Banking Financial Statement




Statement of the Average Amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New South Wales, within the Colony of New Zealand, during the Quarter ended the thirtieth day of June, 1864.

Liabilities

£ s. d.
Notes in Circulation 168,490 9 4
Bills in Circulation 446 14 7
Balances due to other Banks 15,619 0 2
Government Deposits
     Not bearing Interest 372,497 5 9
Other Deposits
     Bearing Interest 160,266 15 10

Average Total Liabilities | 717,350 | 5 | 8 |

Assets

£ s. d.
Coined Gold and Silver, and other Coined Metal 167,502 5 1
Gold and Silver in Bullion or Bars 29,101 7 4
Notes and Bills of other Banks 4,881 7 6
Balances due from other Banks 10,732 7 2
Landed Property 10,986 15 11
Amount of all other Securities:
1. Notes and Bills Discounted 481,863 8 9
2. Colonial Government Securities 153,020 15 11
3. Other Funded Securities ...
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of Debts abandoned as bad) 247,983 11 11
5. Securities not included under the above heads 127,468 0 5

Average Total Assets | 1,234,439 | 19 | 0 |


  • Amount of the Capital Stock paid up at date of last advices ... £250,000 0 0
  • Rate of the last Dividend declared to Shareholders: 15 per cent. per annum, and bonus 2½ per cent. = 20 per cent. per annum
  • Amount of the last Dividend declared ... £75,000 0 0
  • Amount of the Reserved Profits at the time of declaring such Dividend ... £38,896 15 8

Dated at Christchurch, this 23rd day of July, 1864.

J. R. Hill



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1864, No 35





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💰 Bank of New South Wales Liabilities and Assets Statement

💰 Finance & Revenue
23 July 1864
Banking, Financial Statement, Liabilities, Assets, Bank of New South Wales
  • J. R. Hill