APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 661

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, 1892.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 110,503 4 7
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 5,427 10 0
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 11,764 3 0
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 346,075 0 4
Bearing interest .. .. .. 744,367 7 7
Total average liabilities ..£1,218,137 5 6

ASSETS. £ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 244,761 10 11
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. 20,349 19 2
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 3,724 18 8
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 2,713 12 7
Landed property .. .. .. 90,388 19 2
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 284,832 10 7
2. Colonial Government securities .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,235,551 14 4
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. 12,468 15 7
   Total average assets .. .. ..£1,894,792 1 0

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st March, 1892, £250,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 2½ per cent. for half-year ending 30th September, 1891.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £6,250.
Amount of the reserved profits at 31st March, 1891 (date of last published balance-sheet), £13,695 13s. 3d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 14th day of April, 1892.

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, 1892.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 122,209 19 2
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 4,645 12 7
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 2,988 5 11
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 406,301 18 0
Bearing interest .. .. .. 1,139,076 6 9
Total average liabilities ..£1,675,222 2 5

ASSETS. £ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 165,259 11 4
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. 29,167 12 10
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. 3,832 3 6
Balances due from other Banks .. .. 68,187 6 3
Landed property .. .. .. 103,952 2 4
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 414,352 19 4
2. Colonial Government securities .. 100,801 5 8
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 1,734,082 6 7
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. 28,944 18 1
   Total average assets .. .. ..£2,648,580 5 11

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st March, 1892, £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, £72,716 9s. 10d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 7th day of April, 1892.

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

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 from the date of the Gazette containing this notice,

6980. HYMAN MARKS.—1 acre 1 rood 6 perches, part Rural Sections 503 and 1221, Block XV., Rangiora Survey District. Occupied as to part by William Smith.

6981. THOMAS CONWAY.—2 acres 1 rood 17 perches, part Rural Section 2626, Block IX., Teviotdale Survey District. Occupied by Joseph Parker.

6982. JAMES ADAM JOHNSTON MURRAY.—1 acre and 7 perches, part Rural Section 321, Borough of Kaiapoi. Occupied by J. H. H. Keetley.

6983. SARAH JANE SIMEON.—36 perches, Lot 74B, Plan 1024, part Rural Section 72, Borough of Sydenham. Occupied by F. H. Clarke.

6984. MARY ANNE POVEY.—34 perches, part Section 349, Armagh Street, City of Christchurch. Occupied by Mrs. A. L. Bowen.

6985. HENRY OVERTON.—564 acres, Rural Section 8865, Blocks V. and IX., Rolleston Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

6986. HENRY OVERTON.—576 acres, Rural Sections 8866 and 8989, Blocks V. and IX., Rolleston Survey District. Occupied by William Begg.

6987. RICHARD MORRIS and WILLIAM GODSON LITTLE.—8 perches, part Section 917 and 919, City of Christchurch. Occupied by the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury (Limited).

6988. PATRICK McGRATH.—220 acres, Rural Sections 5168, 5169, and 8360, Blocks VI. and VII., Oxford Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 25th day of April, 1892, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 28th day of May, 1892.

2201. MARGARET STEVENSON RUTHERFORD.—30 acres, part of Country Section 29, left bank Wanganui River. Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 27th day of April, 1892, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

GEO. B. DAVY,
District Land Registrar.

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Private Advertisements.

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and of the Arrow Tunnel Sluicing Company (No Liability).

NOTICE is hereby given that the office or place of business of the above-named company in New Zealand where legal proceedings of any kind may be served, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given, is at the office of the said company, situated on its gold-mining claim at Arrow River, Lake County.

Dated at Queenstown, Otago, this 11th day of April, 1892.

DAVID MILLER,
Attorney of the said company within the Colony of New Zealand.

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SOUTH WAIRARAPA WORKING-MEN’S CLUB COMPANY (LIMITED).

A GENERAL Meeting of the above company will be held in the Working-men’s Club, Greytown North, on Monday, the 27th day of June, 1892, to receive the report and balance-sheet of the Liquidators.

Wm. SKEET,
A. L. WEBSTER,
} Liquidators.

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I HEREBY certify that the Rev. WILLIAM LEE has been duly reappointed Authorised Representative of the Wesleyan Methodist Church under the provisions of “The Wesleyan Methodist Church Property Trust Act, 1887.”

GEORGE BOND,
President, Wesleyan Conference.

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THE colonial office of the Ravenscliff Mining Company (Limited) is situated at Waikakaho, Marlborough, New Zealand.

C. H. TURNER,
Representative, Ravenscliff Mining Company (Limited).

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