Appendix 11
(Chapter 3: Financial Structure)
Money Supply
Legal tender coins and notes in circulation
Commercial bank issues (A)
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Mercantile Bank
The Chartered Bank
Government issues (B)
Five-dollar coins
Two-dollar coins
One-dollar coins
One thousand-dollar gold coins
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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)
Appendix 12
(Chapter 3: Financial Structure) Banking: Liabilities and Assets
Number of licensed banks
267
1976
As at end of year 1977
$ Million
1978
3 942.00
4 729.00
5854.00
785·03
1000-48
1132.25
29.47
29.14
35-46
58.23
81.82
45.00
115.50
149.99
46.50
64.50
96.78
161.37
192.82
252.72
131.48
164.77
207-26
0.76
0.77
0.81
9 667·00 18 423.00
12 650.00
15733.00
19 616.00
26275.00
15 940.00
794-00
20 753.00 924.00
24850.00
1 227.00
14 050-07
48 413-07
18 081-21 58 450-21
22281.63 73 406.63
$ Million
1976 74
As at end of year 1977 74
1978 88
Liabilities
Deposits:
Demand
"
9 667
12 650
15733
Time
18 423
19 616
26275
Savings
15 940
20 753
24 850
Amount due to banks abroad
27 598
36 850
51 385
Other liabilities
8 170
10 497
13 624
Total liabilities
79 798
100 366
131 867
Assets
Cash (legal tender notes and coins)
794
924
1227
Amount due from banks abroad:
Demand and short term claims
22 448
28 952
37425
Time deposits
3.301
5 200
13381
Loans and advances:
Abroad
Hong Kong
Investments:
Hong Kong Abroad
Other assets:
Hong Kong Abroad Total assets
29 480
36 856
52814
13 255
18 793
16411
3 251 74
3.836 101
4 294 137
3666
4218
5980
3 529
79 798
1 486 100 366
198
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