Table 8: Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities of Commercial banks as at end April 2001
		April 2001		March 2001
		Rupees		Rupees
ASSETS EMPLOYED
ASSETS
Cash in Hand & Balances with BOM		5,064,556,629		4,953,107,756
Balances & Placements
Banks in Mauritius &  Abroad		5,783,070,601		6,292,105,267
Offshore Banks in Mauritius		1,187,927,420		1,594,783,832
		6,970,998,021		7,886,889,099
Investment in Govt & BOM Securities		16,020,093,114		15,963,629,424
Foreign Currency Notes & Coin		161,048,807		165,457,770
Loans & Overdrafts to Customers
Private Sector		60,458,691,002		57,525,031,403
Government		164,422,022		103,106,824
		60,623,113,024		57,628,138,227
Other Advances
Local		2,540,375,059		2,517,751,707
Foreign		3,297,820,783		3,500,255,018
		5,838,195,842		6,018,006,725
Other Investments		12,869,591,236		12,984,085,512
Fixed Assets		7,597,071,504		7,565,269,972
Other Assets		2,858,011,340		3,025,469,021
		118,002,679,517		116,190,053,506
less:
LIABILITIES
Deposits
Demand		16,394,304,443		16,982,597,107
Savings		38,892,899,633		39,037,131,879
Time		35,634,554,597		34,900,090,492
		90,921,758,673		90,919,819,478
Borrowings
Bank of Mauritius		450,000,000		250,000,000
Banks in Mauritius & Abroad		3,304,938,158		2,201,161,030
Offshore Banks in Mauritius		354,862,159		456,095,080
Others		95,935,747		99,690,137
		4,205,736,064		3,006,946,247
Other Liabilities		10,591,157,691		9,961,357,789
		105,718,652,428		103,888,123,514
		12,284,027,089		12,301,929,992
FINANCED BY
CAPITAL & RESERVES
Issued & Paid-Up Capital		3,282,824,269		3,282,824,269
Reserves & Surplus		8,885,102,105		8,905,098,329
		12,167,926,374		12,187,922,598
LOANS		116,100,715		114,007,394
		12,284,027,089		12,301,929,992
MEMORANDUM ITEMS
Documentary Letters of Credit, Acceptances,
Endorsements & other Obligations on
account of Customers		13,501,501,870		13,153,998,779
Inward Bills Held for Collection		1,066,095,412		1,181,726,418
Outward Bills Sent for Collection		590,164,525		597,283,683