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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 9

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, within the colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 29th December, 1884.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.

Notes in circulation

476,626 16 2

Bills in circulation

22,176 17 4

Balances due to other Banks

5,076 0 4

Government deposits

413,065 16 6

Other deposits—

Not bearing interest

1,571,232 0 6

Bearing interest

2,829,354 15 1

Total average liabilities

£5,317,532 5 11

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals

572,004 1 6

Gold and silver in bullion or bars

97,883 3 2

Notes and bills of other Banks

25,804 15 2

Balances due from other Banks

3,880 4 6

Landed property

86,545 0 7

Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted

1,770,260 15 10

2. Colonial Government securities

834,615 7 8

3. Other funded securities

4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad)

5,609,506 2 2

5. Securities not included under the above heads

192,582 19 5

Total average assets

£9,193,082 10 0

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 29th December, 1884, £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 17th day of January, 1885.

GEORGE E. TOLHURST, Manager at Wellington.

J. W. TARLETON, 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 December, 1884:

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.

Notes in circulation

82,578 10 9

Bills in circulation

192 3 4

Balances due to other Banks

2,795 11 5

Government deposits

Other deposits—

Not bearing interest

250,357 14 6

Bearing interest

636,207 16 11

Total average liabilities

£972,131 16 11

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals

383,751 2 7

Gold and silver in bullion or bars

18,304 9 4

Notes and bills of other Banks

1,211 0 1

Balances due from other Banks

13,713 9 11

Landed property

85,884 3 4

Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted

266,417 6 0

2. Colonial Government securities

3. Other funded securities

4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad)

1,234,758 4 2

5. Securities not included under the above heads

62,899 8 2

Total average assets

£2,066,939 3 7

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st December, 1884, £1,000,000.

Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 15 per cent. per annum, and bonus 2½ per cent. per annum.

Amount of the last dividend declared, £87,500.

Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £656,204 8s. 2d.

Dated at Wellington, this 23rd day of January, 1885.

R. C. TENNENT, Acting Manager.

CHAS. A. TABUTEAU, Acting Accountant.

GENERAL ABSTRACT showing the average amount of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia, within the Colony of New Zealand, taken from the several weekly statements during the Quarter, from the 1st October to the 31st December, 1884.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.

Notes in circulation

68,182 0 0

Bills in circulation

8,307 8 11

Balances due to other Banks

96 1 3

Government deposits

Other deposits—

Not bearing interest

236,463 16 6

Bearing interest

351,674 12 5

Total average liabilities

£664,723 19 1

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals

134,772 14 9

Gold and silver in bullion or bars

Notes and bills of other Banks

2,742 12 4

Balances due from other Banks

147 3 5

Landed property

58,107 8 7

Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted

592,396 13 11

2. Colonial Government securities

3. Other funded securities

4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad)

876,476 3 0

5. Securities not included under the above heads

2,129 12 6

Total average assets

£1,666,772 8 6

Amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £1,600,000.

Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 14 per cent. per annum.

Amount of the last dividend declared, £112,000.

Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £738,000.

Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of January, 1885.

E. W. MORRAH, Inspector.

J. W. PICKERSGILL, pro Accountant.

STATEMENT of the amount of the average Liabilities and Assets of the Union Bank of Australia (Limited), in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1884.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.

Notes in circulation

114,603 16 11

Bills in circulation

13,445 6 4

Balances due to other Banks

65 4 11

Government deposits

Other deposits—

Not bearing interest

578,695 18 3

Bearing interest

1,090,402 15 7

Total average liabilities

£1,797,213 2 0

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals

421,248 19 5

Gold and silver in bullion or bars

6,237 2 6

Notes and bills of other Banks

10,863 0 11

Balances due from other Banks

Landed property

117,530 1 6

Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted

709,186 14 10

2. Colonial Government securities

3. Other funded securities

4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad)

1,002,713 14 0

5. Securities not included under the above heads

81,050 6 11

Total average assets

£2,348,830 0 1

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st December, 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, £1,099,118 9s. 5d.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of January, 1885.

J. F. BENNETT, Manager pro tem.

A. H. STOCK, pro Accountant.

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