Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1987 Financial Statements Balance Sheets - Central Banking Business

Balance Sheets
As at 30 June 1987

Central Banking Business
1986
$'000		 Liabilities   1987
$'000
40,000 Capital   40,000
  Reserves —    
115,568 Reserve Bank Reserve Fund 130,568  
4,346,650 Asset revaluation reserves (Note 1(a), (e), 3) 5,504,640 5,635,208
4,502,218 Capital and Reserves   5,675,208
  Deposits by —    
  Trading banks —    
3,289,464 Statutory Reserve Deposits 3,453,021  
22,083 Other 18,679  
1,633 Savings banks 4,548  
  Governments and government instrumentalities —    
2,023,714 Commonwealth 2,945,640  
100,662 State 81,306  
470,706 Foreign governments, foreign institutions and international organisations 496,971  
17,438 Other depositors 20,368 7,020,533
4,116,333 Funds of Note Issue Department (Note 1(a))   9,816,340
109,320 Funds of Rural Credits Department   142,795
370,959 Special Reserve — International Monetary Fund special drawing rights (Note 4)   359,347
  Other liabilities —    
1,520,860 Profit distribution payable to Commonwealth of Australia 1,492,508  
370,557 Provisions (Note 1(a), (f), 5) 1,371,701  
30,438 Other 35,692 2,899,901
16,946,385 Total   25,914,124
1986
$'000		 Assets   1987
$'000
  Gold and foreign exchange (Note 1(a), (b)) —    
1,995,934 Gold 4,950,684  
8,684,095 Foreign exchange 12,308,605 17,259,289
  Commonwealth Government securities (Note 1(a), (c)) —    
1,569,251 Treasury notes 1,146,660  
3,174,386 Other securities 6,049,935 7,196,595
101,946 Loans, advances and bills discounted (Note 7)   109,115
  Bank premises and other durable assets (Note 1(d), 6) —    
233,063 Premises 233,217  
8,122 Other durable assets 6,576 239,793
851,165 Clearing items (remittances in transit, cheques and bills of other banks)   666,210
155,636 Australian notes and coin   143,596
172,787 Other assets (Note 1(a), 8)   299,526
16,946,385 Total   25,914,124

R.A. Johnston
Chairman, Reserve Bank Board — 5 August 1987