BANK RETURNS.

Press, Volume XLV, Issue 7194, 2 November 1888, Page 5

BANK RETURNS.

♦ [PRESS ASSOCIATION TKLBOBAU.] WELLINGTON, November L The followinK are itae Bank returns for the quarter ended 80th September :— LIABILITIES. £ b. d Deposes bearing Interest .. 7,983,393 710 „ not bearing interest .. 3,317,t»48 19 6 Government f1.».U88 9 4 Notca in cimulation .. .. 843,(10 3 6 Bins in circulation .. .. 48,042 14 10 Balances due to other Banks .. 30,302 17 6 Total liabilities ' .. ..£12,071,603 12 4 ASSETS. 6 a. A. Coin 2,1»7,343 2 0 Bni.ion Be.«W9 3" A dea and Bills other Banks .. SB 13 6 Notes and bills discounted .. 5,101,H9 4 9 Govd dfcbu due l*,Oti»,Sai 11 6 Other uecurities - .. 1,13»,74)» i& 4 Total assets £18.634,304 10 0 PHILOSOPHICAL INSTITUTK. ♦ The annual meeting of the Canterbury Philosophical Institute was held last night, Professor Haslain presided. There wad a fair attendance, including several ladies. Mr H. O. Forbes, Curator of Museum, Chriatchiirch, was elected a member. The Uhajkman announced that the follow iug books had been presented to the Society :—"' Journal aud Proceedings of the H'ja.l Society of Aew South Wales, lbad: i'art 1;" and "Prodromus of Zoology of Victoria, Decade XVI.," by McCoy. The Seckktahy read the annual report, which stated that during the session there bad been six ordinary meetings, at which four papers bad been read. This showed a great falling off In comparison with last year, when there were seventeen papers read. In addition to the ordinary meetings a course of popular lectures were arranged for under the auspices of the Institute, but with only a moderate amount of succeHn. L/uring the session flve new members had joioed the Institute, as against seventeen last year, aud sixteen name* had been stru k off the list. At present, therefore, the number of uneinoers was 107, an against lltf last year. The Institute had to deplore the removal by death oi Mr T. H. Putu», who was one of it« earliest memberH, and contributed largely by his minute observations of nature to th<snatural MstoryoMiewZealand. Owiug to Liie loss of member* during the year it had been found iruposnible u> increase the number oi oooka in the library. The Institute, bowsvt-r, had been able to obtaiu a valuable portrait of tbe late Sir Julius yon Haast painted by Mr A. Cambridge. Ihe portrait had been bung In the Library. As would be seen by the balance-sheet, the total receipts had been £k&> iift lid, and tbe expenditure £118 4s 9d, leaving a balance of £11 4s 2ti. The reserve consisting of subscriptions of life members amounted to MtSi Bβ. The Treasurer submitted the balancesheet, which, with the report, was adopted. The election of officers took place as follows :—President, Mr H. R. Webb; Vicepresidents, Professor tlaslam and Mr Hurst Seager; Treasurer, Mr H, R. Webb; Secretary, Mr Laing ; Auditor, Mr C. R. Blakiston; Couucil Messrs G. Hogben, H. O. Forbes, R. W.Fereday, J. T. Meeson, Dr. Symea. and Professor Mutton. The retiring President (Professor Haslam) then closed his term by reading a paper on tbe "Restoration of Philosophy," after which Professor Button read a paper on tbe Amuri earthquakes, being a reply to tbe series of papers which appeared in the Pbess from Mr Halkeit-Dawson, M.A. Professor Haslam vacated the chair, which was taken by Mr Webb, who closed the meeting.