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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10
S
TATEMENT of the average amount of the Liabilities
and Assets of the National Bank of New Zealand
(Limited), in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended
31st December, 1918.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation
1,190,585 0 0
Bills in circulation
9,455 0 0
Balances due to other Banks
22,672 0 0
Government deposits
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest
3,159,565 0 0
Bearing interest
2,106,105 0 0

Total average liabilities
£6,488,382 0 0

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals
926,720 0 0
Gold and silver in bullion or bars
318,632 0 0
Notes and bills of other Banks
106,453 0 0
Balances due from other Banks
2,100 0 0
Landed property
152,234 0 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted
   181,759 0 0
2. Government securities (New Zealand
   or otherwise)
   1,193,090 0 0
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad)..
   4,477,439 0 0
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads
   14,551 0 0

Total average assets
£7,372,978 0 0

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 31st December, 1918, £750,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders,
12 per cent. per annum for half-year, and 1 per cent.
bonus.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £52,500.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £833,150.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of January, 1919.

D. W. DUTHIE,
General Manager.

S
TATEMENT of the amount of the Liabilities
and Assets of the Union Bank of Australia (Limited),
at Branches in the Dominion of New Zealand, during the
Quarter ended 31st December, 1918.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation
496,260 0 0
Bills in circulation
15,752 0 0
Balances due to other Banks
7,287 0 0
Government deposits
35 0 0
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest
2,603,904 0 0
Bearing interest
1,682,310 0 0

Total average liabilities
£4,805,548 0 0

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals
869,820 0 0
Legal tender notes of other Banks
47,576 0 0
Gold and silver in bullion or bars
227 0 0
Notes and bills of other Banks
90,058 0 0
Balances due from other Banks
2,063 0 0
Landed property
51,600 0 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted
   64,089 0 0
2. Government securities (New Zealand
   or otherwise)
   656,062 0 0
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad)
   4,167,575 0 0
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads
   55,943 0 0

Total average assets
£6,005,013 0 0

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 31st December, 1918, £2,000,000.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 10 per
cent. per annum and 2 per cent. bonus for half-year,
together equal to 14 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £140,000.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £2,239,293.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of January, 1919.

R. A. HOLMES, Inspector.
E. P. YALDWYN, Manager.
T. G. A. HARLE, Chief Clerk.

S
TATEMENT of the average amount of the Liabilities
and Assets of the Bank of New South Wales, in New
Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1918.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation
951,499 4 7
Bills in circulation
12,133 4 1
Balances due to other Banks
14,088 4 8
Government deposits
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest
2,419,685 9 8
Bearing interest
2,263,918 7 9

Total average liabilities
£5,661,324 10 9

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals
1,194,932 0 8
Legal tender notes of other Banks
14,920 6 11
Gold and silver in bullion or bars
94,521 3 2
Notes and bills of other Banks
155 2 4
Balances due from other Banks
62,993 10 1
Landed property
132,065 13 5
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted
   87,321 16 11
2. Colonial Government securities
   952,435 19 0
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to Bank (exclusive of debts
   abandoned as bad)
   3,748,007 0 10
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads
   180,879 0 2

Total average assets
£6,468,231 13 6

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 31st December, 1918, £3,904,860.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 10 per
cent.
Amount of last dividend declared, £195,243.
Amount of the reserved profits after declaring such dividend,
£3,025,000.

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of January, 1919.

B. M. MOLINEAUX, Inspector.
JAS. CARADUS, for Inspector's Accountant.

S
TATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and
Assets of the Commercial Bank of Australia (Limited),
New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 31st December,
1918.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Notes in circulation
61,548 17 9
Bills in circulation
3,046 4 7
Balances due to other Banks
Government deposits
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest
333,741 4 8
Bearing interest
115,728 4 2

Total average liabilities
£514,064 11 2

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Coined gold and silver and other coined
metals
102,099 1 5
Legal tender notes of other Banks
57,025 2 4
Gold and silver in bullion or bars
Notes and bills of other Banks
14,292 12 9
Balances due from other Banks
Landed property
49,000 0 0
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted
   36,580 8 7
2. Government securities (New Zealand
   or otherwise)
   15,587 11 7
3. Other funded securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of
   debts abandoned as bad)
   387,864 19 6
5. Securities not included under the
   above heads
   1,119 18 9

Total average assets
£663,569 14 11

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the
quarter ended 31st December, 1918: Ordinary, £95,659;
preference, £2,117,350.
Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders
(preference only), 4 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £42,347.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such
dividend, £10,485 19s. 3d.

Dated at Wellington this 8th day of January, 1919.

T. D. ROWE, Manager.
T. GARDNER, Accountant.