Jan. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 161

STATEMENT 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 December, 1890.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 103,490 12 4
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 6,324 4 8
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 15,769 8 10
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 302,382 17 7
Bearing interest .. .. .. 887,070 0 1
Total average liabilities ..£1,315,037 3 6

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. 230,491 18 1
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 22,077 11 7
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 3,433 5 5
Balances due from other Banks .. 12,277 3 8
Landed property .. .. .. 89,027 5 9
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 325,217 13 7
2. Colonial Government securities .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,239,719 2 7
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. .. 12,265 11 2
   Total average assets ..£1,934,509 11 10

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st December, 1890, £250,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 2½ per cent. for half-year ending 31st March, 1890.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £6,250.
Amount of the reserved profits at 31st March, 1890 (date of last published balance-sheet), £18,029 3s. 1d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 15th day of January, 1891.

W. DYMOCK, General Manager.

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STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1890.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 112,793 17 8
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 4,472 8 11
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 1,298 10 9
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 378,037 11 3
Bearing interest .. .. .. 1,029,588 3 8
Total average liabilities ..£1,526,190 12 3

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. 161,273 19 10
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 23,260 19 9
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 3,705 11 7
Balances due from other Banks .. 97,489 18 0
Landed property .. .. .. 101,319 14 10

Amount of all other securities— £ s. d.

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 344,894 16 0
2. Colonial Government securities .. 100,000 0 0
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,612,912 15 9
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. .. 28,944 1 8
   Total average assets ..£2,473,801 17 5

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st December, 1890, £400,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 7 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £14,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £67,976 9s. 8d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 10th day of January, 1891.

H. MACKENZIE, General Manager.
H. ADAM, Accountant.

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Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month next after the date of publication hereof.

Allotments 26, 44, 45, Township of Bishopscourt.—THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND, Applicant. Unoccupied. No. 3949.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 19th day of January, 1891, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month after the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

6167. ANNE WILLIAMS.—4 acres 3 roods 39 perches, part Rural Section 86, Borough of Rangiora. Occupied by Applicant.

6168. EDWARD WASHBOURN.—95 acres 3 roods 26 perches, Rural Sections 5868, 6188, and part 5866, Block VI., Southbridge Survey District. Occupied by Applicant and Charles Campbell.

6169. DELIA MAHONY.—11½ perches, part Lot 85, Christchurch Town Reserves. Occupied by Mary Mahony.

6170. THOMAS KING.—1 acre 25 perches, part Rural Section 3753, Block III., Pātiti Survey District. Occupied by Ralph Dynes.

6171. RICHARD SNEDDON.—1 rood, part Rural Section 29, Town District of Linwood. Occupied by H. E. Dillon.

6172. JAMES WALLER.—1 acre 3 roods, parts Rural Section 1294, Block VI., Rangiora Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

6173. CHARLES HENRY ORCHARD.—1 rood, Section 187, Peterborough Street, Christchurch. Occupied by — Jewitt.

6174. JOSEPH TAYLOR.—1 rood 8 perches, part Rural Section 4904, Town District of Hampstead. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 20th day of January, 1891, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

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