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The Review of Reviews. 



AGGREGATE BALANCE SHEET 



OF THE 



Bank of New South Wales, 30th September, 1912. 



LIABILITIES. 



£ B. d. £ 8. 



Notes in Oirculation 289,595 



Deposits, AccJTied Interest, 



and K*bate 34,614,798 12 9 



34,904,393 12 



Bills Payable and other Liabilities (which 

 include K.eserve8 held for Doubtful Debts 

 and AjuouBts at Credit of Investments' 

 Fluctua,ticn Account, Officers' Fidelity 

 Guarantee and Prorident Fund and the 



Buekland Fund) 5,476,952 17 



Paid-up Capital 3,000,000 



Reserve Fnnd 2,085,000 8 



Profit and Loss 299,838 16 1 



. 5,384,838 16 



Centingent Liabilities- 

 Outstanding- Credits, as per Oontra 



d. 



£45.766,185 5 10 

 . 1,236,475 5 



£47,002,660 6 3 



ASSETS. 



£ s. d. 

 Coin, Bullion & Cash Balances 8,121,282 18 8 

 Australian Commonwealth 



Notes 1,185,636 



Queensland Government Notes 252 



Notes of other Banks 10,096 



Money at short call in London 1,840,000 

 Investments — British and 

 Colonial Gov- 

 e r n m. e n t 

 Securities .... 3,315,273 8 3 



,, Municipal and 

 other Securi- 

 ties 286,889 2 U 



Due by other Banks 115.385 18 9 



Bills Receivable in London 



and Remittancee in traneit 3,248,404 14 11 



S d. 



18.123.220 3 



Bills Discounted, and Loans and Advaaces 



to Customers 26,842,965 2 4 



Bank Premises 800,000 



£45,766,185 5 10 

 ' Liabilities of Customers and others on Letters 



of Ci-edit aa per Oontra 1.236,476 5 



£47,002,660 6 3 



Dr. PROFIT AND LOSS, 30th SEPTEMBER, 1912- 



Cr. 



Balance projpoged to lie dealt with as follows: 

 To Dividend at the rate of 10 per cent, per 

 annn» 



„ Augrmentation of the Reserve Fund . . . . 



„ Balance carried forward 



8. d. 



150.000 

 65.000 

 84,838 16 



£299,838 16 1 



By Amount from last Account 



,. Balance of Half-year's Profits after de- 

 ducting Rebate on Current Bills. In- 

 terest on Deposits, paying Note and 

 Other Taxes, reducing valuation of 

 Bank Premises, providing for Bad and 

 Doubtful Debts, and fluctuationBin the 

 value of Investment Securities; and in- 

 cluding recoveries from Debts pre- 

 viously written ofl as bad 



£ 8. d. 

 85,815 13 i 



214.023 3 



£299.838 16 1 



Dr. 



RESERVE FUND, 30th SEPTEMBER, 1912. 



Cr. 



To Balance 2.150,000 



(Of which £750,000 is invested in 

 British Government Securities, 

 and £500,000 in those of States 

 where we are represented — in 

 all, £1,250,000. The balance is 

 employed in the business of the 

 Bank.) 



8. d. 

 



£2.150.000 



By Balance 



., Amount from Profit and I>oss 



£ 8. 



2.085,000 

 65,000 



J. RUSSELL FRENCH. Gener.\l Manager 

 Vi-. E. SOUTHERDEN, Chief AccorNTAXx. 



Audited 19th November, 1912. 



d. 





 



£2.150.000 



By Balance £2.150,000 



HARRINGTON PALMER 1 



S. E. LAIDF.EY , AroiTORS. 



