land, soil good, a few acres swamp; 3, open fern land, soil good, a little tea-tree on section; 4, open fern land, rather broken, a little swamp; 5 and 6, open fern land, soil good; 7 and 8, soil good, vegetation fern and tutu, few acres swamp, half of both sections broken country; 9 and 10, soil good, vegetation fern and tutu, a little swamp on both sections, a quarter of Section 10 broken country. Block X., Section 1, soil good, vegetation fern and tutu, rather broken country, a few acres tea-tree and mixed forest; 2, 3, 4, and 5, soil good, vegetation fern and tutu; 6 and 7, soil good, vegetation fern and tutu, a few acres of each section mixed bush; 8, soil good, vegetation fern and tutu.

Note.-All the above sections are situated near Te Puke Special Settlement, and are accessible by a formed road.

Lithographs and further particulars can be obtained on application to the Crown Lands Office, Auckland.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1885.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 477,959 13 10
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 23,121 4 4
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 7,892 10 2
Government deposits .. .. 489,191 18 2
Other deposits-
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 1,676,653 4 5
Bearing interest .. .. .. 2,721,289 18 2

Total average liabilities ..£5,396,108 9 1

Assets.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. .. 588,040 18 8
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 58,001 5 5
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 29,065 1 5
Balances due from other Banks .. 5,217 8 0
Landed property .. .. .. 87,428 19 1
Amount of all other securities-

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 1,868,127 6 5
2. Colonial Government securities .. 892,307 13 10
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 5,492,381 11 9
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 198,852 7 11

Total average assets .. ..£9,219,422 12 6

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st March, 1885, £1,000,000
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, equal to 15 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £75,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £721,093 17s. 7d.

Dated at Wellington, this 18th day of April, 1885.

GEORGE E. TOLHURST, Manager at Wellington.
R. B. RIGG, Acting Accountant.

STATEMENT of the amount of the average Liabilities and Assets of the Union Bank of Australia (Limited), New Zealand Branches, in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1885.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 115,135 4 8
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 14,228 19 4
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 430 19 1
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits-
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 595,516 3 8
Bearing interest .. .. .. 1,165,751 4 3

Total average liabilities ..£1,891,062 11 0

Assets.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. .. 464,985 1 9
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 5,462 2 9
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 4,746 10 8
Balances due from other Banks .. ..
Landed property .. .. .. 115,588 1 6
Amount of all other securities-

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 639,003 12 0
2. Colonial Government securities ..
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 983,405 2 5
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 79,215 18 3

Total average assets .. ..£2,292,406 9 4

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st March, 1884, £1,500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 16 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £120,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £1,109,075 13s.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of April, 1885.

W. G. BROWNE, Acting Manager.
J. F. BENNETT, pro Accountant.

STATEMENT of the average amount of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New South Wales, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1885.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 85,763 17 7
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 438 6 5
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 2,000 15 7
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits-
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 290,812 19 10
Bearing interest .. .. .. 649,127 6 10

Total average liabilities £1,028,143 6 3