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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 25

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 29th March,
1886.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. 481,142 7 9
Bills in circulation .. 20,805 19 4
Balances due to other Banks .. 3,622 18 4
Government deposits .. 717,969 0 6
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. 1,621,912 12 3
Bearing interest .. 2,728,865 13 4

Total average liabilities .. £5,574,818 11 6

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals .. 552,017 6 2
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 112,076 12 10
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 27,907 13 5
Balances due from other Banks .. 5,989 11 9
Landed property .. 87,392 10 1
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 1,838,694 2 10
2. Colonial Government securities ..
3. Other funded securities ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. 5,882,914 11 11
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. 207,603 6 5

Total average assets .. £8,714,595 15 5

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 29th March, 1886, £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, £727,102 17s. 8d.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of April, 1886.

GEORGE E. TOLHURST, Manager, Wellington.
R. B. RIGG, 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 29th March, 1886.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. 98,953 3 2
Bills in circulation .. 2,312 8 8
Balances due to other Banks .. 1,724 8 9
Government deposits ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. 299,995 6 5
Bearing interest .. 753,783 4 11

Total average liabilities £1,156,768 11 11

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals .. 340,099 5 0
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 18,678 9 2
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 1,728 17 0
Balances due from other Banks .. 21,394 3 4
Landed property .. 95,324 14 3
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 267,213 19 5
2. Colonial Government securities ..
3. Other funded securities ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. 1,485,204 17 2
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. 73,593 8 8

Total average assets .. £2,298,237 14 0

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 29th March, 1886, £1,000,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 15
per cent. and 2½ per cent. bonus = 17½ per cent. per
annum.
Amount of last dividend declared, £75,000; bonus, £12,500=
£87,500.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £589,447 14s. 5d.

Dated at Christchurch, this 12th day of April, 1886.

J. RUSSELL FRENCH, pro Inspector.
R. J. HOGG, Inspector's Accountant.

STATEMENT of the amount of the average Liabilities
and Assets of the Union Bank of Australia (Limited),
at all Branches in the Colony of New Zealand, during the
Quarter ended 31st March, 1886.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. 117,706 17 3
Bills in circulation .. 18,637 4 1
Balances due to other Banks .. 143 0 6
Government deposits ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. 550,650 18 11
Bearing interest .. 1,230,846 13 8

Total average liabilities .. £1,912,984 14 5

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals .. 419,377 0 2
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 6,024 0 11
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 2,127 13 6
Balances due from other Banks ..
Landed property .. 115,602 1 6
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 774,089 9 7
2. Colonial Government securities ..
3. Other funded securities ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. 1,077,634 15 4
5. Securities not included under the above
   heads .. 70,345 5 7

Total average assets .. £2,465,200 6 7

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 31st March, 1886, £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, £1,115,389 8s. 7d.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of April, 1886.

W. G. BROWNE, Acting Manager.
A. H. STOCK, pro 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 January
to the 31st March, 1886.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. 68,744 0 1
Bills in circulation .. 7,330 4 0
Balances due to other Banks .. 103 8 6
Government deposits ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. 291,824 0 11
Bearing interest .. 643,389 4 8

Total average liabilities .. £1,011,390 18 2

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals .. 150,173 1 3
Gold and silver in bullion or bars ..
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 1,936 0 11
Balances due from other Banks ..
Landed property .. 59,491 18 1
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 568,928 15 7
2. Colonial Government securities ..
3. Other funded securities ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. 962,087 10 3
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. 1,864 4 9

Total average assets .. £1,744,481 10 10

Amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £1,600,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders,
15 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £120,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £780,000.

Dated at Wellington, this 19th day of April, 1886.

JOHN POWERS, Acting Inspector.
J. W. PICKERSGILL, pro Accountant.