Table 5: Bank of Mauritius Assets and Liabilities as at 31 August 2001
		August 2001		July 2001
		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		13,077,138,401		13,077,138,401
		13,110,138,401		13,110,138,401
Represented by:
ASSETS
External Assets:
Gold & Foreign Assets		10,826,991,903		10,023,268,169
Special Drawing Rights		636,333,029		615,304,396
Foreign Investments		11,758,379,570		11,655,223,708
Others		74,035,679		79,318,898
		23,295,740,181		22,373,115,171
Discounts & Advances		685,567,097		1,089,394,739
Government securities		2,353,817,886		1,787,877,639
Fixed Assets		315,802,418		307,416,021
Other Assets*		144,443,197		144,707,323
		26,795,370,779		25,702,510,893
Less:
LIABILITIES
Notes in Circulation		7,533,023,115		7,415,438,040
Coin in Circulation		315,524,895		315,494,418
		7,848,548,010		7,730,932,458
Demand Deposits:
Government		579,969,631		1,667,245
Commercial  Banks		2,911,119,883		3,101,377,601
Other Financial Institutions		57,077,627		42,964,347
Others		50,378,194		56,607,443
		3,598,545,335		3,202,616,636
Bank of Mauritius Instruments		134,189,900		144,141,400
Provisions & Other Liabilities		2,103,949,133		1,514,681,998
		13,685,232,378		12,592,372,492
		13,110,138,401		13,110,138,401
* Includes investments under section 12(j) of the Bank of Mauritius Act.