New Zealand Gazette – 1859 – No. 9

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✨ Bankers' Financial Returns



Treasury, Auckland, 24th February, 1859.

THE following Statements of the Average Amount of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bankers in the Colony of New Zealand, are published for general information, in conformity with the 5th Section of the "Bankers' Returns Act, 1858."

C. W. RICHMOND

STATEMENT of the AVERAGE AMOUNT of LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the UNION BANK of AUSTRALIA, within the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended the 31st December, 1858.

LIABILITIES.

BRANCHES. Notes in Circulation. Bills in Circulation. Balances due to other Banks. Government Deposits. Other Deposits (Not bearing Interest). Other Deposits (Bearing interest). Total Average Liabilities.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland 10,561 0 0 7,162 6 9 0 0 0 8,049 14 1 0 0 0 116,530 17 4 142,303 18 2
Wellington 18,341 5 9 4,346 3 6 0 0 0 325 2 9 0 0 0 78,281 2 2 101,293 14 2
Napier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,894 15 1 8,797 19 3 0 0 0 10,841 2 0
Nelson 15,660 0 0 3,010 16 6 0 0 0 20,684 14 6 48,554 5 6 0 0 0 87,909 16 6
Lyttelton and Christchurch 18,931 5 9 4,449 6 5 0 0 0 24,812 19 4 85,269 19 2 0 0 0 133,463 10 8
Dunedin 11,025 10 9 5,428 10 9 0 0 0 17,927 0 1 36,385 15 5 0 0 0 70,766 17 0
Totals £74,519 2 3 24,545 11 7 0 0 0 73,694 5 10 179,007 19 4 194,811 19 6 546,578 18 6

ASSETS.

BRANCHES. Coined Gold and Silver, and other coined Metal. Gold or Silver in Bullion or Bars. Notes and Bills of other Banks. Balances due from other Banks. Landed Property. Notes and Bills discounted. Colonial Government Securities. Other Funded Securities. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of Debts abandoned as bad.) Securities not included under the above heads. Total Average Assets.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland 73,954 16 7 0 0 0 603 0 0 0 0 0 1,324 11 9 124,149 15 5 879 0 11 0 0 0 14,104 17 9 0 0 0 215,016 2 5
Wellington 33,406 19 3 1 17 6 980 1 5 0 0 0 5,680 6 7 107,656 18 1 755 6 2 0 0 0 4,102 19 0 12,689 14 3 165,274 2 3
Napier 7,074 19 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,309 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 351 6 10 0 0 0 13,839 12 11
Nelson 15,384 19 5 1,018 16 11 3,185 7 10 0 0 0 1,100 0 0 61,337 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,628 12 6 0 0 0 90,655 3 2
Lyttelton & Christchurch 22,522 0 10 0 0 0 1,314 2 9 0 0 0 5,044 19 1 110,094 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 19,361 2 3 0 0 0 158,336 16 5
Dunedin 12,065 6 1 0 0 0 131 6 2 0 0 0 923 19 5 27,172 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,366 18 4 4,451 8 3 51,111 6 3
Totals 164,409 1 2 1,020 14 5 6,317 18 2 0 0 0 14,073 16 10 436,720 6 7 1,634 7 1 0 0 0 52,915 16 8 17,141 2 6 694,233 3 5

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter ended 30th June, 1858 ... £ 820,000 0 0
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders ... 20 0 0 per cent.
Amount of the last Dividend declared ... 82,000 0 0
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such Dividend ... 287,099 12 5
(Compiled from the Quarterly Abstracts, received at the Colonial Treasury, pursuant to the "Bankers' Returns Act, 1858.")

Dated at Auckland this 24th day of February, 1859.

R. F. PORTER,
Assistant Treasurer.

NOTE.—The Quarterly Abstract received from the Wellington Branch, has the following entries : —
Balances due to other Banks and Branches ... £75,091 3 3
Balances due from other Banks and Branches ... 20,023 18 10
In a General Abstract, including all the Branches, which has been forwarded to the Treasury by the Manager of the Auckland Branch, these items are returned as "Nil."

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💰 Publication of Average Liabilities and Assets for Union Bank of Australia (Qtr ending Dec 1858)

💰 Finance & Revenue
24 February 1859
Bank returns, Union Bank of Australia, Liabilities, Assets, Financial statistics, Treasury
  • C. W. Richmond
  • R. F. Porter, Assistant Treasurer