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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 19, 10 June 1914, Page 4

AGGREGATE BALANCE-SHEET Of the ► ANK OF "VTEW COUTH TTfTALES, F "VTEW QOUI MARCH 31, 1914. LIABILITIES. £ s. d. I Notes in circulation... 277,874 0 0! Deposits, accrued interest, and rebate ... 36,699,815 12 11 36,977,689 12 11 Bills payable and other liabilities (which include reserves held for doubtful debts and amounts at , credit of Invest ments Fluctuation Account, Officers' Fidelity Guarantee and Provident Fund, the Buckland Fund, and amounts due to other Banks) 6,739,876 6 11 Paid-up capital Reserve Fund Profit and loss £344,405 Is lOd (less interim dividend to Dec. 31, 1913, £87,500) 3,500,000 0 0 2,350,000 0 0 256,905 1 10 Coin, Bullion, and Cash Balances Australian Commonwealth Notes Queensland Govern-ment-Notes Notes of other Banks Money at short call in London Investments— British and Colonial Government Securities Municipal and other Securities Due by other Banks... Bills receivable in London and Remittances in transit ... 11,230,854 16 4 1,239,858 10 0 22 0 0 6,245 0 0 2,395,000 0 0 2,960,313 9 3 286,014 2 11 173,036 3 8 5,923,720 11 11 £50,845,720 9 6 24,215,064 4 1 Bills Discounted .and Loans and Advances to Customers 24,829,406 7 7 Bank Premises 780,000 0 0 £49,824,471 1 8 £49,824,471 1 8 Contingent Liabili- Liabilities of Customties— ers and others on Outstanding credits Letters of Credit as per contra ... 1,021,249 710 as per contra 1,021,249 710 £50,845,720 9 6 PROFIT AND LOSS, MARCH 31, 1914. To Interim Dividend for Quarter ended Dec. 31, 1913, at 10 per cent., per annum, paid in terms of Clause CV. of Deed of Settlement Balance proposed to be dealt with as follows : To Quarter's Dividend to" March 31, at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum ... To Augmentation of the Reserve Fund... To Balance carried forward 87,600 0 0 100,000 0 0 69,405 1 10 £344,405 1 10 By Amount from last Account 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 and Doubtful Debts, and fluctuations in the value of Investment Securities; and including recoveries from debts previously written off as bad 275,746 16 9 £344,405 1 10 RESERVE FUND, MARCH 31, 1914. To Balance (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.) I Cr. I e. d. 2,450,000 0 0 By Balance 2,350,000 0 0 „ Amount from Profit and Loss 100,000 0 0 £2,450,000 0 0 By Balance £2,450,000 0 0 .£2,450,000 0 0 J. RUSSELL FRENCH, General Manager. W. E. SOUTHERDEN, Chief Accountant. . Audited May 15. 1914. ALFRED G. MILSON, HARRINGTON PALMER, Auditors.

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