Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1982 Financial Statements Balance Sheet - Central Banking Business
As at 30 June 1982
| Liabilities |
1982 $'000 |
1981 $'000 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital | 40,000 | 40,000 | |
| Reserves – | |||
| Reserve Bank Reserve Fund | 5,568 | ||
| Reserves for contingencies and general purposes (Note 6) | 1,114,188 | 1,119,756 | 1,378,955 |
| Deposits by – | |||
| Trading banks – Statutory Reserve Deposits | 2,118,376 | 1,846,146 | |
| – Other | 22,968 | 8,955 | |
| Savings banks | 195,291 | 128,806 | |
| Overseas governments and institutions (Note 8) | 445,106 | 169,639 | |
| Governments and government instrumentalities | |||
| – Commonwealth | 826,677 | 746,976 | |
| – State | 65,708 | 108,994 | |
| Note Issue Department | 2,515,233 | 1,441,219 | |
| Other | 23,661 | 18,771 | |
| Special Reserve – International Monetary Fund special drawing rights (Note 9) | 352,301 | 388,066 | |
| Other liabilities (Note 10) | 250,412 | 175,308 | |
| Total | 7,975,489 | 6,451,835 | |
| Assets |
1982 $'000 |
1981 $'000 |
|---|---|---|
| Gold and foreign exchange (Note 3) – | ||
| Gold | 908,131 | 1,090,431 |
| International Monetary Fund special drawing rights | 8,261 | 45,667 |
| Foreign exchange holdings | 4,047,678 | 2,193,759 |
| Australian government securities (Note 4) – | ||
| Treasury bills | 520,145 | 650,685 |
| Treasury notes | 432,528 | 232,301 |
| Other Commonweakh securities | 819,996 | 736,227 |
| Loans, advances and bills discounted – | ||
| Rural Credits Department | 267,111 | 275,611 |
| Other (Note 11) | 209,281 | 474,731 |
| Bank premises and other durable assets (Note 5) | 85,176 | 83,002 |
| Clearing items (remittances in transit, cheques and bills of other banks) | 598,389 | 594,477 |
| Australian notes and coin | 47,589 | 46,818 |
| Other assets | 31,204 | 28,126 |
| Total | 7,975,489 | 6,451,835 |
H.M. Knight
Chairman, Reserve Bank Board – 30 July 1982