[Customs, Banks]
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CUSTOMS' DUTIES OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.
Note. --All goods and merchandise not mentioned in this table, pass free into Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. All Goods not mentioned in this table, or in the free list, are charged with a duty of 5 per cent., ad valorem, in South Australia, and 7 per cent, in Western Australia. Free from duty are in--
South Australia--Animals, baggage (passengers'), books, bullion, coals, coke, plants, teas, seeds and roots, pictures and prints, wool, tallow, hides, bark, gum, bales for wool.
Western Australia--Animals, bread and biscuit, bags, bales, books, bottles, bran, bullion, baggage, coals, corn, flour, implements and machinery, meats maps, meal, pumps, plants, pulse, stores and hoops.
New Zealand--Anchors and chains, iron of all sorts, sailcloths, cordage, bags, sacks, woolpacks, spirits of tar and turpentine, tobacco for sheep-wash, nuts, blasting powder.
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AUSTRALASIAN BANKS.
Australasian Banks,
The following are the principal Banks established for and doing business in the Colonies of Australia:--
BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.
Capital, £1,200,000; reserve fund, £200,000; dividend in 1863, 14 per cent. London Office, 4, Threadneedle-street, E.C.
Colonial Offices. --Victoria: Melbourne, Williamstown, Geelong, Ballarat, Beechworth, Castlemaine, Sandhurst, Belfast, Warnambool, Portland, Smythesdale, Creswick, Dunolly, Talbot, Chiltern, Yakandandah. New South Wales: Sydney, Maitland, Newcastle. Queensland: Brisbane, Ipswich. South Australia: Adelaide, Kooringa. Tasmania: Hobart Town, Launceston.
UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA.
Capital, £1,000,000; reserve fund, £200,000; dividend, 16 per cent. Head Office, 38, Old Broad-street, London, E.C.
Colonial Offices. -- Victoria: Melbourne, Geelong, Portland, Ballarat, Sandhurst, Castlemaine, Maryborough, Sandy Creek, Daylesford, Smithe's Creek, Clunes. New South Wales; Sydney. Queensland: Brisbane, Rockhampton. South Australia: Adelaide, Port Adelaide. Tasmania: Hobart Town, Launceston. New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington, Napier, Nelson, Lyttelton, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Tuapeka, Wetherstone, Dunstan.
ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND AUSTRALIAN CHARTERED BANK.
Capital, £500,000; reserve fund, £11,000; dividend, 8 per cent. Head Office, 73, Cornhill, London, E.C.
Colonial Offices. -- Victoria: Melbourne, Williamstown, Collingwood. New South Wales: Sydney, Wollongong, Kiama.
AUSTRALIAN JOINT-STOCK BANK.
Capital, £375,000; reserve fund, £21,000; dividend, 8 per cent. Head Office, George-street, Sydney.
Colonial Offices. --New South Wales: West Maitland, Armidale, Braidwood, Goulburn, Wagga Wagga, Bathurst, Grafton, Tenterfield, Mudgee, Singleton, Yass, Newcastle. Queensland: Brisbane, Ipswich, Rockhampton, Warwick. South Australia: Adelaide. Tasmania: Hobart Town.
LONDON CHARTERED BANK OF AUSTRALIA.
Capital, £1,000,000; reserve fund, £70,000; dividend, 8 per cent. London Office, 17, Cannon-street, E.C.
Colonial Offices. --Victoria: Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Maryborough, Araarat, Dunolly, Inglewood, Lamplough, Talbot, Landsborough, Redbank, Moonambell, Barkly. New South Wales: Sydney.
ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION.
Capital, £1,260,000; reserve fund, £252,000; dividend, 25 per cent. Head Office, Threadneedle street, London, E.C.
Colonial Offices. -- Victoria: Melbourne, Ballarat, Beechworth, Castlemaine, Sandhurst, Pleasant Creek, Chiltern, Heathcote, Jamieson, Kilmore. New South Wales: Sydney, Yass, Braidwood, Tumut, Burrangong, Forbes.
BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES.
Capital, £750,000; reserve fund, £250,000; dividend, 15 per cent. London Office, 37, Cannon-street, E.C.
Colonial Offices. -- Victoria: Melbourne, Geelong, Kyneton, Ballarat. Echuca, Castlemaine, Sandhurst, Tarrengower, Beechworth, Araarat, Wangaratta, Chiltern, Creswick, Linton, Inglewood, Pleasant Creek,
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Australasian Banks.
New South Wales: Sydney, Maitland, Newcastle, Albury, Deniliquin, Bathurst, Windsor, Tamworth, Mudgee, Orange, Goulburn, Penrith, Burrangong, Adelong, Forbes, Timbana, Kianora. Queensland: Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Rockhampton. New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Invercargill, Wanganui, Nelson, Napier, Kaiapoi, Wetherstone, Dunstan, Tuapeka, Timaru, Clutha,
COMMERCIAL BANKING COMPANY OF SYDNEY.
Capital, £320,000; reserve fund, £66,000; dividend, 15 per cent. London Office, 33, Cornhill, E.C.
Colonial, Offices. -- New South Wales: Sydney, Goulburn, Yass, Morpeth, Kiama, Albury, Wollongong, Maitland, Queanbeyan, Cooma, Burrangong, Parramatta, Forbes, Orange, Bathurst. Queensland: Brisbane, Mary borough.
AGRA AND UNITED SERVICE BANK.
Capital, £1,000,000; reserve fund, £200,000. Head Office, 27, Cannon-street, London, E.C.
Colonial Office. --New South Wales: Sydney.
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY.
Capital, £500,000; reserve fund, £100,000. London Office, 51, Old Broad-street, E.C.
Colonial Offices. -- Victoria: Melbourne. New South Wales: Sydney. South Australia: Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Gawler Town, Kadina, Robe, Wallaroo.
BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.
Capital, £500,000. London Office, 50, Old Broad-street, E.C.
Colonial Offices. --New Zealand: Auckland, Nelson, Canterbury, Lyttelton, Timaru, Dunedin, Invercargill, Riverton, Wellington, Wanganui, Taranaki, Napier, Picton, Blenheim, Kaiapoi, Omaru, Akaroa, Tokomairo, Wetherstone, Waitahuna, Dunstan, Manhuherika, Wakatipu.
BANK OF VICTORIA.
Capital, £1,000,000. London Office, 3, Threadneedle-street, E.C.
Colonial Offices. -- Victoria: Melbourne, Geelong, Belfast, Sandhurst, Beechworth, Castlemaine, Ballarat, Maryborough, Avoca, Raglan, Warnambool, Port Albert, Araarat, Portland, Hamilton, Sale.
NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.
Colonial Offices. --Victoria: Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bunin-gong, Taradale, Mountain Creek, Fryerstown, Lamplough, Sandhurst, Carngham. New South Wales: Sydney. South Australia: Adelaide, Kapunda, Kooringa, Penola, Gawler Town, Robe Town, Mount Gambier, Mount Barker, Wallaroo. Tasmania: Hobart Town, Launceston. New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington.
BANK OF OTAGO.
Capital, £500,000. London Office, 5, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, E.C.
Colonial Office. -- Dunedin. Branches and Agencies in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, and all the New Zealand Provinces.
COLONIAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.
Head Office, Melbourne.
Victoria: Sandhurst, Ballarat, Castlemaine, Geelong, Kilmore, Kyneton.
BANK OF QUEENSLAND.
Capital, £1,000,000. London Office, 26, Old Broad-street, E.C.
Colonial Office. --Queensland: Brisbane.
NEW ZEALAND BANKING CORPORATION.
London Office, 38, New Broad-street.
Branch Office. --Dunedin, Otago.
