New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 90

Page 1908

✨ Bank Financial Statements

STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the under-mentioned BANKS in the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND for the QUARTER ended 30th September, 1897.

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 .. ..	543,217 10 9	15,807 0 1	13,125 17 3	725,151 2 3	2,481,226 12 1	3,234,058 10 2	7,012,586 12 7
Union Bank of Australia, Limited ..	106,609 4 7	8,422 2 2	..	..	1,069,107 19 10	1,321,323 1 5	2,505,462 8 0
Bank of New South Wales..	107,130 19 2	5,195 14 6	5,060 19 1	..	833,784 2 7	1,454,256 3 3	2,405,427 18 7
Bank of Australasia .. ..	76,007 7 9	8,174 9 8	..	..	522,803 4 10	593,748 8 9	1,200,733 11 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	144,531 4 7	4,054 9 4	13,095 11 3	..	760,891 12 7	1,194,689 19 5	2,117,262 17 2
Totals .. ..	977,496 6 10	41,653 15 9	31,282 7 7	725,151 2 3	5,667,813 11 11	7,798,076 3 0	15,241,473 7 4

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 .. ..	787,922 2 0	81,776 7 10	29,980 12 3	4,877 1 9	155,250 14 4	895,114 13 11	778,248 18 5	..	2,899,316 11 11	2,557,948 16 8	8,190,435 19 1
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	836,478 18 3	1,829 4 2	5,605 14 3	..	72,034 17 9	201,578 10 7	..	..	958,767 4 0	57,323 8 7	2,133,617 17 7
Bank of New South Wales	510,585 15 0	22,436 18 6	3,144 0 0	10,250 2 11	94,528 7 0	164,809 6 9	50,200 0 0	59,984 12 2	1,716,116 0 7	61,116 0 0	2,693,171 2 11
Bank of Australasia .. ..	400,516 2 7	2,422 14 1	4,155 18 10	..	62,760 12 6	218,343 13 3	..	..	1,138,647 15 0	2,256 11 0	1,829,103 7 3
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	393,578 12 6	19,192 11 10	4,252 12 1	5,362 12 0	92,788 19 11	248,214 14 4	..	..	1,449,255 12 9	13,605 9 4	2,226,251 4 9
Totals .. ..	2,929,081 10 4	127,657 16 5	47,138 17 5	20,489 16 8	477,363 11 6	1,728,060 18 10	828,448 18 5	59,984 12 2	8,162,103 4 3	2,692,250 5 7	17,072,579 11 7

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	Nil .. .. .. .. .. .. ..	..	23,474 7 4
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	812,067 1 10
Bank of New South Wales	1,950,000	Nine per cent. .. .. .. .. ..	87,727 10 0	1,191,934 0 0
Bank of Australasia	1,600,000	Five per cent. .. .. .. .. ..	40,000 0 0	812,621 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited ..	250,000	Five per cent. .. .. .. .. ..	6,250 0 0	33,657 0 0

The Treasury, Wellington, 19th October, 1897

Jas. B. Heywood, Secretary to the Treasury.

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