Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1984 Financial Statements Balance Sheets - Central Banking Business

As at 30 June 1984

Central Banking Business
1983
$'000		 Liabilities
 		   1984
$'000
40,000 Capital   40,000
  Reserves –    
15,568 Reserve Bank Reserve Fund 30,568  
1,740,903 Reserves for contingencies and general purposes (Note 6) 1,689,920 1,720,488
1,796,471 Capital and Reserves   1,760,488
  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  
23,352 Other depositors 33,998 4,503,389
4,292,050 Funds of Note Issue Department   5,434,315
351,747 Special Reserve – International Monetary Fund special drawing rights (Note 8)   304,547
  Other liabilities (Note 9) –    
204,625 Profit distribution payable to Commonwealth of Australia 462,230  
37,913 Other 48,945 511,175
10,738,619 Total   12,513,914
1983
$'000		 Assets
 		   1984
$'000
  Gold and foreign exchange (Note 3) –    
1,402,079 Gold 1,262,210  
104,513 International Monetary Fund special drawing rights 165,788  
6,871,546 Foreign exchange 8,536,783 9,964,781
  Commonwealth Government securities (Note 4) –    
488,488 Treasury notes 287,071  
811,594 Other securities 755,112 1,042,183
  Loans, advances and bills discounted –    
222,518 Rural Credits Department 238,483  
79,599 Other (Note 10) 387,239 625,722
85,820 Bank premises and other durable assets (Note 5)   86,512
605,355 Clearing items (remittances in transit, cheques and bills of other banks)   698,652
35,629 Australian notes and coin   67,271
31,478 Other assets   28,793
10,738,619 Total   12,513,914

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