Bank Financial Statements




STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the under-mentioned BANKS in the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND for the QUARTER ended 31st December, 1895.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS. Notes in Circulation. Bills in Circulation. Balances due to other Banks. Deposits. Total Liabilities.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Government. Not bearing Interest. Bearing Interest. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand .. .. 480,065 5 0 23,691 15 10 13,729 1 6 969,737 12 3 2,019,091 14 3 3,432,956 8 11 6,939,271 17 9
Union Bank of Australia, Limited .. 103,040 13 0 11,592 16 6 .. .. 876,564 4 10 1,709,893 9 2 2,701,091 3 6
Bank of New South Wales.. .. 98,040 12 5 3,556 11 1 3,266 9 11 .. 606,373 12 5 1,455,807 16 10 2,167,045 2 8
Bank of Australasia .. .. 67,845 18 4 7,907 11 6 .. .. 444,053 5 7 660,630 7 4 1,180,437 2 9
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited .. 112,724 12 5 2,841 17 11 18,908 6 0 .. 509,043 19 5 860,262 8 10 1,503,781 4 7
Totals .. .. 861,717 1 2 49,590 12 10 35,903 17 5 969,737 12 3 4,455,126 16 6 8,119,550 11 1 14,491,626 11 3

ASSETS.

BANKS. Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined Metal. Gold and 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 Bank, exclusive of Debts abandoned as bad. Securities not included under other Heads. Total Assets.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s.d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand .. .. 1,035,248 18 6 88,168 18 1 27,400 2 5 8,324 16 2 146,260 12 7 901,972 8 5 483,235 4 1 .. 5,013,855 12 4 2,069,369 2 2 9,773,835 14 9
Union Bank of Australia, Limited 780,454 3 0 3,645 0 0 5,682 6 1 .. 73,074 16 0 192,809 1 3 .. .. 1,023,079 1 9 93,531 17 6 2,172,276 5 7
Bank of New South Wales .. 657,431 18 11 21,982 17 7 2,013 12 3 11,862 4 11 96,633 0 0 196,657 5 3 .. .. 1,641,288 1 8 64,343 4 2 2,692,212 4 9
Bank of Australasia .. .. 398,319 8 7 110 5 9 3,333 13 1 .. 60,945 5 6 227,075 8 10 .. .. 935,800 10 3 1,989 18 7 1,627,574 10 7
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited 328,434 11 0 19,476 4 1 2,932 15 10 797 11 2 92,523 5 9 239,983 18 3 .. .. 1,196,693 17 5 13,039 18 11 1,893,882 2 5
Totals .. .. 3,199,889 0 0 133,383 5 6 41,362 9 8 20,984 12 3 469,436 19 10 1,758,498 2 0 483,235 4 1 .. 9,810,717 3 5 2,242,274 1 4 18,159,780 18 1

CAPITAL AND PROFITS.

BANKS. Capital paid up. Rate per Annum of Last Dividend. Amount of Last Dividend declared. Amount of Reserved Profits at Time of declaring such Dividend
£ £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand—
4-per-cent. stock guaranteed by the Government of N.Z. .. 2,000,000 .. .. ..
Preferred shares subscribed for by the Government of N.Z. 500,000
Capital payable by shareholders .. .. .. 500,000
Union Bank of Australia, Limited .. .. .. 1,500,000 Five per cent. 37,500 0 0 1,051,592 15 2
Bank of New South Wales .. .. .. 1,919,540 Nine per cent. 84,435 18 0 1,172,297 2 0
Bank of Australasia .. .. .. 1,600,000 Five per cent. 40,000 0 0 810,495 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited .. .. .. 250,000 Five per cent. 6,250 0 0 25,357 0 0

The Treasury, Wellington, 21st January, 1896. JAS. B. HEYWOOD, Secretary to the Treasury.



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💰 Financial Statements for New Zealand Banks for Quarter Ended December 31, 1895 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
21 January 1896
Banks, Financial Statements, Liabilities, Assets, Capital, Profits, Quarterly Report, December 31, 1895, New Zealand
  • JAS. B. HEYWOOD, Secretary to the Treasury