Table 5: Bank of Mauritius Assets and Liabilities as at 30 March 2001
		March 2001		February 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		10,881,622,150		10,881,622,150
		10,914,622,150		10,914,622,150
Represented by:
ASSETS
External Assets:
Gold & Foreign Assets		9,597,371,876		9,445,233,680
Special Drawing Rights		594,537,006		602,977,830
Foreign Investments		11,254,115,197		11,210,028,139
Others		1,038,198		1,172,412
		21,447,062,277		21,259,412,061
Discounts & Advances		677,344,160		892,363,053
Government securities		2,230,082,358		1,622,521,563
Fixed Assets		205,873,319		205,697,622
Other Assets*		201,621,179		189,421,327
		24,761,983,293		24,169,415,626
Less:
LIABILITIES
Notes in Circulation		7,169,186,420		7,268,918,375
Coin in Circulation		325,295,528		324,999,577
		7,494,481,948		7,593,917,952
Demand Deposits:
Government		808,950,631		19,998,603
Commercial  Banks		3,129,783,873		3,028,504,713
Other Financial Institutions		30,007,980		33,156,665
Others		92,858,365		66,618,777
		4,061,600,849		3,148,278,758
Bank of Mauritius Instruments		170,656,400		173,041,900
Provisions & Other Liabilities		2,120,621,946		2,339,554,866
		13,847,361,143		13,254,793,476
		10,914,622,150		10,914,622,150
* Includes investments under section 12(j) of the Bank of Mauritius Act.