Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1981 Financial Statements Balance Sheet - Central Banking Business
At 30 June 1981
| Liabilities |
1981 $'000 |
1980 $'000 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital | 40,000 | 40,000 | |
| Reserves — | |||
| Reserve Bank Reserve Fund | 5,568 | ||
| Reserves for contingencies and general purposes (Note 5) | 1,373,387 | 1,378,955 | 1,668,598 |
| Deposits by — | |||
| Trading banks — Statutory Reserve Deposits | 1,846,146 | 1,376,089 | |
— Other |
8,955 | 9,570 | |
| Savings banks | 128,806 | 553,331 | |
| Overseas governments and institutions (Note 7) | 169,639 | 358,228 | |
| Governments and government instrumentalities | |||
— Commonwealth |
746,976 | 442,595 | |
— State |
108,994 | 104,120 | |
| Note Issue Department | 1,441,219 | 827,279 | |
| Other | 18,771 | 15,303 | |
| Special Reserve — International Monetary Fund special drawing rights (Note 8) | 388,066 | 389,572 | |
| Other liabilities (Note 9) | 175,308 | 108,743 | |
| Total | 6,451,835 | 5,893,428 | |
| Assets |
1981 $'000 |
1980 $'000 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold and foreign exchange (Note 2) — | ||
| Gold | 1,090,431 | 1,511,342 |
| International Monetary Fund special drawing rights | 45,667 | 30,113 |
| Foreign exchange holdings | 2,193,759 | 1,317,986 |
| Australian government securities (Note 3) — | ||
| Treasury bills | 650,685 | 917,783 |
| Treasury notes | 232,301 | 141,416 |
| Other Commonwealth securities | 736,227 | 848,921 |
| Loans, advances and bills discounted — | ||
| Rural Credits Department | 275,611 | 159,421 |
| Other (Note 10) | 474,731 | 355,615 |
| Bank premises (Note 4) | 79,307 | 77,794 |
| Clearing items (remittances in transit, cheques and bills of other banks) | 594,477 | 465,750 |
| Australian notes and coin | 46,818 | 36,572 |
| Other assets | 31,821 | 30,715 |
| Total | 6,451,835 | 5,893,428 |
H.M. Knight
Chairman, Reserve Bank Board — 31 July 1981