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 30th September, 1892.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation
Bills in circulation
Balances due to other Banks
Government deposits
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest
Bearing interest

£ s. d.
100,676 3 2
2,380 13 6
9,868 18 7
323,370 17 10
755,318 10 11

Total average liabilities

£1,191,610 4 0

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

£ s. d.
234,665 9 3
22,866 11 6
2,893 4 4
12,372 1 8
90,030 12 9
275,557 6 3
1,202,977 15 8
12,839 0 2

Total average assets

£1,854,202 1 7

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 30th September, 1892, £250,000.

Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 5 per cent. per annum.

Amount of the last dividend declared, £6,250.

Amount of the reserved profits at 31st March, 1892 (date of last published balance-sheet), £13,084 12s. 3d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 10th day of October, 1892.

J. STEPHENS, pro General Manager.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Colonial Bank of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1892.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation
Bills in circulation
Balances due to other Banks
Government deposits
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest
Bearing interest

£ s. d.
120,024 18 5
4,121 6 8
2,992 1 6
406,209 0 8
1,223,192 16 5

Total average liabilities

£1,756,540 3 8

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

£ s. d.
224,157 16 7
30,754 7 11
2,878 5 4
14,613 2 5
103,621 10 10
393,486 9 1
100,641 0 6
1,775,767 18 10
28,703 4 9

Total average assets

£2,674,623 16 3

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 30th September, 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, £74,626 7s. 1d.

Dated at Dunedin, this 6th day of October, 1892.

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

Te Makarini Scholarships, held at Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay.

THREE scholarships of the yearly value of £35, tenable for two years, are offered for competition. One of these scholarships, to be called the senior scholarship, is open to all Maoris under sixteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination; the other two scholarships are junior scholarships, and are open to all Maoris under fifteen years of age at the end of the month preceding the date of the examination who have not been pupils at Te Aute or St. Stephen's, and whose attendance at school during the previous year is considered by the Inspector of Native Schools to have been satisfactory.

The senior scholarship is offered for competition among Maori boys on the conditions laid down in the regulations of the Trustees of the Te Makarini Scholarships Fund, as printed in the Native Schools Code, 1886, and in the supplementary regulations that have been sent out to all teachers. Candidates for the junior scholarships will be examined in the subjects specified for Standard IV. in the Native Schools Code, 1886. The questions set will, however, be more difficult than those given at the standard examinations. The examination will be held at convenient centres on the 19th and 20th December, 1892.

Candidates must, either directly or through their teachers, send notice to the Inspector of Native Schools, Education Department, Wellington, of their intention to present themselves for examination. Such notice must be posted not later than the 31st October next.

Copies of the regulations and forms of notice may be obtained from teachers of Native schools and boarding institutions, the Secretaries to Education Boards, or the Secretary for Education.

JAMES H. POPE,
Inspector of Native Schools.

Wellington, 31st May, 1892.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-after described will be brought under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

541. ARTHUR REDDY, Applicant.—2 roods 20 perches, part of Rural Section 8237, in the District of Arahura, near Hokitika. In the occupation of John Boyle, Carter.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 19th day of October, 1892, at the Lands Registry Office, Hokitika.

ALFD. H. KING.,
District Land Registrar.

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 in each case on or before the 28th day of November, 1892.

THOMAS SPEECHLAY, Jun.—Allotment 32B, Section 33, City of Auckland, containing 14 perches. Occupied by Mrs. Palmer. 2981.

ROBERT GEORGE FOUNTAIN, THOMAS JAMES, and JOHN DOUGLAS. — Lot 2, containing 2 roods 31 perches, Lot 1B, containing 1 rood 21 perches, and Lot 1A, containing 1 rood 10 perches respectively, being parts of a subdivision of Lots 8 and 9 of Allotments 9 and 10, Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland. Occupied by Applicants and tenant. 2992.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 22nd day of October, 1892, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

THEO. KISSLING,

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District Land Registrar.

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 on or before the 28th day of November, 1892.

2272. LEARMOUTH WHITE DALRYMPLE.—2 acres 1 rood 10 perches, part of Section 10A, Wainui District. In occupation of Applicant.

2273. HARRY CRUMP.—11 perches or thereabout, part of Section 719, City of Wellington (Tasman Street). Un-occupied.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 26th day of October, 1892, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

GEO. B. DAVY,
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District Land Registrar.