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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

No. 2761.—WILLIAM VAILE, of Auckland, New Zealand, Draper, has deposited at this office a specification of an invention for “W. Vaile’s Patent Self-acting Draught and Water-stoppers.
I have appointed Tuesday, the 8th day of May next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said applications 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 23rd day of April next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said applications, otherwise they will precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN.

Law Library, Town of Gisborne.

IN exercise of the power in us in this behalf vested by “The Law Practitioners Act, 1882,” or otherwise howsoever, we, three of the Judges of the Supreme Court, do hereby direct, that out of the fees received by the Registrar of the Supreme Court at Gisborne, under the said Act, or under “The Law Practitioners Act, 1861,” there may be applied a sum not exceeding the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds in the purchase and maintenance of a law library at the Town of Gisborne for the use of the Supreme Court and of the Barristers and Solicitors of such Court. Such purchase to be with the approval of a Judge of the Judicial District of Wellington.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
C. W. RICHMOND.
THOMAS B. GILLIES.

Goldfields Notice.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th January, 1888.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no leases of the said ground had ever been applied for:—
Doctor Hornbrook Gold-mining Company; Section 37, Block I., Marina, Karamea Mining District. No. 1395.
Westport Gold-mining Company; Section 16, Block XIII., Marina, Karamea Mining District. No. 1414.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Native Land Court Notice.

Sitting of the Native Land Court for Determination of Boundaries in Mangatu No. 2 Block.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

WHEREAS by a certain order of the said Court, made on the 11th day of April, 1881, at a sitting at Gisborne, for the investigation into the title to the Mangatu Block, in the said district, in which judgment was given in favour of certain aboriginal natives for a portion of the said block called Mangatu No. 2. The said investigation was made upon a sketch-plan of Mangatu Block, and Mangatu No. 2 has subsequently been surveyed, and a plan made; and the said plan of Mangatu No. 2 having been heretofore, on Monday, the 17th May, 1886, deposited in the office of the Registrar of the Native Land Court at Gisborne for inspection by any person desiring to object to the said plan, and such objectors having been required to state their objections to the Court in writing: Notice is hereby given that on Monday, the 26th day of March, 1888, the Court will sit at Gisborne, at the hour of 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and the Court will then hear parties in support of such objections, and will proceed to adjust and determine the boundaries of Mangatu No. 2 Block according to the rights of the several parties interested.

Dated the 20th day of December, 1887.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

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 26th December, 1887.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 437,353 16 5
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 20,063 19 6
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 4,646 9 6
Government deposits .. .. .. 473,069 17 10
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 1,440,743 0 8
Bearing interest .. .. .. 2,809,699 16 0
Total average liabilities ..£5,185,576 19 11

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. 533,645 12 3
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 58,890 7 6
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 20,741 7 0
Balances due from other Banks .. 3,099 7 11
Landed property .. .. .. 89,260 3 9
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 1,392,942 16 9
2. Colonial Government securities .. 271,153 16 11
3. Other funded securities .. .. 2,923 1 7
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 6,353,254 0 8
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 208,930 18 10
   Total average assets .. ..£8,934,841 13 2

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 26th December, 1887, £1,000,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, nil.
Amount of the last dividend declared, nil.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £506,106 8s. 2d.
Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of January, 1888.

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 31st December, 1887.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 104,980 18 5
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 15,955 15 8
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 115 15 7
Government deposits .. .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 540,883 4 2
Bearing interest .. .. .. 1,582,875 3 1
Total average liabilities ..£2,244,810 16 11

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. 590,645 15 9
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 8,493 13 8
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 2,435 18 10
Balances due from other Banks .. ..
Landed property .. .. .. 115,425 10 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 651,877 18 2
2. Colonial Government securities .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,184,671 11 1
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 71,797 2 7
   Total average assets .. ..£2,625,347 10 1

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st December, 1887, £1,500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 12 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £90,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £1,084,827 16s. 4d.
Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of January, 1888.

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