New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 47

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✨ Banking Statistics

STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the undermentioned BANKS in the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND for the QUARTER ended 31st MARCH, 1916.

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 ..	1,728,673 9 2	45,802 3 9	21,450 1 1	4,855,885 10 5	9,160,993 17 6	6,120,355 7 6	21,933,160 9 5
Union Bank of Australia, Limited ..	295,686 0 0	10,337 0 0	4,888 0 0	11 0 0	2,731,028 0 0	1,553,656 0 0	4,595,606 0 0
Bank of New South Wales ..	347,275 15 5	6,882 11 1	14,045 1 4	..	2,403,786 4 6	1,864,252 6 10	4,636,241 19 2
Bank of Australasia ..	260,163 4 7	15,543 17 5	..	42 6 1	1,930,893 5 1	774,846 10 8	2,981,489 3 10
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited ..	499,831 0 0	11,357 0 0	10,386 0 0	..	2,697,966 0 0	1,835,711 0 0	5,055,251 0 0
The Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited ..	39,924 0 1	2,834 14 10	..	..	167,281 17 9	33,282 15 5	243,323 8 1
Totals ..	3,171,553 9 3	92,757 7 1	50,769 2 5	4,855,938 16 6	19,091,949 4 10	12,182,104 0 5	39,445,072 0 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.	Telegraphic Credits.	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 ..	3,302,922 18 4	78,675 16 8	150,773 18 8	49,699 3 9	171,803 15 1	880,577 16 3	914,580 0 0	..	9,009,293 0 5	655,081 15 7	15,213,408 4 9
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	734,693 0 0	601 0 0	52,909 0 0	1,431 0 0	51,600 0 0	126,010 0 0	..	838 0 0	4,244,825 0 0	103,950 0 0	5,316,857 0 0
Bank of New South Wales ..	868,575 19 8	26,443 19 3	3,956 19 3	41,943 7 5	138,556 9 3	120,301 2 8	167,705 19 0	..	2,760,809 18 1	138,991 5 8	4,267,285 0 3
Bank of Australasia ..	930,629 10 4	819 17 3	36,278 5 11	..	16,849 3 0	172,098 19 6	..	..	2,834,755 4 10	7,271 5 10	3,998,702 6 8
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	855,682 0 0	241,887 0 0	65,625 0 0	127,233 0 0	160,515 0 0	181,130 0 0	140,000 0 0	..	3,274,617 0 0	11,724 0 0	5,058,413 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	79,931 19 10	..	9,868 9 4	..	49,500 0 0	7,536 17 4	..	..	121,937 8 10	319 5 4	269,094 0 8
Totals ..	6,772,435 8 2	348,427 13 2	319,411 13 2	220,306 11 2	588,824 7 4	1,487,654 15 9	1,222,285 19 0	838 0 0	22,246,237 12 2	917,337 12 5	34,123,759 12 4

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. ..	529,988	..	..	..
“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..	..	..
“B” Preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913	250,000	On “B” Preference shares and ordinary shares (twelve per cent. per annum, and bonus three per cent. per annum on ordinary shares), fifteen per cent. per annum	229,459 0 0	2,057,170 0 0
Ordinary shares ..	1,000,000	..	..	..
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	2,170,528 0 0
Bank of New South Wales ..	3,500,000	Ten per cent. per annum ..	175,000 0 0	2,600,000 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	2,895,000 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited ..	750,000	Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year ..	45,000 0 0	789,580 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	11,385 15 7