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, 1931.

LIABILITIES.

Banks. Notes in Circulation. Bills in Circulation. Balances due to other Banks. Deposits. Transfers from Long-term Mortgage Department. Total Liabilities.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Government. Not bearing Interest. Bearing Interest. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand .. 3,398,324 0 0 99,983 0 0 132,289 0 0 2,694,561 0 0 7,879,211 0 0 16,840,878 0 0 43,573 0 0 31,088,819 0 0
Union Bank of Australia, Ltd. 414,924 0 0 54,121 0 0 223,064 0 0 187 0 0 1,802,313 0 0 3,830,211 0 0 .. 6,324,820 0 0
Bank of New South Wales.. 394,907 18 5 7,846 17 9 695,399 8 2 .. 1,744,778 19 2 4,060,930 2 3 .. 6,903,863 5 9
Bank of Australasia .. 317,877 17 8 9,595 6 7 915,307 13 10 .. 1,576,501 16 7 2,941,369 15 6 .. 5,760,652 10 2
National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd. 888,459 0 0 11,923 0 0 .. .. 2,826,363 0 0 5,840,242 0 0 .. 9,566,987 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Ltd. 170,049 0 0 3,237 0 0 .. 38 0 0 761,493 0 0 666,925 0 0 .. 1,601,742 0 0
Totals .. 5,584,541 16 1 186,706 4 4 1,966,060 2 0 2,694,786 0 0 16,590,660 15 9 34,180,555 17 9 43,573 0 0 61,246,883 15 11

ASSETS.

Banks. Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined Metals. Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars. Legal Tender Notes of other Banks. Notes and Bills of other Banks. Balance due from other Banks. Landed Property. Notes and Bills discounted. Government Securities. Other Funded Securities. 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 N.Z. .. 2,340,358 0 0 3,233 0 0 20,204 0 0 173,813 0 0 334,638 0 0 472,631 0 0 416,999 0 0 2,671,066 0 0 601,144 23,218,051 0 0 113,757 0 0 30,365,894 0 0
Union Bank of Australia, Ltd. 958,664 0 0 .. 2,608 0 0 57,262 0 0 619 0 0 30,000 0 0 24,302 0 0 .. 76,695 5,849,588 0 0 23,054 0 0 7,022,792 0 0
Bank of N.S.W. 1,507,276 18 2 4,316 10 0 5,002 16 11 1,004 3 1 61,532 5 11 196,767 14 7 105,045 13 2 247,000 0 0 .. 6,023,844 7 0 50,367 17 0 8,202,158 5 10
Bank of Austl'sia 999,901 11 3 .. 2,043 11 8 47,061 10 1 .. 32,016 8 6 72,274 9 0 122,199 0 0 .. 4,809,103 18 10 793 4 11 6,085,393 14 3
National Bank of N.Z., Ltd. 899,024 0 0 3,912 0 0 12,387 0 0 110,038 0 0 1,468,615 0 0 442,994 0 0 64,405 0 0 1,341,051 0 0 .. 8,887,922 0 0 216,800 0 0 13,447,148 0 0
Commercial Bank of Aust., Ltd. 225,646 0 0 .. 1,759 0 0 45,479 0 0 128,154 0 0 102,946 0 0 26,527 0 0 119,725 0 0 .. 1,435,495 0 0 1,540 0 0 2,087,271 0 0
Totals .. 6,930,870 9 5 11,461 10 0 44,004 8 7 434,657 13 2 1,993,558 5 11 1,277,355 3 1 709,553 2 2 4,501,041 0 0 677,839 50,224,004 5 10 406,312 1 11 67,210,657 0 1

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. £ s. d.
Bank of New Zealand—
4-per-cent. stock guaranteed by the Government of N.Z. 529,988 0 0 Interest for six months was paid on 1st May, 1931 .. 10,599 0 0
Preference A shares issued to the New Zealand Government 500,000 0 0 Ten per cent. per annum .. 50,000 0 0
C long-term mortgage shares issued to the N.Z. Government 234,375 0 0 Six per cent. per annum .. 14,062 10 0
D long-term mortgage shares 468,750 0 0 Seven and one-half per cent. per annum .. 35,156 5 0
Preference B shares issued with bonus to the N.Z. Government.. 1,375,000 0 0 Equal, with bonus, to thirteen and two-elevenths per cent. per annum .. 181,250 0 0
Ordinary shares with bonus of one per cent. .. 3,750,000 0 0 Equal, with bonus of one per cent., to fourteen and one-third per cent. per annum 537,500 0 0 4,201,001 0 0
Union Bank of Australia, Ltd. 4,000,000 0 0 Four per cent. per annum .. 80,000 0 0 4,850,000 0 0
Bank of New South Wales .. 7,500,000 0 0 Nine and three-quarters per cent. per annum .. 731,250 0 0 6,150,000 0 0
Bank of Australasia.. 4,500,000 0 0 Ten per cent. per annum .. 174,375 0 0 4,667,027 7 4
National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd. .. 2,000,000 0 0 Eight per cent. per annum .. 80,000 0 0 2,248,457 0 0
Commercial Bank of Australia, Ltd. { Ordinary.. 2,000,000 0 0 Ten per cent. per annum .. 100,000 0 0 ..
{ Preference 2,117,350 0 0 Four per cent. per annum .. 42,347 0 0 2,315,335 10 8

The Treasury, Wellington, 12th October, 1931. A. D. PARK, Secretary to the Treasury.



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💰 Bank of New South Wales Quarterly Financial Statement (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
12 October 1931
Bank of New South Wales, Liabilities, Assets, Quarterly Statement, September 1931
  • A. D. Park, Secretary to the Treasury