Table 8: Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities of Commercial banks as at end May 2001
		May 2001		April 2001
		Rupees		Rupees
ASSETS EMPLOYED
ASSETS
Cash in Hand & Balances with BOM		4,922,640,912		5,064,556,629
Balances & Placements
Banks in Mauritius &  Abroad		5,718,850,507		5,783,070,601
Offshore Banks in Mauritius		1,308,057,366		1,187,927,420
		7,026,907,873		6,970,998,021
Investment in Govt & BOM Securities		15,786,412,745		16,020,093,114
Foreign Currency Notes & Coin		124,693,236		161,048,807
Loans & Overdrafts to Customers
Private Sector		59,555,400,991		60,458,691,002
Government		156,692,603		164,422,022
		59,712,093,594		60,623,113,024
Other Advances
Local		2,526,653,394		2,540,375,059
Foreign		3,485,694,008		3,297,820,783
		6,012,347,402		5,838,195,842
Other Investments		12,849,382,561		12,869,591,236
Fixed Assets		7,665,857,937		7,597,071,504
Other Assets		2,835,609,707		2,858,011,340
		116,935,945,967		118,002,679,517
less:
LIABILITIES
Deposits
Demand		16,402,482,423		16,394,304,443
Savings		38,834,406,596		38,892,899,633
Time		35,307,051,592		35,634,554,597
		90,543,940,611		90,921,758,673
Borrowings
Bank of Mauritius		253,000,000		450,000,000
Banks in Mauritius & Abroad		2,648,271,860		3,304,938,158
Offshore Banks in Mauritius		297,558,373		354,862,159
Others		92,954,761		95,935,747
		3,291,784,994		4,205,736,064
Other Liabilities		10,874,523,672		10,591,157,691
		104,710,249,277		105,718,652,428
		12,225,696,690		12,284,027,089
FINANCED BY
CAPITAL & RESERVES
Issued & Paid-Up Capital		3,282,824,269		3,282,824,269
Reserves & Surplus		8,829,784,546		8,885,102,105
		12,112,608,815		12,167,926,374
LOANS		113,087,875		116,100,715
		12,225,696,690		12,284,027,089
MEMORANDUM ITEMS
Documentary Letters of Credit, Acceptances,
Endorsements & other Obligations on
account of Customers		14,005,114,307		13,501,501,870
Inward Bills Held for Collection		1,280,096,842		1,066,095,412
Outward Bills Sent for Collection		615,000,515		590,164,525