Bank Financial Statement




Statement of the Amount of the Liabilities and Assets of the Union Bank of Australia, within the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ending 31st December, 1863.

Liabilities £ s. d. Assets £ s. d.
Notes in Circulation 193,187 7 9 Coined Gold and Silver and other Coined Metals 300,210 14 8
Bills in Circulation 39,460 19 1 Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars 14,944 17 3
Balances due to other Banks Notes and Bills of other Banks 2,542 10 2
Government Deposits 19,897 15 3 Balances due from other Banks 32,834 15 7
Other Deposits Landed Property 17,000 0 0
Not Bearing Interest 550,588 7 2 Amount of all other Securities:
Bearing Interest 194,181 9 8 1. Notes and Bills Discounted 696,794 18 11
2. Colonial Government Securities
3. Other Funded Securities
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of Debts abandoned as bad) 218,919 5 6
5. Securities not included under the above heads 7,842 18 9

Total Average Liabilities | £996,815 | 18 | 11 |
Total Average Assets | £1,291,090 | 0 | 10 |

Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at the close of the Quarter ended 30th June, 1863 ... £1,000,000 per annum.
Rate of the last Dividend declared to the Shareholders ... 16 per cent. per annum.
Amount of the last Dividend declared ... £80,000.
Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such Dividend ... £288,871 8s. 11d.

John Simpson, Assistant Inspector,
J. Howard, Accountant.

Dated at Auckland, this 3rd day of February, 1864.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1864, No 10





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💰 Union Bank of Australia Financial Statement

💰 Finance & Revenue
3 February 1864
Banking, Financial Statement, Liabilities, Assets, Union Bank of Australia, Auckland
  • John Simpson, Assistant Inspector
  • J. Howard, Accountant