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Appendix
(Chapter 3: Financial
Currency and
Currency in Circulation
XIV
Structure)
Banking Statistics
and Bank Deposits
305
Date
Number of reporting banks
Notes and coins in circulation (HK$ million)
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
34
783.3
1,267
928
173
166
111
109
114
125
31.12.1957
35
812.6
1,412
955
267
190
124
112
176
143
31.12.1958
36
827.6
1,583
988
351
244
139
116
231
183
31.12.1959
41
896.2
2,056
1,205
482
369
181
141
317
277
31.12.1960
47
984.0
2,682
1,393
752
537
236
163
495
404
31.12.1961
59
1,026.7
3,367
1,470
1,234
663
296
173
812
498
31.12.1962
63
1,123.7
4,311
1,664
1,768
879
379
195
1,163
661
31.12.1963
67
1,229.8
5,425
1,997
2,283
1,145
477
234
1,502
861
31.12.1964
69
1,399.5
6,568
2,237
2,810
1,521
578
263
1,849
1,144
31.12.1965
78
1,739.8
7,251
2,532
3,099
1,620
638
297
2,039
1,218
31.12.1966
76
1,852.4
8,405
2,681
3,742
1,982
739
315
2,462
1,490
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
Assets
Loans and Advances (HK$ million)
Investments (HK$ million)
Index of Loans and Advances 31st December 1955=100
'Liquidity Ratio' (i.e. cash and net balances with other banks expressed as percentage of total deposits)
term claims
(HK$ million)
31.12.1955
31.12.1956
31.12.1957
31.12.1958
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%
31.12.1959
41
86
4.2%
775
37.7%
1,373
66.8%
133
6.5%
217
41.9%
31.12.1960
47
136
5.1%
930
34.6%
1,720
64.1%
166
6.2%
272
39.7%
31.12.1961
59
114
3.4%
1,041
30.9%
2,334
69.3%
232
6.9%
369
34.3%
31.12.1962
63
162
3.8%
1,482
34.4%
2,849
66.1%
191
4.4%
45.1
38.1%
31.12.1963
67
210
3.7%
1,831
33.8%
3,642
67.1%
187
3.4%
576
37.5%
31.12.1964
...
69
238
3.6%
1,577
24.0%
4,586
69.8%
271
4.1%
726
27.6%
31.12.1965
78
221
3.0%
2,133
29.4%
5,038
69.5%
527
7.3%
797
32.5%
31.12.1966
76
232
2.8%
2,862
34.1%
5,380
64.0%
537
6.4%
851
36.8%
Figures in Italics=
percentage of total deposits.