Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1972 Financial Statements Aggregate Balance Sheet
As at 30 June 1972
| Liabilities | 1972 | 1971 |
|---|---|---|
| Capital | 49,428,000 | 49,428,000 |
| Reserve Funds | 36,197,176 | 40,543,021 |
| Special Reserve — International Monetary Fund special drawing rights | 201,615,909 | 138,581,999 |
| Australian notes on issue | 1,508,161,960 | 1,369,387,546 |
| Deposits, bills payable and all other liabilities (including amounts provided for contingencies) | 2,808,674,765 | 2,062,669,168 |
| Total | $4,604,077,810 | $3,660,609,734 |
| Assets | 1972 | 1971 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold, and balances held abroad (including money at short call and treasury bills) | 2,767,625,857 | 1,427,553,069 |
| International Monetary Fund special drawing rights | 209,469,932 | 146,436,022 |
| Other overseas securities | 610,914,957 | 542,084,358 |
| Australian notes and coin | 12,298,176 | 11,386,169 |
| Australian Government securities (including treasury bills) | 498,754,050 | 900,740,288 |
| Cheques and bills of other banks | 4,700,382 | 3,407,648 |
| Loans, advances and bills discounted (after deducting provisions for debts considered bad or doubtful) | 311,957,370 | 409,045,865 |
| Bank premises (at cost less amounts written off) | 43,466,121 | 38,551,838 |
| Bills receivable and remittances in transit | 96,325,113 | 135,360,253 |
| All other assets | 48,565,852 | 46,044,224 |
| Total | $4,604,077,810 | $3,660,609,734 |
NOTE: Inter-departmental accounts totalling $1,032,153,595 have been offset — ($695,553,751—30/6/71).