Appendix
(Chapter 3:
XIV
Financial Structure)
Currency and
'
Banking Statistics
295
Currency in Circulation
Date
Number of reporting banks
Notes and coins in circulation (HK$ million)
and Bank Deposits
Deposits (HK$ million)
Index of Deposits
31st December 1955-100
Total
Demand
Time
Savings
Total
Demand
Time
Savings
31.12.1955
34
771.7
1,137
852
152
133
100
100
100
100
31.12.1956
31.12.1957
31.12.1958
31.12.1959
34
783.3
1,267
928
173
166
111
109
114
125
35
812.6
1,412
955
267
190
124
112
176
143
36
827.6
1,583
988
351
244
139
116
231
183
:
31.12.1960
31.12.1961
31.12.1962
31.12.1963
31.12.1964
31.12.1965
:
:
:
:
41
896.2
2,056
1,205
482
369
181
141
317
277
47
984.0
2,682
1,393
752
537
236
163
495
404
59
1,026.7
3,367
1,470
1,234
663
296
173
812
498
63
1,123.7
4,311
1,664
1,768
879
379
195
1,163
661
67
1,229.8
5,425
1,997
2,283
1,145
477
234
1,502
861
69
1,399.5
6,568
2,237
2,810
1,521
578
263
1,849
1,144
:
78
1,739.8
7,251
2,532
3,099
1,620
638
297
2,039
1,218
Date
Number of reporting
banks
Cash (i.e. legal tender notes and
coins in hand) (HK$ million)
Banking
NET balances with other banks (including Head
Offices or Branches outside Hong Kong)
& other short term claims (HK$ million)
Assets
Index of Loans
Loans and Advances (HK$ million)
Investments (HK$ million)
and Advances 31st December 1955=100
'Liquidity Ratio' (i.e. cash and net balances with other banks expressed as
percentage of total deposits)
31.12.1955
31.12.1956
***
31.12.1957
31.12.1958
31.12.1959
31.12.1960
...
31.12.1961
31.12.1962
31.12.1963
31.12.1964
31.12.1965
:
.
:
:.
:
:
25
34
144
12.7%
459
40.4%
632
55.6%
96
8.4%
100
53.3%
34
97
7.7%
541
42.7%
769
60.7%
98
7.7%
122
50.4%
35
118
8.4%
578
40.9%
865
61.3%
101
7.2%
137
49.3%
36
84
5.3%
730
46.1%
919
58.1%
121
7.6%
145
51.4%
==
41
86
4.2%
775
37.7%
1,373
66.8%
133
6.5%
217
41.9%
47
136
5.1%
930
34.6%
1,720
64.1%
166
6.2%
272
39.7%
59
114
3.4%
1,041
30.9%
2,334
69.3%
232
6.9%
369
34.3%
63
162
3.8%
1,482
34.4%
2,849
66.1%
191
4.4%
451
38.1%
67
210
3.7%
1,831
33.8%
3,642
67.1%
187
3.4%
576
37.5%
69
238
3.6%
1,577
24.0%
4,586
69.8%
271
4.1%
726
27.6%
:
:
78
221
3.0%
2,133
29.4%
5,038
69.5%
527
7.3%
797
32.5%
Figures in Italics
percentage of total deposits.
Note:
The average level of liquidity of all incorporated banks during December 1965, measured in
accordance with the provisions of the Banking Ordinance 1964, amounted to 43.8 of deposit liabilities.