New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 50

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✨ Bank Financial Statements

STATEMENT of the Liabilities and Assets of the undermentioned Banks in the Dominion of New Zealand for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1914.

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 ..	945,309 15 0	52,809 13 3	12,690 16 3	2,671,258 12 0	6,319,201 12 9	5,327,660 11 1	15,328,931 0 4
Union Bank of Australia, Limited ..	148,542 0 0	12,581 0 0	3,292 0 0	..	1,928,127 0 0	1,278,095 0 0	3,370,637 0 0
Bank of New South Wales ..	179,634 16 2	9,268 12 2	31,884 14 0	..	1,663,492 12 6	1,688,493 8 4	3,572,774 3 2
Bank of Australasia ..	141,484 6 2	18,434 9 3	..	11 10 9	1,456,585 10 1	665,370 10 11	2,281,886 7 2
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited ..	248,770 0 0	8,823 0 0	48,439 0 0	..	2,062,093 0 0	1,585,759 0 0	3,953,884 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited ..	3,198 10 10	525 6 2	..	..	46,270 12 2	9,100 19 1	59,095 8 3
Totals ..	1,666,939 8	102,442 0 10	96,306 10 3	2,671,270 2 9	13,475,770 7 6	10,554,479 9 5	28,567,207 18 11

ASSETS.

BANKS.	Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined Metals.	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 ..	2,407,321 15 9	66,257 8 2	141,723 15 6	5,212 9 7	137,476 13 9	1,085,346 14 6	718,681 0 0	..	8,710,161 15 2	524,316 10 2	13,796,498 2 7
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	635,223 0 0	1,105 0 0	50,106 0 0	1,824 0 0	51,600 0 0	188,363 0 0	..	..	3,763,859 0 0	93,585 0 0	4,785,670 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	606,112 9 3	18,069 3 3	2,641 4 7	36,161 10 0	133,495 16 6	223,928 4 9	167,705 19 0	55,014 2 11	2,981,322 6 9	135,919 12 0	4,360,370 9 0
Bank of Australasia	677,848 15 8	301 0 1	32,126 3 0	..	14,223 2 4	227,751 1 2	..	..	2,892,803 2 8	4,728 6	3,849,781 13 5
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	788,025 0 0	78,919 0 0	66,394 0 0	3,863 0 0	88,167 0 0	290,339 0 0	40,000 0 0	..	3,269,103 0 0	10,861 0	4,635,671 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	38,673 4 5	..	6,268 4 1	..	20,000 0 0	1,379 1 6	..	..	32,394 3 10	68 8	98,782 17 6
Totals ..	5,153,209 5 1	164,651 11 6	299,259 7 2	47,060 19 7	444,962 12 7	2,017,107 1 11	926,386 19 0	55,014 2 11	21,649,643 8 5	769,478 14 4	31,526,774 2 6

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. ..	1,000,000	Ten per cent. per annum ..	..	..
Preferred shares subscribed for by the Government of N.Z.	500,000	Twelve per cent. per annum, and bonus three per cent. per annum, equal fifteen per cent. per annum	50,000 0 0	..
Capital payable by shareholders ..	500,000		75,000 0 0	1,418,117 0 0
Instalments received on account of new capital ..	133,110	Ten per cent. per annum, and bonus two per cent. for half-year, equal fourteen per cent. per annum	..	..
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	2,000,000		105,000 0 0	1,679,426 19 11
Bank of New South Wales	3,500,000	Ten per cent. per annum ..	..	2,350,000 0 0
Bank of Australasia	2,000,000	Fourteen per cent. per annum, and bonus twelve shillings per share, equal seventeen per cent. per annum	168,946 10 0	2,720,100 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited ..	750,000	Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year ..	45,000 0 0	595,756 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited—
Ordinary ..	95,644	Three per cent. per annum ..	..	..
Preference ..	2,117,350		31,760 5 0	7,689 15 8