APRIL 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 471

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 March, 1891.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 110,779 17 0
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 3,827 13 9
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 14,356 5 10
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 344,325 16 5
Bearing interest .. .. .. 928,988 7 11
Total average liabilities ..£1,402,278 0 11

ASSETS. £ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 197,579 19 4
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. 40,187 8 1
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 3,812 7 4
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 5,111 14 9
Landed property .. .. .. 89,096 17 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 331,060 13 4
2. Colonial Government securities .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,282,405 8 1
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 12,413 15 5
   Total average assets .. ..£1,961,668 4 0

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st March, 1891, £250,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 2½ per cent. for half-year ending 30th September, 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 April, 1891.

W. DYMOCK, General Manager.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1891.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 119,327 12 4
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 5,369 6 7
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 2,941 8 10
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 420,790 1 8
Bearing interest .. .. .. 1,047,492 6 8
Total average liabilities ..£1,595,920 16 1

ASSETS. £ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 206,348 6 2
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. 52,929 13 4
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 3,996 0 7
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 99,385 19 6
Landed property .. .. .. 101,990 2 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 350,745 17 2
2. Colonial Government securities .. 100,801 5 8
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,564,401 10 1
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 28,902 15 7
   Total average assets .. ..£2,509,501 10 1

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st March, 1891, £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, £68,557 16s. 4d.
Dated at Dunedin, this 10th day of April, 1891.

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

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges in Force on the New Zealand Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Government Railways Act, 1887,” do hereby make the following alterations in and additions to the scale of fares, rates, and charges on the New Zealand railways, to come into force on and after the 27th April, 1891:—

PART I.—PASSENGERS.

SECTIONAL FARES FOR MESSRS. COOK AND SON’S TOURS.

• Tickets for return journeys are available for return for a calendar month from the date of issue.

Tickets for these tours are issued subject to the conditions contained in the New Zealand Gazette No. 46, of the 28th August, 1890.

The common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this twentieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, in the presence of

JAMES MCKERROW,} Railway
J. P. MAXWELL, } Commissioners,

(L.S.)