290
Appendix (Chapter 3: Financial
Currency and
19 Structure)
Banking Statistics
Currency in Circulation and Bank Deposits
Number of reporting banks
Notes and coins in circulation
291
Date
(HK$ million,
Deposits (HK$ million)
Index of Deposits
December 31, 1955-100
Total
Demand
Time
Savings
Totel
Demand
Time
Savings
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
31.12.1966
31.12.1967
31.12.1968
31.12.1969
31.12.1970
31.12.1971
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34
771.7
1,137
852
152
133
100
100
100
100
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
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
78
1,739.8
7,251
1,144
2,532
3,099
1,620
638
297
2,039
1,218
76
1,852.4
8,405
2,681
3,742
1,982
739
315
2,462
1,490
75
2,307.7
8,162
2,658
3,324
2,180
718
312
2,187
1,639
75
2,130.5
10,367
3,144
4,432
2,791
912
369
2,916
2,098
73
2,260.9
12,297
3,714
5,216
3,367
1,082
436
3,432
2,532
73
2,577.7
14,955
4,326
6,407
4,222
1,315
508
4,215
3,174
73
2,932.1
18,785
5,317
7,395
6,073
1,652
624
4,865
4,566
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
Assets
Loans and Advances
(HK$ million)
Investments (HK$ million)
Index of Loans and Advances December 31, 1955--100
'Liquidity Ratio' (i.e. cash and net balances with other banks expressed as percentage of total deposits)
53.3%
(HK$ million
31.12.1955
34
144
12.7%
459
40.4.
632
55.6%
96
8.4%
100
769
31.12.1956
34
97
7.7%
541
42.7
60.7%
98
7.7%
122
50.4%
865
31.12.1957
35
118
8.4%
578
40.9"
61.3%
101
7.2%
137
49.3%
919
31.12.1958
36
84
5.3%
730
46.1
58.1%
121
7.6%
145
51.4%
1,373
31.12.1959
41
86
4.2%
775
37.7
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%
451
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%
3,380
64.0%
537
6.4%
851
36.8%
31.12.1967
75
333
4.1%
2,347
28,8o:
5,343
65.5%
590
7.2%
845
32.8%
31.12.1968
75
310
3.0%
3,860
37.2
6,038
58.2%
636
6.1%
955
40.2%
31.12.1969
73
333
2.7%
3,927
31.9%
7,884
64.1%
670
5.4%
1,247
34.6%
31.12.1970
73
356
2.4%
4,895
32.7%
9,670
31.12.1971
73
358
1.9%
6,408
34.1%
11,836
64.7%
856
5.7%
1,530
35.1%
63.0%
1,081
5.8%
1,873
36.0%
Figures in Italics
percentage of total deposits.