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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 5

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks II, III, VI, VII,
and X, Waipakura Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the
provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, to execute
a certain public work—to wit, the construction of a road
in Blocks II, III, VI, VII, and X, Waipakura Survey
District; and for the purposes of such public work the land
described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken.
And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land
so required to be taken is deposited in the Public Works Office
at Wanganui, and is there open for inspection; and that
all persons affected by the execution of the said public work
or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any
well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public
work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in
writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the
first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public
Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

Situated in Waipakura Survey District.
In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 38317,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and
thereon coloured as above mentioned.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 17th day of
January, 1916.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Bank Statements.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and
Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand,
during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1915

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 1,781,300 14 3
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 47,908 19 10
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 25,190 18 11
Government deposits .. .. .. 3,030,636 2 11
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 8,375,713 11 9
Bearing interest .. .. .. 5,951,089 12 10

Total average liabilities £19,211,840 0 6

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. 3,239,502 10 5
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 98,863 9 3
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 149,113 19 9
Balances due from other Banks .. 14,190 11 3
Landed property .. .. .. 170,559 1 8
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 836,293 5 10
2. Colonial Government securities .. 838,137 13 10
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 9,224,419 5 11
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. .. .. 623,642 11 10

Total average assets .. £15,194,662 9 9

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 31st December, 1915:—
4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £529,988.
“A” Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank
of New Zealand Act, 1909, £500,000.
“B” Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank
of New Zealand Act, 1913, £250,000.
Ordinary shares, £997,320.

Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on—
“A” preference shares, 10 per cent. per annum.
“B” preference shares and ordinary shares (dividend
12 per cent. per annum, and bonus 3 per cent. per
annum), 15 per cent. per annum.

Amount of the last dividend declared on—
Preference shares, £87,500.
Ordinary shares, £141,959.
(On the Guaranteed Stock £10,599, interest for six
months, was paid on 1st November, 1915.)

Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £2,057,170.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of January, 1916.

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

[NOTE.—The above are the figures for New Zealand only.]

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, 1915.

LIABILITIES. £ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 241,991 12 3
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 13,753 19 1
Balances due to other Banks .. .. ..
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 1,696,511 2 7
Bearing interest .. .. .. 748,496 12 7

Total average liabilities .. £2,700,753 6 6

ASSETS.
Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. 629,706 9 9
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 323 14 5
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 33,704 13 11
Balances due from other Banks .. ..
Landed property .. .. .. 16,538 16 3
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 175,358 14 1
2. Colonial Government securities .. ..
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad) .. .. 3,053,452 8 11
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads .. .. .. 4,605 10 3

Total average assets .. £3,913,690 7 7

Amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £2,000,000.
Rate of the last dividend and bonus declared to the share-
holders, 14 per cent. and bonus 12s. per share, equal to
17 per cent. per annum.

Amount of the last dividend and bonus declared, £170,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £2,863,000.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of January, 1916.

ROBT. B. SMITH, Inspector.
R. SWANSTON, Accountant.