Banking 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, 1900.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS. Notes in Circulation. Bills in Circulation. Balances due to other Banks. Deposits. Total Liabilities.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Government. £ s. d. Not bearing Interest. £ s. d. Bearing Interest. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand .. .. 713,598 16 6 19,623 7 6 18,793 18 9 766,813 2 8 2,947,721 18 8 3,436,675 18 3 7,903,227 2 4
Union Bank of Australia, Limited .. 182,061 7 1 5,822 16 0 .. .. 981,718 15 11 1,256,149 6 2 2,375,752 5 2
Bank of New South Wales.. 144,347 5 8 5,172 0 3 3,191 4 6 .. 912,427 4 8 1,555,056 5 3 2,620,194 0 4
Bank of Australasia .. .. 108,018 11 5 9,808 1 1 .. .. 657,529 8 10 645,279 11 7 1,420,635 12 11
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited 219,680 4 5 5,135 6 7 17,641 3 9 .. 1,013,983 1 4 1,252,276 8 0 2,508,716 4 1
Totals .. .. 1,317,706 5 1 45,561 11 5 39,626 7 0 766,813 2 8 6,513,380 9 5 8,145,437 9 3 16,828,525 4 10

ASSETS.

BANKS. Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined Metals. £ s. d. Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars. £ s. d. Notes and Bills of other Banks. £ s. d. Balances due from other Banks. £ s. d. Landed Property. £ s. d. Notes and Bills discounted. £ s. d. Colonial Government Securities. £ s. d. Other Funded Securities. £ s. d. Debts due to Bank, exclusive of Debts abandoned as bad. £ s. d. Securities not included under other Heads. £ s. d. Total Assets. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand .. .. 893,369 12 5 78,251 3 434,566 12 4 950 0 4 117,088 12 3 813,782 13 10 603,131 5 0 .. 3,250,404 17 8 1,646,328 5 9 7,437,873 2 11
Union Bank of Australia, Limited 603,958 12 9 2,149 16 6 1,576 0 0 .. 71,732 7 9 188,070 9 5 .. .. 1,375,338 17 2 70,876 5 10 2,313,702 9 5
Bank of New South Wales 464,942 16 8 29,639 14 0 3,661 0 0 13,228 6 6 95,349 8 8 254,584 15 2 67,963 9 8 63,988 7 11 1,956,220 7 6 145,064 9 6 3,094,642 15 7
Bank of Australasia .. .. 299,310 18 10 2,809 17 2 3,193 6 2 .. 62,211 7 8 297,825 17 4 .. .. 1,663,717 18 3 2,300 4 5 2,331,369 9 10
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited 396,625 4 8 31,174 4 2 3,503 3 8 7,310 17 8 88,256 11 8 265,344 5 3 .. .. 1,770,800 16 6 11,725 0 11 2,574,740 4 6
Totals .. .. 2,658,207 5 4 144,024 15 2 46,500 2 2 21,489 4 6 434,638 8 0 1,819,608 1 0 671,094 14 8 63,988 7 11 10,016,482 17 1 1,876,294 6 5 17,752,328 2 3

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 Four per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 40,000 0 0 23,474 7 4
Capital payable by shareholders .. .. .. 500,000 Nil .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Union Bank of Australia, Limited 1,500,000 Seven per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 52,500 0 0 872,364 10 9
Bank of New South Wales .. .. .. 2,000,000 Ten per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 100,000 0 0 1,250,000 0 0
Bank of Australasia .. .. .. 1,600,000 Nine per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 72,000 0 0 887,570 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited .. .. 250,000 Eight per cent., and 1 per cent. bonus .. .. .. 12,500 0 0 100,009 0 0

The Treasury, Wellington, 6th February, 1901. JAS. B. HEYWOOD, Secretary to the Treasury.



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💰 Quarterly Statement of Liabilities and Assets of Banks in New Zealand (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
6 February 1901
Banking, Financial statement, Liabilities, Assets, Capital, Profits, Dividends
  • JAS. B. HEYWOOD, Secretary to the Treasury