Reserve Bank of Australia Annual Report – 1990 Financial Statements Balance Sheet

Balance Sheet
As at 30 June 1990

1989
$'000		 Liabilities   1990
$'000
40,000 Capital   40,000
  Reserves:    
208,461 Reserve Bank Reserve Fund (Note 3) 208,461  
239,743 Reserve for Contingencies and General Purposes (Note 3) 239,743  
4,063,602 Asset Revaluation Reserves (Note 1(e), 3) 3,554,430 4,002,634
4,551,806 Capital and Reserves   4,042,634
12,346,467 Australian notes on issue (Note 1(f))   12,980,561
  Deposits by:    
  Banks:    
3,166,664 Non-callable deposits 2,715,476  
394,029 Other 819,476  
  Governments and government instrumentalities:    
1,593,472 Commonwealth 1,021,801  
42,137 State 247,628  
328,374 Foreign governments, foreign institutions and international organisations 364,757  
21,298 Other depositors 25,834 5,194,972
288,754 Special Reserve — International Monetary Fund special drawing rights (Note 4)   258,561
  Other liabilities:    
140,000 Profit distribution payable to Commonwealth of Australia 274,740  
1,677,278 Provisions (Note 1(f), 5) 1,944,989  
37,708 Other (Note 7) 197,507 2,417,236
24,587,987 Total   24,893,964
1989
$'000		 Assets   1990
$'000
  Gold and foreign exchange (Note 1(b)):    
3,860,851 Gold 3,541,149  
16,135,678 Foreign exchange 17,919,620 21,460,769
  Commonwealth Government securities (Note 1(c)):    
514,075 Treasury notes 377,922  
2,795,979 Other securities 1,609,208 1,987,130
169,243 Loans, advances and bills discounted   115,070
499,470 Bank premises and other durable assets (Note 1(d), 6)   507,755
453,844 Clearing items (remittances in transit, cheques and bills of other banks) (Note 8)   666,506
88,535 Australian notes and coin   90,985
70,312 Other assets (Note 9)   65,749
24,587,987 Total   24,893,964

B.W. Fraser
Chairman, Reserve Bank Board — 7 August 1990