Table 5: Bank of Mauritius Assets and Liabilities as at 30 April 1999

Table 5: Bank of Mauritius Assets and Liabilities as at 30 April 1999

April 1999

March 1999

Rupees

Rupees

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

Authorised Capital

10,000,000

10,000,000

Issued and Paid up Capital

10,000,000

10,000,000

General Reserve Fund

23,000,000

23,000,000

33,000,000

33,000,000

Other Reserves

9,124,368,051

9,124,368,051

9,157,368,051

9,157,368,051

Represented by:

ASSETS

External Assets:

Gold & Foreign Assets

4,804,219,743

5,490,690,958

Special Drawing Rights

538,470,574

538,836,756

Foreign Investments

10,020,372,560

10,001,421,253

Others

3,100,911

7,458,429

15,366,163,788

16,038,407,396

Discounts & Advances

4,317,657,489

3,423,415,881

Government securities

1,210,637,420

1,257,714,133

Fixed Assets

124,311,601

123,786,131

Other Assets*

186,548,026

186,561,527

21,205,318,324

21,029,885,068

Less:

LIABILITIES

Notes in Circulation

6,407,151,645

6,498,061,075

Coin in Circulation

255,637,637

253,666,535

6,662,789,282

6,751,727,610

Demand Deposits:

Government

239,248,187

30,900,392

Commercial Banks

3,028,995,066

2,779,513,778

Other Financial Institutions

102,850,671

4,738,653

Others

17,267,421

23,210,083

3,388,361,345

2,838,362,906

Bank of Mauritius Instruments

292,523,900

301,386,400

Provisions & Other Liabilities

1,704,275,746

1,981,040,101

12,047,950,273

11,872,517,017

9,157,368,051

9,157,368,051

* Includes investments under section 12(j) of the Bank of Mauritius Act.