Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1992 Financial Statements Bank Premises and Other Durable Assets

Note 6 Bank Premises and Other Durable Assets

1990/91
$'000
  1991/92
$'000
  Premises
488,756 Opening balance 492,169
4,927 Net expenditure in year 2,462
493,683 Total 494,631
– Accumulated depreciation prior to revaluation (25,316)
  Book valuation prior to revaluation 469,315
(1,514) Net revaluation adjustments (including currency translation) (158,234)
492,169 Total 311,081
(18,816) Accumulated depreciation –
473,353 As at 30 June 311,081

As recorded in Note 1(d), the triennial revaluation of Bank premises took place in 1991/92. Amounts written off Bank premises in terms of section 78 of the Reserve Bank Act were $6.500 million ($6.466 million in 1990/91) and are included in the figure of accumulated depreciation prior to revaluation.

1990/91
$'000
Other Durable Assets 1991/92
$'000
77,510 Opening balance 99,649
22,139 Net expenditure in year 3,495
99,649 Total 103,144
(52,522) Accumulated depreciation (61,018)
47,127 As at 30 June 42,126