New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 55

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✨ Banking Financial Statements

STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of the undermentioned BANKS in the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND for the QUARTER ended 31st MARCH, 1918.

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	2,753,502 6 8	54,921 4 3	48,729 4 2	9,706,836 16 11	10,245,118 1 6	6,839,822 7 9	29,648,930 1 3
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	515,802 0 0	14,160 0 0	4,563 0 0	112 0 0	3,020,162 0 0	1,597,680 0 0	5,152,479 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	474,872 13 4	21,229 1 3	17,023 11 8	..	2,709,318 3 3	2,213,511 16 3	5,435,955 5 9
Bank of Australasia	458,203 13 4	19,493 1 11	..	..	2,345,585 1 6	1,093,034 14 8	3,916,366 11 5
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	1,656,956 0 0	9,593 0 0	25,458 0 0	..	3,036,943 0 0	2,062,367 0 0	6,791,317 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	56,191 14 0	834 4 0	..	..	257,175 16 0	84,729 5 5	398,930 19 5
Totals	5,915,528 7 4	120,230 11 5	95,773 15 10	9,706,948 16 11	21,614,302 2 3	13,891,195 4 1	51,343,978 17 10

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	3,377,260 5 5	218,267 13 11	127,581 14 3	51,245 5 9	190,621 2 7	727,833 16 8	2,721,137 16 8	653,303 8 4	13,357,115 12 3	578,308 3 4	22,002,684 19 2
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	875,120 0 0	4,044 0 0	72,268 0 0	1,346 0 0	51,600 0 0	104,762 0 0	389,058 0 0	54,066 0 0	3,998,828 0 0	40,492 0 0	5,591,584 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	1,196,416 19 3	71,793 19 11	482 13 4	52,265 7 1	133,319 8 0	88,402 1 6	881,768 9 0	554,488 16 8	3,319,122 12 3	202,122 8 10	6,500,182 15 10
Bank of Australasia	976,856 9 11	70 0 0	55,131 3 11	..	6,394 10 9	109,064 16 2	144,437 18 4	7,147 0 2	3,176,370 14 9	10,207 12 7	4,485,680 6 7
National Bank of N.Z., Limited	952,480 0 0	219,087 0 0	86,209 0 0	6,597 0 0	157,303 0 0	167,386 0 0	866,415 0 0	..	3,976,277 0 0	14,634 0 0	6,446,388 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	92,791 15 4	..	10,155 12 7	..	49,000 0 0	26,016 4 8	4,760 11 6	30,869 12 8	266,715 17 6	532 19 11	480,842 14 2
Totals	7,470,925 9 11	513,262 13 10	351,828 4 1	111,453 12 10	588,248 1 4	1,223,464 19 0	5,007,577 15 6	1,299,874 17 10	28,094,429 16 9	846,297 4 8	45,507,362 15 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	On “ A ” preference shares, ten per cent. per annum	237,500 0 0	2,246,595 0 0
“ A ” preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903	500,000
“ 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	2,213,503 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	3,028,300 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	750,000	Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year	45,000 0 0	814,254 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited { Ordinary	95,659
Preference	2,117,350	Four per cent. per annum (preference only)	42,347 0 0	6,435 8 0