Table 8: Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities of Commercial banks as at end March 2001
		March 2001		February 2001
		Rupees		Rupees
ASSETS EMPLOYED
ASSETS
Cash in Hand & Balances with BOM		4,953,107,756		4,983,114,862
Balances & Placements
Banks in Mauritius &  Abroad		6,292,105,267		6,105,895,519
Offshore Banks in Mauritius		1,594,783,832		1,527,639,031
		7,886,889,099		7,633,534,550
Investment in Govt & BOM Securities		15,963,629,424		15,265,469,950
Foreign Currency Notes & Coin		165,457,770		198,204,977
Loans & Overdrafts to Customers
Private Sector		57,525,031,403		57,782,178,908
Government		103,106,824		163,428,506
		57,628,138,227		57,945,607,414
Other Advances
Local		2,517,751,707		2,487,490,038
Foreign		3,500,255,018		3,789,501,413
		6,018,006,725		6,276,991,451
Other Investments		12,984,085,512		13,023,757,796
Fixed Assets		7,565,269,972		7,537,012,455
Other Assets		3,025,469,021		2,542,040,679
		116,190,053,506		115,405,734,134
less:
LIABILITIES
Deposits
Demand		16,982,597,107		16,442,974,541
Savings		39,037,131,879		39,108,605,287
Time		34,900,090,492		34,913,813,275
		90,919,819,478		90,465,393,103
Borrowings
Bank of Mauritius		250,000,000		250,000,000
Banks in Mauritius & Abroad		2,201,161,030		2,567,425,555
Offshore Banks in Mauritius		456,095,080		492,877,667
Others		99,690,137		102,584,285
		3,006,946,247		3,412,887,507
Other Liabilities		9,961,357,789		9,358,260,911
		103,888,123,514		103,236,541,521
		12,301,929,992		12,169,192,613
FINANCED BY
CAPITAL & RESERVES
Issued & Paid-Up Capital		3,282,824,269		3,282,824,269
Reserves & Surplus		8,905,098,329		8,871,582,430
		12,187,922,598		12,154,406,699
LOANS		114,007,394		14,785,914
		12,301,929,992		12,169,192,613
MEMORANDUM ITEMS
Documentary Letters of Credit, Acceptances,
Endorsements & other Obligations on
account of Customers		13,153,998,779		13,486,368,554
Inward Bills Held for Collection		1,181,726,418		1,260,323,619
Outward Bills Sent for Collection		597,283,683		596,633,843