JAN. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 207

Prohibition of Money-order and Postal Correspondence for the Imperial Loan and Finance Company and W. F. McCabe, Auckland.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zealand having reasonable grounds for supposing that the company and person whose names and address are shown in the Schedule hereunder are engaged in a fraudulent business, it is hereby ordered, under section 28 of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, that no money-order in favour of the said company or the said person shall be issued, and that no postal packet addressed to the said company, or to the said person (either by its or his own or any fictitious or assumed name), or to the manager, secretary, or other officer of the said company, or addressed to the address in the Schedule hereunder without a name, shall be either registered, forwarded, or delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

IMPERIAL LOAN AND FINANCE COMPANY, 13 and 16 Phoenix Chambers, Auckland.

W. F. McCABE, 13 and 16 Phoenix Chambers, Auckland.

Dated this 17th day of January, 1913.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Postmaster-General

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 21st January, 1913.

IT is hereby notified that the undermentioned persons have been appointed to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the district set respectively opposite their names, viz.:—

Name. District.
DUNCAN MALCOLM McINTOSH .. .. Mount Cook.
GEORGE ORMSBY .. .. Bull’s.
GEORGE VIVIAN THOMAS MOORE .. .. Rangitikei.
GUSTAF POLSON .. .. Waipara.
THOMAS ANDREW WILSON .. .. Birmingham.

W. W. COOK,
Deputy Registrar-General.

The Land-tax and Income-tax Act, 1912.

Land and Income Tax Office,
Wellington, 10th January, 1913.

BY Order in Council, made and issued by His Excellency the Governor in Council on the 23rd day of December ultimo under the authority of the above Act, it was determined that the respective duties by way of income-tax, leviable under the said Act, should be paid in one sum on Friday, the 31st day of January, 1913, at the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Government Buildings, Wellington; and, in accordance with such Order in Council, I hereby give notice that the said duties will be payable accordingly.

J. M. KING,
Commissioner of Taxes.

Bank Statements.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th December, 1912.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 1,002,187 7 8
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 51,720 8 0
Balances due to other Banks .. .. .. 24,244 2 8
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,342,811 17 5
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 5,823,064 2 0
Bearing interest .. .. .. 5,261,784 10 11
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Total average liabilities ..£13,505,812 8 8

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 2,290,439 2 8
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 77,871 7 2
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 122,075 15 8
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 5,010 15 2
Landed property .. .. .. 121,769 6 7
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 1,031,466 14 4
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. .. 1,296,204 1 6
3. Other funded securities .. .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. .. 8,579,265 7 8
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 597,545 10 0
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   Total average assets ..£14,121,648 0 9

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £1,000,000.
Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903, £500,000.
Ordinary shares, £500,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on preference shares, 10 per cent. per annum.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on ordinary shares (12 per cent. per annum, and bonus 3 per cent. per annum), 15 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on preference shares, £50,000.
Amount of the last dividend declared on ordinary shares, £75,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £1,240,587.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of January, 1913.

W. CALLENDER, General Manager.
A. McLENNAN, for Accountant.

GENERAL ABSTRACT showing the average amount of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia, within the Dominion of New Zealand, taken from the several weekly statements, during the Quarter from the 1st October to 31st December, 1912.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 144,021 3 3
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 19,317 17 4
Balances due to other Banks .. .. .. ..
Government deposits .. .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 1,349,801 4 1
Bearing interest .. .. .. 633,362 19 2
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Total average liabilities ..£2,146,503 3 10

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. .. .. 599,403 1 7
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 514 6 2
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 26,112 5 1
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. ..
Landed property .. .. .. 16,916 4 3
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 245,873 19 3
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. .. 3,077,231 15 1
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 5,276 19 4
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   Total average assets ..£3,971,328 10 9

Amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £1,600,000.
Rate of the last dividend and bonus declared to the shareholders, 14 per cent. dividend, and bonus 12s. per share, equal to 17 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend and bonus declared, £136,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £1,978,200.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of January, 1913.

A. P. WEBSTER, Inspector.
W. ROSS, for Accountant.