New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 125

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✨ Banking Statistics

STATEMENT of the LIABILITIES and Assets of the undermentioned Banks in the Dominion of New Zealand for the QUARTER ended 30th September, 1919.

LIABILITIES.

BANKS.	Notes in Circulation.	Bills in Circulation.	Balances due to other Banks.	Government.	Not bearing Interest.	Bearing Interest.	Total Liabilities.
Bank of New Zealand	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
...	4,994,469 0 0	86,635 3 2	45,028 7 0	5,900,608 1 2	14,375,908 19 8	7,520,957 0 0	32,923,606 11 0
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	...	499,811 0 0	18,685 0 0	10,425 0 0	28,638 0 0	3,920,812 0 0	1,736,317 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	...	641,185 9 3	16,468 2 0	21,404 18 9	16,087 6 2	3,609,099 5 0	2,321,055 1 0
Bank of Australasia	...	379,310 12 4	30,269 19 9	...	23,576 18 6	3,382,179 3 7	1,117,535 19 11
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited	...	773,298 0 0	18,476 0 0	1,057 0 0	26,395 0 0	4,525,523 0 0	2,209,938 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	...	68,973 2 4	3,533 15 8	...	...	517,795 5 1	135,765 7 6
Totals	...	7,357,047 3 11	174,068 0 7	77,915 5 9	5,995,305 5 10	30,331,317 13 4	15,041,568 8 5

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.
Bank of New Zealand	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
...	3,419,478 2 11	115,781 1 8	188,578 4 1	109,648 6 3	194,540 3 1	810,676 3 9	2,944,545 16 2	49,947 0 9	13,751,562 17 11	487,907 8 4	22,072,665 4 11
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	...	881,558 0 0	1,562 0 0	99,673 0 0	2,653 0 0	51,600 0 0	53,906 0 0	233,000 0 0	482,516 0 0	3,928,493 0 0	49,599 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	...	1,254,106 17 3	118,080 12 4	335 17 8	83,449 13 6	128,335 5 7	91,065 12 8	952,435 19 0	29,580 9 3	3,334,513 12 2	170,853 7 0
Bank of Australasia	...	975,612 11 0	...	49,804 8 3	...	5,431 13 11	108,058 11 6	45,306 11 1	274,000 18 5	3,365,480 12 11	9,783 15 1
National Bank of N.Z., Limited	...	997,704 0 0	170,961 0 0	146,490 0 0	42,081 0 0	147,092 0 0	206,714 0 0	1,064,807 0 0	346,692 0 0	4,013,987 0 0	15,364 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	...	111,227 3 10	...	26,137 1 4	...	...	55,500 0 0	93,482 11 5	12,238 16 4	60,708 6 5	391,833 2 3
Totals	...	7,639,686 15 0	406,384 14 0	511,018 11 4	237,831 19 9	582,499 2 7	1,363,902 19 4	5,252,334 2 7	1,243,444 14 10	28,785,870 5 3	734,736 13 10

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.
Bank of New Zealand—	£	On “A” preference shares, ten per cent. per annum	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
4-per-cent. stock guaranteed by the Government of N.Z.	529,988	On ordinary shares, dividend twelve per cent. per annum and bonus three per cent. equal to fifteen per cent. per annum	50,000 0 0	...
“A” preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1903	500,000	On “B” preference shares, dividend twelve per cent. per annum and bonus three per cent. per annum, equal to fifteen per cent. per annum	37,500 0 0	2,496,224 0 0
“B” preference shares issued to the Crown under Bank of New Zealand Act, 1913	250,000	On ordinary shares, dividend twelve per cent. per annum and bonus three per cent. per annum, equal to fifteen per cent. per annum	150,000 0 0	...
Ordinary shares	1,000,000
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	2,000,000	Fourteen per cent. per annum	140,000 0 0	2,288,614 0 0
Bank of New South Wales	3,912,440	Ten per cent. per annum	195,457 10 0	3,025,000 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	3,127,000 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	874,932 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	95,659	Four per cent. per annum (preference only)	42,347 0 0	13,060 2 2
Preference	2,117,350