COMMERCIAL BANKING COMPANY OF SYDNEY.
This Company was established in 1834, and incorporated in IS4B. There is a London Directory, with Sir J. A. Youl as Chairman, the London office being at 18 Birchin Lane, E.C. The capital is £600,003 in fully paid shares of £25, and the shareholders are liable for a further equal amount. From 1875 to June, 1391, a dividend of 25 per cent, per annum was regularly paid, and in the latter year the £25 shares were quoted at £118. A dividend of 25 per cent, was again declared at the eighty-ninth halfyearly meeting held in Sydney on 20th January last. This absorbed £75,000; the sum of £10,000 was carried to the reserve fund, and an undivided balance of £9857 Is 5d was carried forward. The following statement was submitted of the LIABILITIES AND ASSETS. (Including London branch to 51st December, by cable). Dr. " £ s. d. Capital 600,000 0 0 Reserve ... ... 680,000 0 0 Reserve for equalisation of dividends... ... 150,000 0 0 Notes in circulation ... 477,803 0 0 Bills in circulation ... 566,588 14 2 Deposits and other liabilities ... .« 11,444,743 11 4 Profit and loss account ... 105,902 8 10 £14,025,042 14 4 Cr. Coin and bullion in hand, and cash at bankers .», 1,702,511 8 0 Government securities .... 885,800 0 0 Notes and bills of other Banks 26,209 4 11 Bills discounted, and all debts due to the Bank, including remittances to London in transit ... 11,016,522 1 5 Bank premises, furniture, &c. .„ ... 394,000 0 0 £14,025,042 14 4
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Press, Volume L, Issue 8484, 16 May 1893, Page 5
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