LIABILITIES.
STERLING EQUIVALENT.
UTHORISED CAPITAL:-
31st. December 1931.
DOLLARS.
CASH :-
400,000 Shares of $125 each
50,000,000
SSUED AND PAID UP CAPITAL:- 160,000 Shares of $125 each
£1,437,500. 0. 0
$20,000,000.00
ESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS :— $125 per Share on 160,000 Shares issued
$ 20,000,000
ASSETS.
(Including $57,500,000 Coin lodged with the Hong Kong Government and $8,700,000 Coin lodged with H.B.M. Consul-General, Shanghai, against authorised and/or excess note circula- tion).
BULLION IN HAND AND IN TRANSIT: (Including $47,400,000 Bullion lodged with Hong Kong Government against authorised and/or excess note circulation)
STERLING EQUIVALENT.
DOLLARS.
£10,188,903.15. 2
$141,758,661,02
5,221,591. 3. 9
72,648,225.18
TERLING RESERVE
ILVER RESERVE
6,500,000. 0. 0
718,750. 0. 0
90,434,782.55
10,000,000.00
BRITISH GOVERNMENT, INDIAN, COLONIAL AND OTHER SECURITIES
17,553,860. 9. 0
244,227,623,64
NOTES IN CIRCULATION :-
(Authorised and Additional
Issue against Securities, Bullion, and Coin amounting to $151,819,589.57 deposited with the Crown Agents for the Colonies, their Trustees, and the Hong Kong Government)
CURRENT ACCOUNTS.
TIXED DEPOSITS
9,288,789. 6.10
40,108,025. 7. 8
15,485,949.16. 8
129,235,330.00
558,024,700.98
215,456,693.32
BILLS DISCOUNTED, LOANS AND CREDITS. BILLS RECEIVABLE AND BALANCE OF REMITTANCES AND DRAFTS IN TRANSIT LIABILITIES OF CONSTITUENTS FOR AC- CEPTANCES PER CONTRA. BANK PREMISES
31,070,580. 3. 8
432,286,332.97
9,939,862.10. 0
138,293,739.12
78,394.17. 8
1,409,488. 9. G
1,090,711,41
19,610,274.49
BILLS PAYABLE :—
London
1,083,413. 7. 8
15,073,577.55
78,394.17. 8
761,858.12. 3
1,090,711.41
10,599,772.02
(Including Call Loans and Short Sight Drawings on London Office and Drafts on Bankers).
ACCEPTANCES ON ACCOUNT OF CONSTI- TUENTS
STERLING EXCHANGE TAKEN AT 1/54.
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
Liability on Bills of Exchange re-discounted, £1,864,777:17:8 of which £1,697,468:15:6 have since run off.
£75,462,681, 8. 9
$1,049,915,567.83
£75,462,681. 8. 9 $1,049,915,567.