Appendix II
(Chapter 3: Financial Structure)
Money Supply
249
$ Million
As at end of year
1974
1975
1976
Legal tender coins and notes in circulation
Commercial bank issues (A)
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation...
3,009.00
3,316.00
3,942.00
The Chartered Bank
535.54
723.76
785.03
***
Mercantile Bank
29.32
28.64
29.47
Government issues (B)
One-thousand-dollar gold coins
19.97
35.46
Five-dollar coins..
Two-dollar coins...
One-dollar coins Subsidiary coins One-cent notes
...
Demand deposits with licensed banks (C) Time deposits with licensed banks (D) Savings deposits with licensed banks (E). Licensed banks' holdings of legal tender (F)
Money supply:
Definition 1 (A+B+C−F)
Definition 2 (A+B+C+D+E−F)
=...
45.00
30.50
46.50
173.92
170.89
161.37
118.37
136.54
131.48
...
0.67
0.71
0.76
8,161.35
9,911.00
11,643.00
14,200,27
13,629.00
16,447,00
8,636.59
12,803.00
15,940.00
658.10
775.00
794.00
...
11,370.07
13,563.01
16,026.07
•
34,206.93
39,995.01
48,413.07
Number of licensed banks
Liabilities
Deposits:
Demand
Time
Savings
...
Appendix 12
(Chapter 3: Financial Structure)
Banking: Liabilities and Assets
-
A
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
14
...
$ Million
-
As at end of year
1974
74
1975
74
1976
74
8,161
9,911
11,643
14,200
13,629
16,447
•
8,637
12,803
15,940
15,460
21,243
27,598
6,803
8,011
8,170
53,261
65,597
79,798
658
775
794
14,726
19,044
22,448
1,835
2,001
3,301
23,594
24,998
29,480
5,955
10,077
13,255
2,363
2,891
3,251
48
50
74
2,719
3,525
3,666
1,363
2,236
3,529
53,261
65,597
79,798