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TABLE 2
Liquidity of Official and Private Sterling Balances at 30th June 1967
Comm-
British Govern-
Treasury crcial
ment
U.K. Local Authority
Common-
wealth Sterling
Deposits
Bills
Bills
Stocks
Securities
Securities Total
Official balances
with Crown Agents
Note Security Fund
45.8
1
General Fund
.7
Special Fund
7.0
1
}
47.5
143.2
.5*
4.7*
194.2
4.8
3.3%
2.0%
10.8
3.8%
2.1%
6.9
151.8
3.8
8.8
211.9
Private balances
With London offices
of note-issuing banks
78.8
1
.3
26.7
105.8
With other banks in
United Kingdon
26.8
1.2
3.0
.2
1
31.2
With hire purchase
companies
1.9
I
1.9
107.5
1.2
3.3
26.9
Total balances
155.0
1.2
3.3
178.7
119
11
138.9
3.8
8.8
350.8
United Kingdom claims
Advances
and Overdrafts
Commercial bills and
promissory
notes
Acceptances
Total
7.7
4.5
9
13.1
*Excluded from standard series of "United Kingdom Sterling Liabilities and
Claims" (apart from 0.8 of deposits with United Kingdon local authorities in General Fund).
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