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Gisborne Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4592, 22 June 1917, Page 4

Aggregate Balance Sheet of the Bank of Mew South Wales, March 31,1917

ASSETS'. £• s d loin, Bullion and Cash Balances- ... 11,253,056 3 10 aistrTn Common wealth Notes 'iji Government Notes Totes of other Banks Money at short oall in London investments — British and Colonial Gov. Securities ... Municipal & other Securities Due by other Banks Bills receivable in London and Kemittanoes in Transit s d 2,894,434 0 0 12,882 0 0 316,751 10 0 2,735,000 0 0 6,973,335 3 4 724,125 0 0 310,641 19 11 3,041,518 3 7 28,261,744 0 8 Wheat Scheme ... 89,870 5 2 Bills Discounted, and Loans , & Advanoes to Customers 26,225,426 19 11 Bank Premises ••• 830,000 0 U £55,407,041 5 9 [liabilities of Customers and others on Credit as per Contra 2,018,968 710 £57.426.009 13 7

Notes in Gir culation : ... LIABILITIES. £ S' d £ s d 525,239 0 0 Deposits, Accrued Inter- , est & Rebate 40,174,670 1 3 40,699.909 1 3 Bills Payable and other Liabilities (which inolude Reserves held for Doubtful Debts and Amounts at Credit of Investments Fluctuation Account, • Officers’ Fidelity Guaran- . tee and Provident Fund. The Buckland Fund, atnd amounts due to other Banks) 7,799,949 17 10 Paid-up ' „ oapital ... 3,894,980 0 0 Reserve Fund 2,725,000 o_o Q Q Profit & Loss 384,292 6 8 Less Interim Dividend to Dec. 31, 1916 97,090 0 0 287,202 6 8 £55,407,041 5 9 Contingent Liabilities— Oustanding Credits as per Contra 2,018,968 7 10 £57,426,009 13 7 ' =

J3r. PROFIT AND LOSS. 31st MARCH, 1917

£ s d To Interim Dividend for quarter ended 31st December, 1916, at 10 per cent, per annum, paid in terms of Clause OV. of Deed of Settlement out of the halfyear’s profits Balance proposed to be dealt with .as follows: — To Quarter’s Dividend to 31st Mar. 1917, at the rate of. 10 per cent per annum out of the half-year’s profits ... ... ... ” Augmentation of the Reserve Fund 75,000 0 " Balance carried forward 114,827 16 97,374 10 0 97,090 0 0 287,202 6 8 £384,292 6 8

By Amount from last A/c.... 105,241 16 11 ” Balance of Half-year’s Profits after deducting Rebate on Current Bills, Interest on Deposits, paying Note and other Taxes, reducing valuation of Bank Premises, providing for Bad ' ana Doubtful Debts, and fluctuations in the _ value of Investment Securities, and a bonus to the Staff; and including recoveries from Debts previously written off as bad 279,050 9 9 £584.292 6 8

RESERVE FUND, 31St MARCH, 1917. Dr.'

l’o Balance ... .. (Of which £750,000 is invested in British Government Securities, and £soft--000 in those of States where we are represented —in all, £1,250,000. The balance is employed in the business of the bank) £ s d ... 2,800,000 0 0 £2,800,000 0 0

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J. RUSSELL FRENCH, General Manager. ALFRED G. MILSON \V\ E. SOUTHERDEN, Chief Accountant. HARRINGTON PALMER Audited, 24 th May, 1917. Auditors.

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