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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

Mining Privileges struck off the Register.—Notice under Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

NOTICE is hereby given that the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereto have been struck off the Register, in pursuance of section 30, subsection (4), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Warden’s Court, Murchison, 16th December, 1925.

W. C. ROBERTSON, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

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, 1925.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 4,454,542 3 10
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 85,523 16 2
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 1,187,867 13 10
Government deposits .. .. .. 3,696,533 12 8
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 11,692,254 8 4
Bearing interest .. .. .. 10,467,817 2 4

Total average liabilities £31,584,538 17 2

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. 3,429,088 9 6
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. 6,671 5 5
Legal tender notes of other Banks .. 46,354 9 3
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 234,567 8 9
Balances due from other Banks .. 24,614 13 2
Landed property .. .. .. 224,804 2 6
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. 1,268,871 6 10
2. Government securities (New Zealand or otherwise) .. .. 3,241,809 5 8
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. 20,306,017 16 11
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 789,396 17 8

Total average assets .. .. £29,572,195 15 8

Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 31st December, 1925:—
4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £529,988.
Preference “A” shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1920, £500,000.
Preference “B” shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1920, £1,375,000.
Ordinary shares, £3,750,000.

Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders on—
Preference “A” shares, 10 per cent. per annum.
Preference “B” shares, equal to 11¼ per cent. per annum.
Ordinary shares, equal to 13¾ per cent. per annum.

Amount of the last dividend declared on—
Preference “A” shares, £50,000.
Preference “B” shares, £112,500.
Ordinary shares, £400,000.

(On the Guaranteed Stock £10,599, interest for six months was paid on 1st November, 1925.)

Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £3,088,299.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of January, 1926.

T. E. CORKILL, Acting General Manager.
A. H. BATH, 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 31st December, 1925.

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Notes in circulation .. .. .. 434,508 15 5
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 19,062 0 9
Balances due to other Banks .. .. ..
Government deposits .. .. ..
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 2,466,310 8 3
Bearing interest .. .. .. 1,833,701 1 11

Total average liabilities £4,753,582 6 4

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined £ s. d.
metals .. .. .. 963,535 1 0
Legal tender notes of other Banks .. 4,639 2 2
Notes and bills of other Banks .. 73,921 8 2
Balances due from other Banks .. .. ..
Landed property .. .. .. 12,435. 5 9
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. 151,775 5 4
2. Colonial Government securities .. 154,763 1 11
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. 5,107,658 16 10
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 1,318 4 5

Total average assets .. .. £6,470,046 5 7

Amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £4,000,000.

Rate of the last interim dividend and bonus declared to the shareholders, 10 per cent. per annum and bonus 3 per cent. per annum, equal to 13 per cent. per annum.

Amount of the last interim dividend and bonus declared, £260,000.

Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such interim dividend, £3,830,332.

Dated at Wellington this 6th day of January, 1926.

W. L. WARD, Inspector.
T. P. HANNA, Accountant.