450

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals
Gold and silver in bullion or bars
Notes and bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Landed property
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted
2. Colonial Government securities
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad)
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads
   Total average assets ..£2,424,805 8 5

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter, £1,250,000.
Rate of the last dividend and bonus declared to the share-
holders, 17½ per cent.
Amount of last dividend declared, including bonus, £109,375.
Amount of the reserved profits after declaring such dividend,
£920,000.
Dated at Christchurch, this 9th day of April, 1889.

GILBERT KING, Assistant Inspector.
W. R. SIME, Inspector's Accountant.

G ENERAL 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, 1889.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation
Bills in circulation
Balances due to other Banks
Government deposits
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest
Bearing interest
Total average liabilities

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals
Gold and silver in bullion or bars
Notes and bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Landed property
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted
2. Colonial Government securities
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad)
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads
   Total average assets

£ s. d.
59,729 0 0
8,302 6 5
5,174 19 7
276,828 13 4
647,604 2 0
..£997,639 1 4

£ s. d.
175,247 15 7
2,151 6 2
60,903 15 0
337,308 14 4
927,336 11 7
1,670 13 5
..£1,504,618 16 1

Amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £1,600,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders,
£12 10s. per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £100,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £800,000.
Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of April, 1889.
E. W. MORRAH, Inspector.
J. W. PICKERSGILL, pro Accountant.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation
Bills in circulation
Balances due to other Banks
Government deposits
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest
Bearing interest
Total average liabilities

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals
Gold and silver in bullion or bars
Notes and bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Landed property
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted
2. Colonial Government securities
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad)
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads
   Total average assets

£ s. d.
98,440 8 4
3,576 19 0
10,291 2 2
301,772 11 9
613,753 13 3
..£1,027,834 14 6

£ s. d.
184,610 1 8
19,269 9 4
3,324 2 1
12,721 8 2
87,859 13 7
282,557 18 11
1,175,150 11 7
11,787 4 11
..£1,777,280 10 3

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 31st March, 1889, £250,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders,
2½ per cent. for half-year ending 30th September, 1888.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £6,250.
Amount of the reserved profits at 31st March, 1888 (date of
last published balance-sheet), £6,769 1s. 5d.
Dated at Dunedin, this 12th day of April, 1889.
W. DYMOCK, General Manager.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and
Assets of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand, during
the Quarter ended the 31st March, 1889.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation
Bills in circulation
Balances due to other Banks
Government deposits
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest
Bearing interest
Total average liabilities

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals
Gold and silver in bullion or bars
Notes and bills of other Banks
Balances due from other Banks
Landed property
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted
2. Colonial Government securities
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad)
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads
   Total average assets

£ s. d.
103,199 6 8
3,330 5 0
1,779 8 2
350,840 12 0
746,208 19 3
..£1,205,358 11 1

£ s. d.
173,669 15 10
9,837 16 11
2,013 8 6
65,798 5 6
94,316 12 9
408,150 8 1
101,466 17 10
1,250,243 19 5
27,366 8 7
..£2,132,863 13 5

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 31st March, 1889, £400,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 7 per
cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £14,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £67,419 17s. 3d.
H. MACKENZIE, General Manager.
H. ADAM, Accountant.

S TATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and
Assets of the National Bank of New Zealand, Limited,
in the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended
31st March, 1889.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation
Bills in circulation
Balances due to other Banks
Government deposits
Other deposits—