✨ Bank Financial Statements




Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.

GENERAL STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the under-mentioned BANKS in the Colony of NEW ZEALAND, for the Quarter ended 31st DECEMBER, 1870.

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS. Notes in Circulation. (\u00a3 s. d.) Bills in Circulation. (\u00a3 s. d.) Balances due to other Banks. (\u00a3 s. d.) Deposits. Government. (\u00a3 s. d.) Deposits. Not bearing Interest. (\u00a3 s. d.) Deposits. Bearing Interest. (\u00a3 s. d.) Total Liabilities. (\u00a3 s. d.)
Bank of New Zealand 274,447 12 5 18,870 12 11 33,067 7 2 169,380 15 11 612,649 17 4 418,275 15 4 1,556,692 1 1
Union Bank of Australia 97,754 13 1 13,104 13 6 59 7 2 268 1 6 356,457 7 6 362,964 12 5 830,603 15 2
Bank of New South Wales 105,040 3 0 2,079 16 8 10,487 12 0 ... 278,522 10 9 332,576 9 8 728,706 12 1
Bank of Australasia 36,331 12 11 3,565 3 11 ... 99,596 5 2 99,523 5 6 52,641 16 6 291,658 4 0
Bank of Otago (Limited) 34,038 10 9 ... ... ... 70,013 0 4 47,228 9 0 160,651 19 10
Totals 547,612 12 2 37,620 7 0 52,986 6 1 269,245 2 7 1,447,166 1 5 1,213,687 2 11 3,568,317 12 2

ASSETS.

BANKS. Coined Gold and Silver, and other Coined Metal. (\u00a3 s. d.) Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars. (\u00a3 s. d.) Notes and Bills of other Banks. (\u00a3 s. d.) Balances due from other Banks. (\u00a3 s. d.) Landed Property. (\u00a3 s. d.) Notes and Bills Discounted. (\u00a3 s. d.) Colonial Government Securities. (\u00a3 s. d.) Debts due to the Bank. (\u00a3 s. d.) Securities not included under other heads. (\u00a3 s. d.) Total Assets. (\u00a3 s. d.)
Bank of New Zealand 291,912 4 1 116,374 3 0 7,397 6 2 6,444 19 6 22,285 5 3 949,818 1 10 190,861 10 9 933,901 18 9 280,364 16 5 2,799,360 5 9
Union Bank of Australia. 215,479 6 2 53,439 0 7 888 6 5 21,774 13 4 45,000 0 0 443,608 12 11 ... 439,901 16 3 7,174 0 1 1,227,265 15 9
Bank of N. S. Wales 291,704 15 10 40,256 17 5 2,044 18 8 8,010 7 2 21,475 15 4 376,704 6 6 ... 305,804 17 5 62,191 15 10 1,108,193 14 2
Bank of Australasia 121,059 0 8 25,175 18 1 1,178 13 4 ... 34,714 8 10 229,321 18 7 ... 128,661 19 5 3,596 8 11 543,708 7 10
Bank of Otago (Limited). 25,477 2 2 4,965 13 10 1,659 3 0 724 13 11 32,089 1 6 114,223 12 4 ... 264,323 16 10 ... 443,463 3 7
Totals 945,632 8 11 240,211 12 11 13,168 7 7 36,954 13 11 155,564 10 11 2,113,676 12 2 190,861 10 9 2,072,594 8 8 353,327 1 3 6,121,991 7 1

CAPITAL AND PROFITS.

BANKS. Capital paid up. (\u00a3 s. d.) Rate per Annum of last Dividend. Amount of last Dividend declared. (\u00a3 s. d.) Amount of Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such Dividend. (\u00a3 s. d.)
Bank of New Zealand 600,000 0 0 Equal to fifteen per cent. per annum 37,500 0 0 195,245 11 7
Union Bank of Australia 1,250,000 0 0 Thirteen and one-half per cent. per annum 75,000 0 0 478,714 8 2
Bank of New South Wales 1,000,000 0 0 Ten per cent. per annum 50,000 0 0 302,431 0 10
Bank of Australasia 1,200,000 0 0 Six per cent. and Bonus of Four per cent. == Ten per cent. per annum 60,000 0 0 331,128 6 1
Bank of Otago (Limited) 231,529 16 6 Six per cent. per annum 7,198 12 2 5,958 18 10
Totals 4,281,529 16 6 229,698 12 2 1,313,478 5 6

Treasury, Wellington, 15th February, 1871.

J. WOODWARD, Assistant Treasurer.



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πŸ’° General Statement of Bank Liabilities and Assets for Q4 1870

πŸ’° Finance & Revenue
15 February 1871
Bank statistics, Liabilities, Assets, Capital, Profits, New Zealand Banks, December 1870
  • J. Woodward, Assistant Treasurer