Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1981 Financial Statements Balance Sheets - Note Issue Department

As at 30 June 1981

Note Issue Department
Liabilities
 
1981
$'000
1980
$'000
Reserves for contingencies and general purposes (Note 5) 1,662,704 2,279,831
Australian notes on issue 5,094,126 4,549,279
Provision for notes not presented (Note 11) 12,528 12,024
Other liabilities 11,161 5,699
Total 6,780,519 6,846,833
Assets
 
1981
$'000
1980
$'000
Gold and foreign exchange (Note 2) —
Gold 2,093,624 2,605,485
Foreign exchange holdings 30,876 39,333
Australian government securities (Note 3) —
Treasury bills 1,249,315 1,582,217
Treasury notes 446,019 243,794
Other Commonwealth securities 1,413,554 1,463,500
Deposit with Central Bank 1,441,219 827,279
Bank premises (Note 4) 52,668 34,306
Other assets 53,244 50,919
Total 6,780,519 6,846,833

H.M. Knight
Chairman, Reserve Bank Board — 31 July 1981