New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 115

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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 30th JUNE, 1917.

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	2,830,940 18 8	47,339 4 5	31,907 19 11	7,495,790 0 10	11,242,680 16 2	6,963,462 7 10	28,612,121 7 10
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	552,478 0 0	10,457 0 0	4,621 0 0	33 0 0	3,350,460 0 0	1,638,050 0 0	5,556,099 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	415,426 2 4	12,604 3 0	11,990 6 1	..	2,897,595 15 3	2,220,908 12 7	5,558,524 19 3
Bank of Australasia	303,838 15 5	13,668 2 9	..	..	2,523,757 0 8	972,529 18 10	3,813,793 17 8
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	735,633 0 0	7,139 0 0	28,043 0 0	..	3,148,171 0 0	1,972,788 0 0	5,891,774 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	52,486 3 4	1,227 15 9	..	..	218,330 15 0	51,445 9 7	323,490 3 8
Totals	4,890,802 19 9	92,435 5 11	76,562 6 0	7,495,823 0 10	23,380,995 7 1	13,819,184 8 10	49,755,803 8 5

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.	Legal Tender Notes of other Banks.	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	3,431,501 9 7	162,569 1 9	97,329 1 9	30,962 3 0	190,609 5 3	914,276 17 2	2,743,933 6 11	126,916 0 9	12,456,871 19 4	569,103 15 0	20,724,073 0 6
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	872,727 0 0	2,582 0 0	55,717 0 0	1,520 0 0	51,600 0 0	96,764 0 0	330,088 0 0	24,728 0 0	4,062,919 0 0	50,014 0 0	5,548,659 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	1,215,336 11 3	42,446 13 5	..	52,539 11 4	134,889 15 4	121,106 5 1	904,785 19 0	466,766 12 4	3,216,016 3 5	208,458 19 4	6,362,346 10 6
Bank of Australasia	977,123 10 0	810 16 11	32,604 4 0	..	12,048 5 10	130,045 6 11	269,223 1 7	66,983 1 7	2,748,111 1 9	10,241 7 5	4,247,190 16 0
National Bank of N.Z., Limited	926,221 0 0	345,561 0 0	76,387 0 0	18,111 0 0	172,005 0 0	191,982 0 0	692,462 0 0	31,308 0 0	4,110,647 0 0	15,429 0 0	6,580,113 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	83,328 18 8	..	8,963 0 8	..	49,000 0 0	16,513 0 7	4,585 0 9	45,381 17 8	215,050 18 11	431 1 11	423,253 19 2
Totals	7,506,238 9 6	553,969 12 1	271,000 6 5	103,132 14 4	610,152 6 5	1,470,687 9 9	4,945,077 8 3	762,083 12 4	26,809,616 3 5	853,678 3 8	43,885,636 6 2

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	237,500 0 0	2,246,595 0 0
“B” preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913	250,000	On “B” preference shares, fifteen per cent. per annum	..	..
Ordinary shares	1,000,000	On ordinary shares, dividend twelve per cent. per annum and bonus three per cent. per annum, equal to fifteen per cent. per annum	..	..
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	2,171,858 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	3,894,980	Ten per cent. per annum	194,464 10 0	2,800,000 0 0
Bank of Australasia	2,000,000	Fourteen per cent. per annum, and bonus twelve shillings per share, equal to seventeen per cent. per annum	170,000 0 0	2,962,650 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	750,000	Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year	45,000 0 0	798,609 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	Ordinary	95,659	Four per cent. per annum (preference only)	42,347 0 0
	Preference	2,117,350	..	..