Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1984 Financial Statements Aggregate Balance Sheet

As at 30 June 1984

1983 $'000 Liabilities   1984
$'000
49,428 Capital   49,428
4,342,828 Reserves   4,216,120
4,392,256 Capital and Reserves   4,265,548
6,413,641 Australian notes on issue   7,236,792
  Deposits by –    
  Trading banks –    
2,236,971 Statutory Reserve Deposits 2,409,053  
6,150 Other 12,648  
1,854 Savings banks 1,310  
  Governments and government instrumentalities–    
1,184,652 Commonwealth 1,489,373  
77,009 State 88,751  
525,825 Foreign governments, foreign institutions and international organisations (Note 7) 468,256  
34,576 Other depositors 42,825 4,512,216
351,747 Special Reserve – International Monetary Fund special drawing rights (Note 8)   304,547
  Other liabilities (Note 9) –    
215,891 Profit distribution payable to Commonwealth of Australia 478,747  
82,584 Other 90,320 569,067
15,523,156 Total   16,888,170
1983 $'000 Assets   1984
$'000
  Gold and foreign exchange (Note 3) –    
3,744,169 Gold 3,477,695  
104,513 International Monetary Fund special drawing rights 165,788  
6,902,806 Foreign exchange 8,617,631 12,261,114
  Commonwealth Government securities (Note 4) –    
1,304,480 Treasury notes 790,950  
2,167,313 Other securities 2,080,517 2,871,467
417,520 Loans, advances and bills discounted   748,791
165,165 Bank premises and other durable assets (Note 5)   169,915
605,355 Clearing items (remittances in transit, cheques and bills of other banks)   698,652
35,629 Australian notes and coin   67,271
76,206 Other assets   70,960
15,523,156 Total   16,888,170

R.A. Johnston
Chairman, Reserve Bank Board – 3 August 1984