Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1991 Financial Statements Balance Sheet

As at 30 June 1991

1990
$'000 		Liabilities
  		  1991
$'000
40,000 Capital   40,000
  Reserves:    
208,461 Reserve Bank Reserve Fund (Note 3) 293,461  
239,743 Reserve for Contingencies and General Purposes (Note 1(e), 3) 2,205,699  
3,554,430 Asset revaluation reserves (Note 1(e), 3) 4,359,161 6,858,321
4,042,634 Capital and reserves   6,898,321
12,980,561 Australian notes on issue (Note 1(g))   14,793,278
  Deposits by:    
  Banks:    
2,715,476 Non-callable deposits 2,545,182  
819,476 Other 18,576  
  Governments and government instrumentalities:    
1,021,801 Commonwealth 2,465,882  
247,628 State 98,719  
364,757 Foreign governments, foreign institutions and international organisations 638,741  
25,834 Other depositors 25,538 5,792,638
258,561 Special Reserve – International Monetary Fund special drawing rights (Note 4)   226,160
  Other liabilities:    
274,740 Profit distribution payable to Commonwealth of Australia 1,103,319  
1,944,989 Provisions (Note 1(f), 5) 94,790  
197,507 Other (Note 7) 47,276 1,245,385
24,893,964 Total   28,955,782
1990
$'000 		Assets
  		  1991
$'000
  Gold and foreign exchange (Note 1(b)):    
3,541,149 Gold 3,804,371  
17,919,620 Foreign exchange 19,821,178 23,625,549
  Commonwealth Government securities (Note 1(c)):    
377,922 Treasury notes 101,942  
1,609,208 Other securities 2,665,060 2,767,002
115,070 Loans, advances and bills discounted   91,306
507,755 Bank premises and other durable assets (Note 1(d), 6)   520,480
666,506 Clearing items (remittances in transit, cheques and bills of other banks) (Note 8)   1,812,126
90,985 Australian notes and coin   80,413
65,749 Other assets (Note 9)   58,906
24,893,964 Total   28,955,782

B.W. Fraser
Chairman, Reserve Bank Board – 6 August 1991