Oct. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3543

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1918, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards respectively.

J. MACDONALD,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

Railways Department, 15th October, 1918.

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 September, 1918.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. 3,140,147 17 10
Bills in circulation .. 58,091 9 4
Balances due to other Banks .. 51,050 15 3
Government deposits .. 8,325,603 18 10
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. 10,286,910 12 5
Bearing interest .. 6,941,318 15 11

Total average liabilities £28,803,123 9 7

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. 3,373,096 13 9
Legal tender notes of other Banks .. 954,422 0 9
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 322,145 1 5
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 124,432 8 11
Balances due from other Banks .. 119,717 11 11
Landed property .. 192,274 10 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 774,118 4 2
2. Government securities (New Zealand or otherwise) .. 2,991,269 14 3
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. 14,553,047 2 5
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. 523,151 8 3

Total average assets .. £23,927,674 15 10

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 30th September, 1918:—
4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £529,988.
“A” preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903, £500,000.
“B” preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913, £250,000.
Ordinary shares, £1,000,000.

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—
“A” preference shares, £50,000.
“B” £37,500.
Ordinary shares, £150,000.
(On the Guaranteed Stock £10,599, interest for six months, was paid on 1st May, 1918.)

Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £2,345,702.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of October, 1918.

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

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

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of Australasia, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1918.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. 489,376 7 1
Bills in circulation .. 49,376 4 11
Balances due to other Banks .. ..
Government deposits .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. 2,479,479 10 2
Bearing interest .. 1,103,448 5 3

Total average liabilities ..£4,121,680 7 5

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined metals .. 967,715 13 11
Legal tender notes of other Banks .. 54,955 4 5
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. ..
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 51,421 12 0
Balances due from other Banks .. ..
Landed property .. 4,206 12 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 104,510 13 10
2. Colonial Government securities .. 187,611 10 0
3. Other funded securities .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. 3,441,920 2 0
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. 11,340 4 3

Total average assets .. £4,823,681 12 5

Amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £2,000,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 14 per cent. per annum and bonus 12s. per share, equal to 17 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £170,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £3,071,100.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of October, 1918.

ROBT. R. SMITH, Inspector.
O. K. TENNENT, Accountant.