New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 8

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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 DECEMBER, 1916.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS.	Notes in Circulation.	Bills in Circulation.	Balances due to other Banks.	Deposits.			Total Liabilities.
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	Government. £ s. d.	Not bearing Interest. £ s. d.	Bearing Interest. £ s. d.	£ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand	2,912,696 11 7	44,685 0 4	36,824 16 5	5,193,434 9 11	8,847,656 6 4	6,612,071 12 8	23,647,368 17 3
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	517,738 0 0	16,018 0 0	5,718 0 0	316,190 0 0	2,304,485 0 0	1,597,122 0 0	4,757,271 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	373,865 3 10	12,224 2 2	13,434 1 0	283,846 3 1	2,169,328 18 0	2,154,569 11 1	5,007,267 19 2
Bank of Australasia	355,911 9 4	13,396 4 9	..	221,547 6 2	1,915,993 17 9	886,346 17 1	3,393,195 15 1
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	573,724 0 0	7,656 0 0	31,124 0 0	330,000 0 0	2,591,464 0 0	1,928,423 0 0	5,462,391 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	44,331 14 9	1,193 19 5	..	13,846 3 1	202,813 15 7	50,542 5 4	312,727 18 2
Totals	4,778,266 19 6	95,173 6 8	87,100 17 5	6,358,864 2 3	18,031,741 17 8	13,229,075 6 2	42,580,222 9 8

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	3,365,058 14 2	95,410 2 7	90,834 2 8	14,169 8 6	172,968 6 1	1,026,691 12 1	2,053,489 13 0	51,709 0 9	10,898,360 2 4	647,999 6 3	18,416,690 8 5
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	883,195 0 0	1,613 0 0	47,635 0 0	1,278 0 0	51,600 0 0	109,452 0 0	316,154 0 0	8,342 0 0	4,359,357 0 0	139,694 0 0	5,918,320 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	1,220,031 14 5	24,948 11 9	..	45,813 3 3	138,185 15 3	131,522 15 8	696,632 2 1	621,176 7 8	3,048,591 17 0	246,606 1 2	6,173,508 8 3
Bank of Australasia	973,084 8 6	85 15 8	29,378 17 7	..	13,712 10 10	190,742 0 0	221,538 9 3	2,324 15 4	3,021,695 18 2	10,054 1 0	4,462,616 16 4
National Bank of N.Z., Limited	901,850 0 0	135,461 0 0	68,535 0 0	25,245 0 0	167,964 0 0	198,837 0 0	467,115 0 0	381,769 0 0	3,758,320 0 0	14,199 0 0	6,119,295 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	87,359 15 6	..	11,321 11 11	..	49,500 0 0	10,976 6 5	13,606 3 1	53,032 0 10	212,093 1 7	444 0 11	438,323 0 3
Totals	7,430,579 12 7	257,518 10 0	247,704 12 2	86,505 11 9	593,930 12 2	1,668,221 14 2	3,768,535 7 5	1,118,353 4 7	25,298,407 19 1	1,058,996 9 4	41,528,753 13 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.	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	236,507 0 0	2,118,605 0 0
“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	..	..
Ordinary shares	1,000,000	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	2,171,374 0 0
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	2,000,000	Ten per cent. per annum	180,133 0 0	2,725,000 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	3,705,320	Fourteen per cent. per annum, and bonus twelve shillings per share, equal seventeen per cent. per annum	170,000 0 0	2,931,750 0 0
Bank of Australasia	2,000,000	Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year and one per cent. bonus	52,500 0 0	798,609 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	750,000	Four per cent. per annum (preference only)	42,347 0 0	9,408 9 2
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited{Ordinary	95,659
Preference	2,117,350