RDP 1999-06: Two Depressions, One Banking Collapse Appendix B: Additional Data

Chay Fisher and Christopher Kent

June 1999

Table B1: Trading Banks Advances By State
Per cent of total, December 1891 versus December 1929
Bank Head Office NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NZ
BA Adelaide 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    2.1 2.5 0.2 90.7 4.5 0.0 0.0
Asia London 23.8 50.2 8.5 4.4 0.0 3.2 9.9
    33.9 32.8 6.2 4.1 5.5 2.0 15.5
BNSW Sydney 55.1 20.0 11.2 2.7 0.8 0.0 10.3
    50.1 13.4 9.1 1.9 13.6 0.4 11.5
CBC Sydney 89.1 0.0 10.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    69.0 24.3 5.8 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
CBoA Melbourne 16.1 73.3 4.0 4.7 1.9 0.0 0.0
    18.9 43.6 11.5 9.5 3.7 4.9 7.9
ESA London 38.6 43.9 1.9 15.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
    26.1 47.4 6.5 9.2 3.8 7.0 0.0
NBA Melbourne 4.6 67.6 0.0 19.6 8.2 0.0 0.0
    17.9 46.6 10.0 13.3 11.7 0.5 0.0
QNB Brisbane 1.8 0.0 98.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
    8.4 10.3 81.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
UBA London 31.6 27.8 13.8 5.2 3.1 4.2 14.4
    29.4 24.5 5.5 8.0 10.5 1.2 20.9
BNZ New Zealand 10.7 9.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 78.1
    6.9 13.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 79.2

Notes: BA – Bank of Adelaide. Asia – Bank of Australasia. BNSW – Bank of New South Wales. CBC – Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. CBoA – Commercial Bank of Australia. ESA – English, Scottish and Australian Bank. NBA – National Bank of Australasia. QNB – Queensland National Bank. UBA – Union Bank of Australia. BNZ – Bank of New Zealand.