Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1970 Financial Statements Aggregate Balance Sheet
As at 30 June 1970
| Liabilities | 1970 | 1969 |
|---|---|---|
| Capital | 49,428,000 | 49,428,000 |
| Reserve Funds | 35,722,410 | 31,145,381 |
| Special Reserve — International Monetary Fund special drawing rights | 74,995,029 | — |
| Australian notes on issue | 1,195,801,548 | 1,091,479,669 |
| Deposits, bills payable and all other liabilities (including amounts provided for contingencies) | 1,806,966,239 | 1,582,893,525 |
| Total | $3,162,913,226 |
| Assets | 1970 | 1969 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold, and balances held abroad (including money at short call and treasury bills) | 870,058,671 | 753,546,891 |
| International Monetary Fund special drawing rights | 78,566,458 | — |
| Other overseas securities | 369,533,352 | 430,093,077 |
| Australian notes and coin | 12,613,532 | 8,448,653 |
| Australian Government securities (including treasury bills) | 1,179,993,944 | 843,345,006 |
| Cheques and bills of other banks | 7,978,133 | 10,811,530 |
| Loans, advances and bills discounted (after deducting provisions for debts considered bad or doubtful) | 488,717,502 | 585,795,216 |
| Bank premises (at cost less amounts written off) | 36,683,746 | 35,279,033 |
| Bills receivable and remittances in transit | 81,125,817 | 51,065,057 |
| All other assets | 37,642,071 | 36,562,112 |
| Total | $3,162,913,226 | $2,754,946,575 |
Note. Inter-departmental accounts totalling $594,753,040 have been offset.—($744,853,046—30/6/69).