INDICES ON BASE
Monthly Average
1949
Base
Monthly Average
1948
December
1949
244
Trade with East Asia:
Imports from
South East Asia...
Monthly Average, 1947 ($23,588,046)
100
$28,786,472
122.0
Exports to South East Asia
Imports from North East Asia
Monthly Average, 1947 ($39,420,509)
100
Monthly Average, 1947 ($31,839,967)
100
$53,029,843
134.5
$39,357,248
123.6
Exports to North East Asia
Monthly Average, 1947 ($22,239,874)
100
$28,230,441
126.9
271
Food & Fuel-
Monthly Average, 1947
Costs of Selected
($12.8461)
$13.0367
$14.1102
Commodities.
100
101.5
109.8
$33,768,329
143.1
$49,731,122
126.1
$57,117,475
179.3
$59,039,544
265.4
$51,692,547
162.3
$134,803,713
606.1
$15,4988
120.6
$59,674,640
252.9
$43,112,443
109.3
273
Retail Price
March, 1947
Index
100
December, 1947 88
December, 1948 92
112
291
Hong Kong
Cleaning House
Monthly Average, 1947
($549,587,015)
$688,971,976
Figures
100
125.3
293
Bank Notes in
December, 1947
Circulation
($675,162,086)
$769,154,069
(July-Dec.,)
$917,138,568
166.9
100
113.9
$839,329,774 124.3
323
Post Office
Monthly Average, 1947
Revenue
($624,946)
$805,582
100
128.9
$1,081,310
173.0
$946,435,949 172.2
$802,924,076 118.9
$1,448,785
231.8
Reference
No. of
Relevant
Table
173