New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 154

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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 30th SEPTEMBER, 1917.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS.	Notes \n in \n Circulation.	Bills \n in \n Circulation.	Balances due \n to \n other Banks.	Deposits.	Total Liabilities.
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	Government.	Not bearing Interest.
Bank of New Zealand	3,472,805 17 10	44,939 2 11	40,890 1 0	7,425,644 3 6	10,452,239 14 8
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	478,532 0 0	11,698 0 0	6,175 0 0	68 0 0	2,930,594 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	417,947 10 0	18,119 15 6	42,913 19 4		2,604,453 6 10
Bank of Australasia	438,469 0 0	19,206 17 7			2,295,137 11 11
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	786,355 0 0	7,087 0 0	38,455 0 0		3,056,676 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	56,771 0 10	1,173 0 3			228,720 9 6
Totals	5,650,880 8 8	102,223 16 3	128,434 0 4	7,425,712 3 6	21,567,821 2 11

ASSETS.

BANKS.	Coined Gold and \n Silver and other \n Coined Metals.	Gold and Silver \n in \n Bullion or Bars.	Notes and \n Bills of other \n Banks.	Balances due \n from \n other Banks.	Landed \n Property.	Notes and \n Bills \n discounted.	Colonial \n Government \n Securities.	Legal Tender \n Notes of \n other Banks.	Debts due to Bank, \n exclusive of Debts \n abandoned as bad.	Securities not \n included under \n other Heads.	Total Assets.
Bank of New Zealand	3,435,941 18 11	253,713 4 3	135,844 15 4	28,978 6 4	190,526 4 6	801,630 16 7	2,743,754 2 4	389,925 11 6	12,761,657 9 8	562,401 16 11	21,304,374 6 4
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	875,936 0 0	3,037 0 0	46,636 0 0	1,567 0 0	51,600 0 0	99,459 0 0	241,015 0 0	163,900 0 0	3,996,651 0 0	36,264 0 0	5,516,065 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	1,221,232 5 4	51,761 0 8		50,845 0 6	132,161 18 6	85,528 19 2	896,561 6 8	843,898 19 3	3,156,218 3 2	140,132 19 9	6,578,340 13 0
Bank of Australasia	978,593 8 8	200 17 2	35,052 0 7		11,302 13 5	105,107 1 11	195,753 17 0	25,822 19 1	2,912,090 3 4	9,230 3 0	4,273,153 4 2
National Bank of N.Z., Limited	958,906 0 0	444,130 0 0	80,188 0 0	4,586 0 0	162,677 0 0	186,733 0 0	737,899 0 0	69,384 0 0	4,077,807 0 0	15,183 0 0	6,737,493 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, \n Limited	95,048 19 9		10,249 1 9		49,000 0 0	19,000 16 2	1,964 12 4	35,628 15 0	213,567 15 8	423 6 10	424,883 7 6
Totals	7,565,658 12 8	752,842 2 1	307,969 17 8	85,976 6 10	597,267 16 5	1,297,459 13 10	4,816,947 18 4	1,528,560 4 10	27,117,991 11 10	763,635 6 6	6,44,834,809 11 0

CAPITAL AND PROFITS.

BANKS.	Capital paid up.	Rate per Annum of Last Dividend.	Amount of Last Dividend \n declared.	Amount of Reserved \n Profits at Time of \n declaring such Dividend
Bank of New Zealand— 4-per-cent. stock guaranteed by the Government of N.Z... “A” preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903 “B” preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913 Ordinary shares	£ 529,988 £ 500,000 £ 250,000 £ 1,000,000	On “A” preference shares, ten per cent. per annum On “B” preference shares, fifteen per cent. per annum On ordinary shares, dividend twelve per cent. per annum and bonus three per cent. per annum, equal to fifteen per cent. per annum	... £ 237,500 0 0 ... ... ...	... £ 2,246,595 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	£ 2,193,133 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	£ 2,997,850 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	£ 750,000	Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year and 1 per cent. bonus	£ 52,500 0 0	£ 814,254 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited {Ordinary Preference	£ 95,659 £ 2,117,350	Four per cent. per annum (preference only) ...	£ 42,347 0 0 ...	£ 9,406 10 9 ...