✨ 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, 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 .. .. .. | 2,782,082 8 0 | 42,810 7 0 | 41,111 7 3 | 9,905,242 2 3 | 8,740,158 15 10 | 6,928,917 7 6 | 28,440,322 2 10 |
| Union Bank of Australia, Limited .. .. | 1,036,456 0 0 | 14,699 0 0 | 4,044 0 0 | 82 0 0 | 2,417,490 0 0 | 1,607,405 0 0 | 5,080,176 0 0 |
| Bank of New South Wales .. .. .. | 437,028 15 9 | 13,193 13 5 | 8,897 19 1 | .. | 2,458,286 12 10 | 2,044,730 16 4 | 4,962,137 17 5 |
| Bank of Australasia .. .. .. | 882,541 12 10 | 18,775 7 0 | .. | .. | 1,974,563 5 10 | 1,060,632 11 5 | 3,936,512 17 1 |
| National Bank of New Zealand, Limited .. | 1,273,213 0 0 | 7,876 0 0 | 26,281 0 0 | .. | 2,665,549 0 0 | 2,062,225 0 0 | 6,035,144 0 0 |
| Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited .. | 53,372 9 7 | 1,728 9 5 | .. | .. | 240,669 4 8 | 73,889 7 4 | 369,654 11 0 |
| Totals .. .. .. | 6,464,694 1 2 | 99,077 16 10 | 80,334 6 4 | 9,905,324 2 3 | 18,496,716 19 2 | 13,777,800 2 7 | 48,823,947 8 4 |
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 .. .. | 3,398,846 8 1 | 259,687 11 7 | 75,341 15 6 | 37,643 7 11 | 190,620 0 10 | 833,859 3 2 | 2,732,132 14 4 | 1,391,046 10 9 | 14,036,612 12 1 | 565,087 9 7 | 23,520,877 13 10 |
| Union Bank of Australia, Limited | 868,457 0 0 | 3,515 0 0 | 39,315 0 0 | 1,603 0 0 | 51,600 0 0 | 100,679 0 0 | 431,653 0 0 | 14,085 0 0 | 4,315,212 0 0 | 47,541 0 0 | 5,873,660 0 0 |
| Bank of New South Wales .. | 1,204,416 10 10 | 62,178 12 7 | .. | 41,193 3 11 | 132,879 4 5 | 87,666 1 10 | 895,875 19 0 | 488,374 13 7 | 3,577,704 10 4 | 191,269 19 3 | 6,681,558 15 9 |
| Bank of Australasia .. .. | 978,122 0 8 | .. | 35,223 6 8 | .. | 10,610 17 5 | 123,363 8 0 | 161,099 14 3 | 5,724 6 9 | 3,431,917 1 2 | 9,317 18 11 | 4,755,378 13 10 |
| National Bank of N.Z., Limited | 952,173 0 0 | 223,263 0 0 | 71,665 0 0 | 4,933 0 0 | 155,593 0 0 | 167,603 0 0 | 844,451 0 0 | .. | 4,070,170 0 0 | 14,649 0 0 | 6,504,500 0 0 |
| Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited | 96,111 3 2 | .. | 7,616 9 1 | .. | 49,000 0 0 | 24,163 14 4 | 4,699 17 3 | 47,388 19 10 | 231,365 6 2 | 496 12 0 | 460,842 1 10 |
| Totals .. .. .. | 7,498,126 2 9 | 548,644 4 2 | 229,161 11 3 | 85,372 11 10 | 590,303 2 8 | 1,337,334 7 4 | 5,069,912 4 10 | 946,619 10 11 | 29,662,981 9 9 | 828,361 19 9 | 47,796,817 5 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 | .. | 237,500 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 | 2,193,133 0 0 |
| Bank of New South Wales .. .. .. | 3,904,860 | Ten per cent. per annum | 195,243 0 0 | 2,875,000 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 | 95,659 | Four per cent. per annum (preference only) | .. | .. |
| Preference | 2,117,350 | 42,347 0 0 | 9,406 10 9 |
The Treasury, Wellington, 15th January, 1918. J. J. ESSON, Acting Secretary to the Treasury.
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Bank, Liabilities, Assets, Financial, Statement, Commercial Bank of Australia
- J. J. Esson, Acting Secretary to the Treasury