| Table 5: Bank of Mauritius - Assets and Liabilities as at 29 January 1999 | |||||
| January 1999 | December 1998 | ||||
| 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 | 5,843,142,953 | 4,680,471,117 | |||
| Special Drawing Rights | 776,602,584 | 771,096,624 | |||
| Foreign Investments | 8,531,654,457 | 8,379,138,727 | |||
| Others | 36,285,027 | 35,907,001 | |||
| 15,187,685,021 | 13,866,613,469 | ||||
| Discounts & Advances | 3,683,331,365 | 4,835,300,911 | |||
| Government securities | 1,363,603,111 | 1,303,520,057 | |||
| Fixed Assets | 122,879,542 | 112,860,526 | |||
| Other Assets* | 164,255,841 | 171,078,758 | |||
| 20,521,754,880 | 20,289,373,721 | ||||
| Less: | |||||
| LIABILITIES | |||||
| Notes in Circulation | 6,683,617,660 | 7,814,443,505 | |||
| Coin in Circulation | 248,604,993 | 244,305,934 | |||
| 6,932,222,653 | 8,058,749,439 | ||||
| Demand Deposits: | |||||
| Government | 24,213,101 | 12,068,427 | |||
| Commercial Banks | 2,833,621,561 | 1,673,991,613 | |||
| Other Financial Institutions | 20,083,233 | 38,624,964 | |||
| Others | 9,336,864 | 10,577,367 | |||
| 2,887,254,759 | 1,735,262,371 | ||||
| Bank of Mauritius Instruments | 309,837,900 | 319,186,900 | |||
| Provisions & Other Liabilities | 1,235,071,517 | 1,018,806,960 | |||
| 11,364,386,829 | 11,132,005,670 | ||||
| 9,157,368,051 | 9,157,368,051 | ||||
| * Includes investments under section 12(j) of the Bank of Mauritius Act. | |||||