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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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