Reserve Bank Financial Statements




14 JULY           THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE           1973

RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 1977

                1977    1976                1977    1976
                 $     $                  $     $
General charges including salaries, rent, cost of       Balance of profit after making provision for
note issues, overseas debt charges and other         rebate on bills not yet due and for sundry
expenses           66,529,341 49,886,992               liabilities and contingencies including loss
Balance of profit for year   16,948,790  3,763,438 on realisation of investments       83,478,131 53,650,430
               $83,478,131 $53,650,430                     $83,478,131 $53,650,430

PROFIT AND LOSS APPROPRIATION ACCOUNT

                1977    1976                1977    1976
                 $     $                  $     $
Transfer to investment reserve  6,141,830  3,763,438 Net profit for year ended 31 March     16,948,790  3,763,438
Transfer to building reserve  2,000,000  ..
Adjustment in respect of compensation received
under sterling guarantee agreement (relating
to prior year)         1,899,519  ..
Balance at end of year     6,907,441  ..
               $16,948,790 $3,763,438                     $16,948,790 $3,763,438

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 1977

                1977    1976                1977    1976
                 $     $                  $     $
Notes in circulation      401,012,987 375,464,530 Gold                     704,991  704,991
Demand deposits—                    Overseas assets—
(a) State           181,635,014 151,607,922 (a) Current accounts and
(b) Banks           60,637,037 101,307    short-term bills     239,204,270 209,165,058
(c) Marketing accountants    28,355,063 19,066,637 (b) Investments (see Note
(d) Other           568,462,673 491,289,062   1 (c))          34,215,243 67,436,537
                            (c) Holdings of special
                             drawing rights       21,175,956  9,660,525
               839,089,787 662,064,928                     294,595,469 286,262,140

Liabilities in currencies other than New Zealand
currency—                        New Zealand coin              10,917,820 10,111,236
(a) Demand           298,080   706,131 Discounts                  6,755,407  5,023,819
(b) Time           289,733,245 194,559,975 Advances—
                            (a) To the State        501,113   805,005
               290,031,325 195,266,106 (b) To marketing accounts  439,795,611 388,948,320
Allocation of special drawing rights by I.M.F. 83,758,146 78,446,931 (c) Export credits       28,230,320 22,049,633
Other liabilities        31,799,621 19,486,302 (d) Other            3,770,161 18,858,570
Capital accounts—                                        472,297,205 430,661,528
(a) General Reserve Fund     3,000,000  3,000,000
(b) Other reserves       32,711,751 24,702,169
                35,711,751 27,702,169 Investments in New Zealand—
                            New Zealand Government Securities (see
Profit and Loss Appropriation Account 6,907,441  ..   Note 1 (c))         807,956,223 552,359,306
                            Other assets         95,083,943 73,247,946
               $1,688,311,058 $1,358,370,966                  $1,688,311,058 $1,358,370,966

Notes: 1. Statement of accounting policies—The particular accounting policies adopted by the Bank which significantly affect the measurement and reporting of its results and financial position on an historical cost basis are as follows:
(a) Foreign currency translations: Overseas assets and liabilities at balance date are converted to New Zealand currency using the appropriate telegraphic transfer rates ruling at 31 March 1977.
(b) Fixed assets and depreciation policy: The Bank's buildings at Wellington and Christchurch are depreciated over their estimated economic life on a straight line basis at the rate of 1% per annum. The Bank's existing building at Auckland has been fully written off whilst preliminary expenditure on a new building is reflected at cost. The cost of all land acquired has been written off in prior years. All other fixed assets are similarly treated in the year of acquisition.
(c) Investments: Overseas investments are shown in the balance sheet at the New Zealand equivalent of foreign currency cost, NZ$34.2 million (market value at balance date NZ$31.3 million). New Zealand investments are shown at the lower of cost or market value (market value $810.2 million).
(d) Exchange rate fluctuations: The profit or loss arising from appreciation or depreciation of the Bank's net overseas assets due to movements in the basic exchange rate is settled with Treasury in terms of section 26 of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1964. The loss in respect of the year ended 31 March 1977, subject to such settlement, was $NZ32,365,620.
2. Contingent Liability—In respect of an investment of 250,000 £stg 1 shares in the Commonwealth Development Finance Co. Limited, of which 50p. per share is uncalled. New Zealand equivalent $223,654.

E. D. VALLANCE, Chief Accountant.

R. W. R. WHITE, Governor. 30 June, 1977.
D. L. WILKS, Deputy Governor. 30 June, 1977.

REPORT OF THE AUDITORS TO THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND

We have audited the accounts of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand for the year ended 31 March 1977, and have obtained all the information and explanations we have required.

In our opinion the above balance sheet and profit and loss account are properly drawn up so as to give respectively a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Bank as at 31 March 1977 and of its results for the year then ended.

CLARKE MENZIES & CO. } Chartered Accountants.
HUTCHISON, HULL & CO. }

Wellington, New Zealand, 2 June 1977.



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