Appendix II
(Chapter 3: Financial Structure) Money Supply
225
$ Million
As at end of year
1973
1974
1975
Legal tender coins and notes in circulation
Commercial bank issues (A)
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
2,924.00
3,009.00
3,316.00
The Chartered Bank
494.86
535.54
723.76
Mercantile Bank ...
29.45
29.32
28.64
Government issues (B)
One-thousand-dollar gold coins
19.97
Two-dollar coins...
30.50
One-dollar coins
- 153.42
173.92
170.89
Subsidiary coins
~ 110.04
118.37
136.54
One-cent notes
Demand deposits with licensed banks (C)
0.64
0.67
0.71
8.622.62
8,161.35
9,911.00
Time deposits with licensed banks (D) Savings deposits with licensed banks (E)
9,958.13
14,200.27
13,629.00
7,610.24
8,636.59
12,803.00
Licensed banks' holdings of legal tender (F)
Money supply:
Definition 1 (A+B+C-F)
Definition 2 (A+B+C+D+E-F)
574.32
658.10
775.00
11,760.71
11,370.07
13,563.01
29,329.08
34,206.93
39,995.01
Appendix 12
(Chapter 3: Financial Structure) Banking: Liabilities and Assets
Number of licensed banks
Liabilities
Deposits:
Demand
...
Time
Savings
Amount due to banks abroad
Other liabilities
Total liabilities
Assets
...
Cash (legal tender notes and coins) Amount due from banks abroad: Demand and short term claims Time deposits
Loans and advances:
Hong Kong
Abroad
Investments:
Hong Kong Abroad Other assets:
Hong Kong Abroad
Total assets
...
...
:
..
:
::
: :
..
$ Million
As at end of year
1973
1974
74
74
1975
74
8,623
8,161
9,911
9,958
14,200
13,629
7,610
8,637
12,803
8,911
15,460
21,243
5,150
6,803
8,011
40,252
53,261
65,597
574
658
775
...
10,201
14,726
19,044
623
1,835
2,001
21,578
23,594
24,998
1,685
5,955
10,077
1,923
2,363
2,891
62
48
50
•
1,786
2,719
3,525
1,820
1,363
2,236
40,252
53,261
65,597
...