Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1968 Annual Accounts Aggregate Balance Sheet

As at 30 June 1968

Liabilities   1968 1967
Capital   49,428,000 49,428,000
Reserve Funds   27,436,472 35,412,209
Special Reserve—Premium on gold sold   —— 9,509,909
Australian notes on issue   998,499,714 930,083,034
Deposits, bills payable and all other liabilities (including amounts provided for contingencies)   1,386,842,489 1,459,416,918
  Total $2,462,206,675 $2,483,850,070
Assets 1968 1967
Gold, and balances held abroad (including money at short call and treasury bills) 664,777,771 791,421,500
Other overseas securities 333,470,433 343,590,600
Australian notes and coin 9,460,582 12,435,566
Australian Government securities (including treasury bills) 1,037,222,090 812,355,548
Cheques and bills of other banks 7,986,983 9,206,921
Loans, advances and bills discounted (after deducting provisions for debts considered bad or doubtful) 284,247,863 413,729,640
Bank premises (at cost less amounts written off) 33,962,739 31,012,374
Bills receivable and remittances in transit 75,254,101 54,332,403
All other assets 15,824,113 15,765,518
  $2,462,206,675 $2,483,850,070

NOTE. Inter-departmental accounts totalling $243,994,733 have been offset.—($328,133,958—30/6/67).