APRIL 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

D STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the undermentioned BANKS in the DOMINION of New ZEALAND for the QUARTER ended 31st MARCH, 1921.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS. Notes in Circulation. Bills in Circulation. Balances due to other Banks. Balances due to Government. Notbearing Interest. Bearing Interest. Total Liabilities.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand 4,811,871 1 7 103,525 8 5 1,258,035 11 10 6,144,754 5 4 14,729,043 11 7 8,206,708 5 1 35,253,938 3 10
Union Bank of Australasia, Limited 738,504 0 0 20,944 0 0 10,457 0 0 21,820 0 0 3,530,285 0 0 1,796,402 0 0 6,118,412 0 0
Bank of New South Wales 679,694 16 11 36,444 15 10 36,666 9 9 9,509 4 7 9,604,127 17 6 2,494,798 7 3 6,855,241 11 10
Bank of Australasia 689,268 19 3 34,080 2 11 16,676 18 5 3,311,890 10 11 1,125,569 17 11 5,177,486 9 5
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited 863,821 0 0 31,882 0 0 106,644 0 0 4,885,726 0 0 2,527,394 0 0 8,415,467 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited 47,046 7 0 4,272 4 1 724,131 19 2 219,653 2 11 995,103 13 2
Totals 7,830,206 4 9 231,148 11 8 1,299,159 1 7 6,299,404 8 4 30,785,204 19 2 16,370,525 13 2 62,815,648 18 3

ASSETS.

BANKS. Coined Gold and Silver and other Bullion or Bars. Coined Metals. Notes and Bills of other Banks. Landed Property. Notes and Bills discounted. Colonial Government Securities. Legal-tender Notes of other Banks. Debts due to Bank, exclusive of Debts abandoned as bad. Securities not included under other Heads. Total Assets.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand 3,417,607 8 2 4,676 12 2 309,474 10 0 140,512 9 11 204,582 4 7 1,968,429 11 8 254,561 17 8 22,699,109 11 5 511,849 19 9 33,392,401 9 11
Union Bank of Australasia, Limited 863,030 0 0 195 0 0 92,573 0 0 293,983 0 0 50,100 0 0 91,554 0 0 105,613 0 0 153,778 0 0 8,334,038 0 0
Bank of New South Wales 1,198,655 14 9 121,918 0 3 1,547 8 6 250,463 13 3 135,184 14 4 261,477 12 4 1,116,435 19 0 222,857 18 4 5,726,076 16 4 351,296 0 0 9,985,918 17 4
Bank of Australasia 954,223 15 1 200 0 0 71,323 16 10 126,536 10 1 274,392 19 6 154,763 1 11 12,992 3 0 5,755,126 13 10 9,005 9 0 7,358,564 9 3
National Bank of N.Z., Limited 975,430 0 0 1,595 0 0 186,374 0 0 494,245 0 0 212,144 0 0 294,564 0 0 1,101,675 0 0 47,308 0 0 20,195 0 0 11,358,015 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited 125,025 19 2 65,700 0 0 28,728 10 9 59,790 2 3 13,103 4 106,652 2 4 877,655 7 9 1,849 10 11 1,278,504 17 2
Totals 7,533,972 17 2 128,584 12 5 690,021 6 1 1,179,204 3 2 794,247 9 0 2,950,208 5 8 6,527,093 2 7 749,984 8 4 49,496,132 9 4 1,047,973 19 11 71,097,432 13 8

CAPITAL AND PROFITS.

BANK. Capital paid up. Amount of Last Dividend declared. Rate per Annum of Last Dividend. Amount of Reserved Profits at Time of declaring such Dividend.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand— 4-per-cent. stock guaranteed by the Government of N.Z. 529,988 On “A” preference shares, dividend thirteen and a half per cent. per annum and bonus four per cent. per annum. 187,500 0 0 2,911,716 0 0
Preference “A” shares issued to the Crown under Bank 500,000 On “B” preference shares, dividend seventeen and a half per cent. per annum and bonus four per cent. per annum. 246,555 0 0 3,850,000 0 0
of New Zealand Act, 1920 On ordinary shares, dividend thirteen and a half per cent. per annum and bonus four per cent. per annum. 455,000 0 0 3,220,874 0 0
Preference “B” shares issued to the Crown under Bank 625,000 On ordinary shares, dividend thirteen and a half per cent. per annum and bonus four per cent. per annum. 175,000 0 0 2,646,520 0 0
of New Zealand Act, 1920 Union Bank of Australasia, Limited 2,500,000 Fifteen per cent. per annum 43,750 0 0
Ordinary shares Bank of New South Wales 4,931,100 Ten per cent. per annum 246,555 0 0
Bank of Australasia 8,500,000 Ten per cent. per annum, equal to thirteen per cent. per annum 455,000 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited 1,000,000 Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year 60,000 0 0 1,174,573 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited (Ordinary Preference 167,481 Four per cent. per annum (preference only) 2,117,350 42,347 0 0 16,257 14 1

G. F. C. CAMPBELL, Secretary to the Treasury.
The Treasury, Wellington, 12th April, 1921.