Table 5: Bank of Mauritius Assets and Liabilities as at 31 August 1999

Table 5: Bank of Mauritius Assets and Liabilities as at 31 August 1999
		August 1999		July 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		10,336,907,623		10,336,907,623
		10,369,907,623		10,369,907,623
Represented by:
ASSETS
External Assets:
Gold & Foreign Assets		4,357,386,242		4,333,768,251
Special Drawing Rights		550,467,711		547,563,983
Foreign Investments		10,076,772,083		10,066,410,159
Others		949,017		9,122,111
		14,985,575,053		14,956,864,504
Discounts & Advances		4,261,030,134		3,728,894,511
Government securities		1,575,938,744		1,524,724,318
Fixed Assets		168,204,223		167,388,963
Other Assets1		162,143,352		159,632,982
		21,152,891,506		20,537,505,278
Less:
LIABILITIES
Notes in Circulation		6,378,917,450		6,246,100,825
Coin in Circulation		272,579,518		265,293,618
		6,651,496,968		6,511,394,443
Demand Deposits:
Government		7,697,207		2,259,657
Commercial  Banks		2,882,511,208		2,407,451,361
Other Financial Institutions		22,535,581		20,521,504
Others		10,281,139		10,105,180
		2,923,025,135		2,440,337,702
Bank of Mauritius Instruments		281,352,400		282,611,400
Provisions & Other Liabilities		927,109,380		933,254,110
		10,782,983,883		10,167,597,655
		10,369,907,623		10,369,907,623
1 Includes investments under section 12(j) of the Bank of Mauritius Act.