✨ 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, 1915.
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 .. | 1,480,150 14 3 | 57,699 6 11 | 27,394 4 10 | 3,256,709 12 9 | 7,415,520 14 3 | 5,479,888 5 8 | 17,717,862 18 8 |
| Union Bank of Australia, Limited .. | 231,120 0 0 | 13,597 0 0 | 5,237 0 0 | 5 0 0 | 2,433,986 0 0 | 1,307,621 0 0 | 3,991,566 0 0 |
| Bank of New South Wales .. | 247,336 17 8 | 9,077 14 4 | 16,135 0 8 | .. | 1,992,135 17 8 | 1,694,854 10 8 | 3,959,540 1 0 |
| Bank of Australasia .. | 206,905 14 8 | 15,384 14 6 | .. | .. | 1,666,715 11 4 | 676,897 10 11 | 2,565,903 11 5 |
| National Bank of New Zealand, Limited .. | 446,951 0 0 | 9,158 0 0 | 18,510 0 0 | .. | 2,355,334 0 0 | 1,699,251 0 0 | 4,529,204 0 0 |
| The Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited .. | 27,119 12 5 | 755 17 0 | .. | .. | 95,039 10 10 | 11,995 15 2 | 134,910 15 5 |
| Totals .. | 2,639,583 19 0 | 105,672 12 9 | 67,276 5 6 | 3,256,714 12 9 | 15,958,731 14 1 | 10,870,508 2 5 | 32,898,487 6 6 |
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 .. | 2,908,783 14 5 | 188,169 13 6 | 144,787 4 1 | 7,834 13 7 | 146,859 15 4 | 940,929 19 0 | 718,681 0 0 | .. | 9,243,083 18 4 | 507,763 13 3 | 14,806,898 11 6 |
| Union Bank of Australia, Limited | 769,575 0 0 | 424 0 0 | 60,330 0 0 | 1,887 0 0 | 51,600 0 0 | 159,794 0 0 | .. | .. | 3,843,409 0 0 | 76,229 0 0 | 4,963,248 0 0 |
| Bank of New South Wales | 674,205 9 2 | 11,063 13 0 | 6,110 4 7 | 45,736 13 0 | 137,373 16 0 | 139,898 13 8 | 167,705 19 0 | .. | 2,983,407 14 6 | 96,081 9 0 | 4,261,583 11 11 |
| Bank of Australasia .. | 778,533 0 1 | 529 3 0 | 37,426 9 1 | .. | 21,690 17 7 | 161,611 18 7 | .. | .. | 2,770,994 6 9 | 5,678 3 7 | 3,776,463 18 8 |
| National Bank of New Zealand, Limited | 760,856 0 0 | 258,401 0 0 | 68,680 0 0 | 25,708 0 0 | 171,162 0 0 | 227,332 0 0 | 40,000 0 0 | .. | 3,196,607 0 0 | 11,444 0 0 | 4,760,190 0 0 |
| Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited | 70,013 4 5 | .. | 6,715 4 5 | .. | 20,000 0 0 | 4,851 4 7 | .. | .. | 68,641 13 6 | 106 3 3 | 170,327 10 2 |
| Totals .. | 5,961,971 8 1 | 458,587 9 6 | 324,049 2 2 | 81,166 6 7 | 548,686 8 11 | 1,634,417 15 10 | 926,386 19 0 | .. | 22,106,143 13 1 | 697,302 9 1 | 32,738,711 12 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. .. | 528,988 | .. | .. | .. |
| “A” Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903 | 500,000 | On “A” Preference shares, ten per cent. per annum.. | 50,000 0 0 | .. |
| “B” Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913 | 250,000 | .. | .. | .. |
| Ordinary shares .. | 974,127 | On ordinary shares (twelve per cent. per annum, and bonus three per cent. per annum), fifteen per cent. per annum | 75,000 0 0 | 1,601,608 0 0 |
| Union Bank of Australia, Limited | 2,000,000 | Ten per cent. per annum, and two per cent. bonus for half-year, together equal to fourteen per cent. per annum | 140,000 0 0 | 2,171,459 15 7 |
| Bank of New South Wales | 3,500,000 | Ten per cent. per annum .. | 175,000 0 0 | 2,500,000 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 | 170,000 0 0 | 2,824,500 0 0 |
| National Bank of New Zealand, Limited .. | 750,000 | Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year .. | 45,000 0 0 | 765,817 0 0 |
| Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited— | ||||
| Ordinary .. | 95,659 | .. | .. | .. |
| Preference .. | 2,117,350 | Four per cent. per annum (preference only) .. | 42,347 0 0 | 7,649 13 1 |
The Treasury, Wellington, 15th April, 1915. G. F. C. CAMPBELL, Secretary to the Treasury.
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Commercial Bank of Australia Liabilities and Assets Statement
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💰 Finance & Revenue15 April 1915
Commercial Bank of Australia, Liabilities, Assets, Financial statement, Quarterly report
- G. F. C. Campbell, Secretary to the Treasury