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).