New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 41

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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, 1920.

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 ..	5,120,848 17 8	132,278 14 10	133,251 2 8	8,742,937 12 7	16,179,666 18 5	8,080,444 19 0	38,389,428 5 2
Union Bank of Australia, Limited ..	569,574 0 0	30,507 0 0	12,735 0 0	108 0 0	4,497,173 0 0	1,755,778 0 0	6,865,875 0 0
Bank of New South Wales ..	619,653 6 2	30,268 0 9	32,869 13 1	..	4,235,606 15 4	2,488,294 8 4	7,406,692 3 8
Bank of Australasia ..	421,677 4 7	32,336 13 1	..	..	3,776,178 6 2	1,076,673 13 8	5,306,865 17 6
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited ..	971,823 0 0	22,609 0 0	54,571 0 0	..	5,439,362 0 0	2,293,692 0 0	8,782,057 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited ..	61,983 3 2	4,454 10 1	..	..	686,908 15 9	155,311 18 4	908,658 7 4
Totals ..	7,765,559 11 7	252,453 18 9	233,426 15 9	8,743,045 12 7	34,814,895 15 8	15,850,194 19 4	67,659,576 13 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 ..	3,421,088 0 7	33,608 11 7	291,570 17 11	99,174 10 7	195,242 12 10	763,639 3 1	3,570,021 8 6	66,562 14 9	14,260,449 9 0	499,010 2 2	23,200,367 11 1
Union Bank of Australia, Limited	874,703 0 0	2,633 0 0	168,327 0 0	3,724 0 0	51,600 0 0	42,633 0 0	451,131 0 0	380,468 0 0	4,215,476 0 0	56,309 0 0	6,247,009 0 0
Bank of New South Wales ..	1,234,607 1 1	133,582 0 8	540 17 2	146,360 15 7	128,966 1 10	65,040 6 3	1,116,435 19 0	417,526 4 7	3,552,666 11 1	195,573 8 11	6,991,299 6 2
Bank of Australasia ..	966,331 0 0	199 7 8	104,148 1 0	..	10,092 11 4	113,837 3 3	154,763 1 11	250,661 6 0	3,842,074 4 3	10,616 2 6	5,452,722 17 11
National Bank of N.Z., Limited	1,000,445 0 0	22,271 0 0	224,066 0 0	14,366 0 0	151,698 0 0	198,090 0 0	1,268,933 0 0	13,846 0 0	4,487,119 0 0	14,134 0 0	7,394,968 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited	117,744 6 3	..	34,019 8 9	..	55,500 0 0	96,944 4 7	16,415 13 11	83,930 0 1	404,068 12 3	1,540 0 7	810,162 6 5
Totals ..	7,614,918 7 11	192,293 19 11	822,672 4 10	263,625 6 0	593,099 6 0	1,280,188 17 2	6,577,700 3 4	1,212,994 5 5	30,761,853 16 7	777,182 14 3	50,096,529 1 7

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	50,000 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	37,500 0 0	2,496,224 0 0
Ordinary shares ..	1,249,393	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
Union Bank of Australia, Limited ..	2,500,000	Fourteen per cent. per annum	175,000 0 0	2,570,000 0 0
Bank of New South Wales ..	4,000,000	Ten per cent. per annum	200,000 0 0	3,200,000 0 0
Bank of Australasia ..	2,000,000	Fourteen per cent. per annum, and bonus four per cent. per annum, equal to eighteen per cent. per annum	360,000 0 0	3,227,822 0 0
National Bank of New Zealand, Limited ..	1,000,000	Twelve per cent. per annum for half-year ..	60,000 0 0	1,144,932 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	13,060 2 2