2262

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 58

Tenders for Tubular Telegraph Poles.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1913,

THE following list of tenders for tubular telegraph poles
for delivery at Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch,
and Dunedin is published for general information.

W. R. MORRIS,
Secretary.
[Tel. 13/568.]

Description and Price of Pole.
Name of Tenderer. | 16 ft. | 18 ft. | 19 ft. | 130 lb., | 224 lb., | 25 ft.
| 9 in. | 20 ft. | 20 ft. |
Accepted.
s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d.
Richardson McCabe | 11 2 | 12 6 | 17 7 | 21 6 | 35 6 | 36 6
and Co. (Limited),
Wellington
Declined.
P. R. Baillie & Co., | 12 5 | 13 11 | 20 1 | 36 3 | 48 0 | 49 9
Wellington
B. L. Arrowsmith, | 10 6 | 11 8 | 27 3 | 28 3 | 37 11 | 39 2
Christchurch
Stewarts and Lloyds | 10 3 | 11 3 | 26 6 | 27 9 | 37 3 | 38 6
(Limited), Wellington
Arthur D. Riley | 12 4½ | 14 0 | .. | 30 0 | .. | ..
and Co. (Limited),
Wellington

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. - ARTHUR HENRY FREWIN LORD, Esquire, of
Hamilton, Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme
Court of Victoria, has this day been appointed by His
Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand in Victoria, under the 47th section
of the Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering
and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations
as in the said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of July, 1913.

EUSTACE STOCKER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. - GEORGE HAROLD WALKER, Esquire, of Mel-
bourne, Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of Victoria, has this day been appointed by His Honour
the Chief Justice a Commissioner of the Supreme Court
of New Zealand in Victoria, under the 47th section of the
Judicature Act, 1908, for the purpose of administering and
taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the
said section mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of July, 1913.

EUSTACE STOCKER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

Commissioner of the Supreme Court appointed.

NOTICE. - ALEXANDER McCALLUM LOBBAN, Esquire, of
Sydney, New South Wales, a Solicitor of the
Supreme Court of New South Wales, has this day been
appointed by His Honour the Chief Justice a Commissioner
of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South
Wales, under the 47th section of the Judicature Act, 1908,
for the purpose of administering and taking all such
oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said section
mentioned.

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of July, 1913.

EUSTACE STOCKER,
Deputy Registrar, Supreme Court.

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 June, 1913.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation | £ | s. d.
| 990,686 | 3 | 1
Bills in circulation | 48,823 | 3 | 6
Balances due to other Banks | 20,552 | 13 | 3
Government deposits | 1,988,861 | 13 | 4
Other deposits-
Not bearing interest | 6,602,672 | 15 | 0
Bearing interest | 5,408,147 | 2 | 6
Total average liabilities | £15,059,743 | 10 | 8

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined | £ | s. d.
metals | 1,971,219 | 7 | 11
Gold and silver in bullion or bars | 83,855 | 6 | 5
Notes and bills of other Banks | 131,792 | 16 | 0
Balances due from other Banks | 2,685 | 11 | 1
Landed property | 134,143 | 9 | 9
Amount of all other securities-

1. Notes and bills discounted | 1,021,496 | 1 | 10
2. Colonial Government securities | 718,819 | 9 | 3
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) | 8,343,724 | 0 | 6
5. Securities not included under the above heads | 473,032 | 4 | 10
   Total average assets | £12,880,768 | 7 | 7
   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, £1,418,117.
   Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, 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 April, to 30th June, 1913.

LIABILITIES.
Notes in circulation | £ | s. d.
| 142,687 | 0 | 1
Bills in circulation | 18,958 | 1 | 10
Balances due to other Banks
Government deposits | 23 | 1 | 6
Other deposits-
Not bearing interest | 1,497,833 | 19 | 5
Bearing interest | 683,388 | 16 | 6
Total average liabilities | £2,292,890 | 19 | 4

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined | £ | s. d.
metals | 717,883 | 0 | 8
Gold and silver in bullion or bars | 460 | 10 | 9
Notes and bills of other Banks | 28,999 | 10 | 6
Balances due from other Banks
Landed property | 10,605 | 14 | 10
Amount of all other securities-

1. Notes and bills discounted | 256,612 | 11 | 0
2. Colonial Government securities
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) | 2,742,294 | 18 | 2
5. Securities not included under the above heads | 4,484 | 3 | 3
   Total average assets | £3,761,340 | 9 | 2
   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, £2,038,500
   Dated at Wellington this 9th day of July, 1913.

A. P. WEBSTER, Inspector.
R. SWANSTON, Accountant.