New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 140

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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, 1918.

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	3,140,147 17 10	58,091 9 4	51,050 15 8	8,325,603 18 10	10,286,910 12 5	6,941,318 15 11	28,803,123 9 7
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	585,119 0 0	8,295 0 0	8,736 0 0	230,938 0 0	2,820,820 0 0	1,658,443 0 0	5,312,351 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	867,809 15 0	16,375 1 2	20,511 7 2	173,968 11 5	2,562,641 13 11	2,252,744 16 10	5,894,051 5 6
Bank of Australasia	489,376 7 1	49,376 4 11	..	..	2,479,479 10 2	1,103,448 5 3	4,121,680 7 5
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	1,092,087 0 0	7,777 0 0	18,660 0 0	262,773 0 0	3,193,207 0 0	2,063,774 0 0	6,638,278 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	60,803 18 0	1,687 17 4	..	19,271 8 7	303,186 4 9	104,232 0 0	489,181 8 8
Totals	6,235,343 17 11	141,602 12 9	98,958 2 5	9,012,554 18 10	21,646,245 1 3	14,123,960 18 0	51,258,665 11 2

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	3,373,096 13 9	322,145 1 5	124,432 8 11	119,717 11 11	192,274 10 0	774,118 4 2	2,991,269 14 3	954,422 0 9	14,553,047 2 5	523,151 8 3	23,927,674 15 10
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	869,935 0 0	4,053 0 0	72,666 0 0	1,693 0 0	51,600 0 0	62,507 0 0	746,443 0 0	77,312 0 0	4,123,931 0 0	30,562 0 0	6,040,702 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	1,195,344 7 5	86,358 4 6	631 15 9	69,209 13 1	132,193 11 1	89,044 9 1	934,325 4 9	13,657 13 7	3,589,169 4 1	147,290 19 3	6,257,225 2 7
Bank of Australasia	967,715 13 11	..	51,421 12 0	..	4,206 12 0	104,510 13 10	187,611 10 0	54,955 4 5	3,441,920 2 0	11,340 4 3	4,823,681 12 5
National Bank of N.Z., Limited	928,495 0 0	304,834 0 0	96,576 0 0	5,480 0 0	155,943 0 0	181,031 0 0	1,195,092 0 0	..	4,353,140 0 0	15,426 0 0	7,236,017 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	94,820 11 6	..	14,518 9 0	..	49,000 0 0	31,726 4 2	20,341 17 10	59,502 15 9	342,488 10 11	999 13 9	613,398 2 11
Totals	7,429,407 6 7	717,390 5 11	360,246 5 8	196,100 5 0	585,217 13 1	1,242,937 11 3	6,075,083 6 10	1,159,849 14 6	30,403,695 19 5	728,770 5 3	48,898,698 13 9

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	2,345,702 0 0
“B” preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913	250,000	On “B” preference shares, dividend twelve per cent. per annum and bonus three per cent. per annum, equal to 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	2,239,293 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	3,904,860	Ten per cent. per annum	195,243 0 0	2,950,000 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	3,071,100 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	750,000	Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year and one per cent. bonus	52,500 0 0	833,150 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