BANK RETURNS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4804, 15 August 1876, Page 3

BANK RETURNS.

Tho following returns of business clone by the banks trading in New Zealand, for the Juno quarter, have bean published : Hank of Now Zealand.—Liabilities: Notes in circulation, £442,008 12b. Oil.; bills In circulation, £28,804 17s. Od.; balances due lo other banks, £OO 4s. 2d.; Uovernment deposits, £717,005 9s. 6d.; othor deposits —not bearing Interest, £1,467,048; boating interest, £1,1711,673 lfl». Id.; total average liabilities, £3,829,137 2a. lid. Assets; Coined gold and silver and other coined metal, £540,019 75.; gold and silver in bullion or bars, £00,116 2s. 4d,; notes and bills of othor banks £1»,61« lis. 2<1.: balances duo from other banks, £27,020 Is. Bd.; landed property, £39141 14a. 6d.; amount of other securities—notes and bills discounted, £1,891,28.'! 4s. M.; Colonial Government securities, £4.00,280 16s. 4d.; othor funded securities, £7000; debts duo to the bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad), £1,911,816 in. 4d.; securities not Included under the tlio abovo heads, £IOO,IBB 14s, 4d.; total average assets, £6,068,999 14s. lOd. Amount of tho capital stock paid up at tho closo of the quarter ended Zflth Juno, 1878, £700,000; rata, of, the last dividend declared to tho' shareholders, oqual to 18 por cent, per annum ;amount of tho last dividend doclaroti, £48,760; amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, A»70,»98 lOi, 84.

■ Union Bank of Australia.—Liabilities : Notes in circulation, £142,612 14s.'lid.; bills in circulation, £17,003 6s. 6d.; balances due to other banks, £217 2s. 2d.; Government deposits, nil; other deposits—not bearing interest, £453,545 17s. yd.; bearing interest, £575,306 23. Bd.; total average liabilities, £1,189,275 3s. 10d. Assets: Coined gold and silver and other coined metal,. £282,667 16s. Id.; gold and silver in bullion or bars, £9OOI 17s. 4d.; notes and bills of other banks, £2351 lis. 4d.; balances due from other banks, £6997 17s. Id.; landed property, £60,500; amount of all other securities—notes and bills discounted £678,886 4s. 4d.; debts due to the bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad, £717,489 17s, 2d.; securities not included, under the above heads, £18,311 6s. Id.; total arerago assets, £1,776,296 os. 5d.; amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 30th June, 1876, £1,250,000; rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 16 per cent, per annum; amount of thelastdlvidenddeclared£loo,ooo; amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such oividend, £500,991105. Bd. Bank of New South "Wales. —Liabilities: Notes in Circulation, £90,156 Bs. 6d.; bills in circulation, £727 18s Id.; balances due to other banks, £13,822 17s. 6d.; Governmont deposits, nil; other deposits—not bearing interest £253,951 10s. ,7d.; bearing interest,£3so,Bl2 ss. 4d.; total average liabilities, £715,469 19s. lOd. Assets: Coined gold and silver and other coined metal, £284,810 10s. 6d.; gold and silver in bullion or bars, £2O 417 17s. Bd.; notes and bills of other banks, £2866 4s 5d ; balances due from other banks, £21,633 19s. 9d.; Landed property, £24,248 17s. 10d.; amount of all other securities—Notes and bills discounted, £475 662 15s. 2d.; debts due to bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad). £641,551 6s. 10d.; securities not included under the above heads, £89,595 lis. 2d-: total average assets, £1;560,723 2s. -3d. ' Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close ot the quarter ended 80th June, 1876, £1,000,000. Bate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 15 per cent, per annum, and bonus 2J per cent, per annum. Amount of last dividend declared, £87,500. Amount of the reserved profits atthe timeof dcclaringsucli dividend, £413,579125. Id. ' ''■ Bank of Australasia.—Liabilities: Notes in circulation, £52,835 7s. Bd.; bills in circulation, £6908 195.; balances due to other banks, nil; deposits—not bearing interest, £149,986 16s. 9d.; Government,'£lß,2s7 3s. 4d.; bearing interest, £131,318 Bs.; total amount of liabilities, £358,806 14s. 9d. Assets: Coined gold and Bilverand other coined metal, £85,246 2s. 4d.; gold and silver in bullion or bars, £2932 19s. Bd.; landed property £30,738 Os. 7d,; notes and bills of other banks, £lß2l 9s. 2d.; balances due from other banks, nil; amount of all other securities—notes and bills discounted, £488,793 16s. 4d.; debts due to the bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad), £290,975 Is. 9d.; securities not included under the above heads, £1 3s. 7d.; total amount of assets, £900,508 13s. 5d.; amount of the capital stock paid up at this date, £1,200,000; rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders', £l2 10s. percent, per annum; amount of the last dividend declared, £25,000 ; amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £382,242 ss. 7d. National Bank of New Zealand.— Liabilities : Notes in circulation, £120,632 16s. lid.; bills in circulation, £4457 4s. 9d.; balances due to other banks, £22,598 lis. 4d.; Government deposits, £1556 10s. 6d.; other deposits—not bearing interest, £280,851 2s. 7d.; bearing interest, £290,374 lis. Id.; total average liabilities, £726,500 17s. 2d. Assets: Coined gold and silver and other coined metal, £l3O, 470 6s. 9d.; gold and silver in bullion or bars, £29,730175. Id.; notes and bills of other banks, £6407 12s. 6d.; balances due from other banks, £2709 lis. ; landed property, £47,957 10s. 6d.; amount of all other securities—notes and bills discounted, £838,146 Bs. Bd.; debts due to the bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad), £572.889 lis. 2d.; securities not included under the above £1,642.515 16s. 3d. Amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 30th June, 1876, £350,000. Rate of the last dividend declared to the shareholders, 6 per cent, per annum. Amount of the last dividend declared, £10,600. Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £16,866 os. 2d. Colonial Bank of New Zealand. —Liabilities: Notes in circulation, £58,183 Bs. 6d.; bills in circulation, £1332 4s. 2d ; balances due to other banks, £28,470 4s. 6d.; Government deposits, nil; othe'r deposits—not bearing interest, £198,874 18s. lid.; bearing interest. £149,688 19s. 3d.; total average liabilities, £436,499155. 3d. Assets: Coined gold and silver and other coined metal, £116,665 4s. 7d.; gold and silver in bullion or bars, £7919 lis. 10d.; notes and bills of other banks, £2076 6s. 9d.; balances due from other banks, £33,312 4s. 4d.: landed property, £1857 2s. 3d.; amount of all other securities—notes and bills discounted, £324,557 14s. 6d.; debts due to the bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad), £280,624 2s. 6d.; securities not included under the above heads, £14,207 55.; total average assets, £781,279 lis. 7d.; amount of the capital stock paid up at the close of the quarter ended 26th June, 1876, £321,657113. 9d.; rate of last dividend declared to the shareholders, nil; amount of last dividend declared, nil; amount of the reserved j profits, £3619 19s. Bd.

" Mark Twain on Bad Musicians." The musical public and general readers are cautioned not to purchase Weston's Wizard Oil and Magie Pills without carefully examining the ontside wrapper, and be sure that the words, " None Genuine without THE SIGNATURE OF THE PROPRIETOR —FRANK WESTON, Sydney, N.S.W,"- are engraven thereon. Any other ao called preparations of mine are unauthorised by me, and calculated to mislead the public.— Stoned, Frank Weston. Sole Agents—Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co., Dunedin. Price—Half-a-crown.,

Strangers paying a visit to Wellington, and country settlers arriving in town, are very often at a loss to know which Is the best house or cheapest general establishment to visit for buying drapery and clothing. J. McDowell and Co. offer special advantages that can be met with nowhere else in the city. They keep at'all times the largest and best assorted stock of every class of goods, iir ported direct from the leading manufacturers of Great Britain and Ireland, which, being bought on the most advantageous terms, enables them to offer goods of sterling'qualities at prices that cannot be improved on by any house in the trade. Every article is marked at a fixed price that cannot be deviated from, for ready money, from which there is no deviation ; so that inexperienced people arc as weir served as the best judges; the terms being net cash, without rebate or abatement of any kind. A full description of stock can be obtained from our catalogues and advertisements. Note the address—Opposite the Bank of New Zealand, corner of Lambton-quay and Willis-street, Welling ton.—Advt.

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