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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 3rd day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2455.

Application for a Patent.
Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for Greig’s Patent Sway Beater Screen.
ALEXANDER GREIG, of Amberley, Canterbury, New Zealand, Builder, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 20th day of October next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 5th day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2456.

Application for a Patent.
Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for a Combined Collar and Hames, styled “Stevenson’s Combined Collar and Hames.”
WILLIAM STEVENSON, of Christchurch, New Zealand, Farmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 20th day of October next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 5th day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2457.

Application for a Patent.
Patent Office,
Wellington, 2nd August, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for the Solway Wire-strainer.
DONALD DONALD, of Solway, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 20th day of October next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application, and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 5th day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2458.

Application for a Patent.
Patent Office,
Wellington, 3rd August, 1887.

PATENT for an Invention for an Escape from Fire, to be called “Aldis’s Patent Eclipse Fire-escape.”
ELIJAH ALDIS, of Jervois Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, Artist, has deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 20th day of October next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 5th day of October next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 2459.

Tenders for Insulator-bolts.
General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1887.

THE Commissioner of Telegraphs is prepared to receive tenders for the supply and delivery of 10,000 insulator-bolts, more or less.
Specifications can be seen at the Telegraph Offices, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, and Auckland.
Tenders must be in not later than the 10th day of August, and addressed to the Superintendent, New Zealand Postal Telegraphs, Wellington.
By order.

C. LEMON,
Superintendent.

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 27th June, 1887.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 456,773 9 5
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 18,547 4 11
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 3,734 11 10
Government deposits .. .. .. 577,595 16 8
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 1,470,290 1 1
Bearing interest .. .. .. 2,865,798 6 7
Total average liabilities ..£5,392,739 10 6

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 576,738 19 7
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 58,564 11 1
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 24,209 13 4
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 1,932 18 8
Landed property .. .. .. 89,235 6 7
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 1,496,046 5 10
2. Colonial Government securities .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 6,109,339 9 0
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. 208,449 19 6
   Total average assets .. ..£8,564,516 13 7

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 27th June, 1887, £1,000,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 12½ per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £62,500.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £577,094 11s. 3d.
Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of July, 1887.

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

STATEMENT of the amount of the average Liabilities and Assets of the Union Bank of Australia, Limited, at the Branches in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1887.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 109,198 1 7
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 11,940 18 6
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 180 2 3
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 524,743 2 5
Bearing interest .. .. .. 1,548,755 6 6
Total average liabilities ..£2,194,817 11 3

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 463,508 5 11
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 7,813 15 8
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 2,870 4 7
Balances due from other Banks .. ..
Landed property .. .. .. 115,138 1 6
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 595,785 4 8
2. Colonial Government securities .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,091,853 18 6
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. 46,475 18 8
   Total average assets .. ..£2,323,445 9 6

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 30th June, 1887, £1,500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 14 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £105,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £1,102,367 14s.
Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of July, 1887.

JOHN H. KERR, Acting Manager.
W. H. TYLEE, Acting Accountant.