Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1983 Financial Statements Balance Sheet - Central Banking Business

As at 30 June 1983

Central Banking Business
1982
$'000		 Liabilities
 		   1983
$'000
40,000 Capital   40,000
  Reserves –    
5,568 Reserve Bank Reserve Fund 15,568  
1,111,632 Reserves for contingencies and general purposes (Note 6) 1,740,903 1,756,471
1,157,200 Capital and Reserves   1,796,471
  Deposits by –    
  Trading banks    
2,118,376 – Statutory Reserve Deposits 2,236,971  
22,968 – Other 6,150  
195,291 Savings banks 1,854  
  Governments and government instrumentalities    
826,677 – Commonwealth 1,184,652  
65,708 – State 77,009  
445,106 Foreign governments, foreign institutions and international organisations (Note 8) 525,825  
23,661 Other depositors 23,352 4,055,813
2,520,803 Funds of Note Issue Department   4,292,050
352,301 Special Reserve – International Monetary Fund special drawing rights (Note 9)   351,747
  Other liabilities (Note 10) –    
204,966 Profit distribution payable to Commonwealth of Australia 204,625  
41,941 Other 37,913 242,538
7,974,998 Total   10,738,619
1982
$'000		 Assets
 		   1983
$'000
  Gold and foreign exchange (Note 3) –    
908,131 Gold 1,402,079  
8,261 International Monetary Fund special drawing rights 104,513  
4,047,678 Foreign exchange 6,871,546 8,378,138
  Australian government securities (Note 4) –    
520,145 Treasury bills —  
432,528 Treasury notes 488,488  
819,996 Other securities 811,594 1,300,082
  Loans, advances and bills discounted –    
266,620 Advances to Rural Credits Department 222,518  
209,281 Other (Note 11) 79,599 302,117
85,176 Bank premises and other durable assets (Note 5)   85,820
598,389 Clearing items (remittances in transit, cheques and bills of other banks)   605,355
47,589 Australian notes and coin   35,629
31,204 Other assets   31,478
7,974,998 Total   10,738,619

R.A. Johnston
Chairman, Reserve Bank Board – 29 July 1983