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ACCRUED INCOME, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND PREPAYMENTS

HK$'000

1991 HK$ '000

1990

HK$'000

HK$ '000

Accrued income:

Cash and call deposits

58,201

62,731

Central bank facility

5,948

8,773

Negotiable certificates

of deposit

26,571

61,307

Fixed deposits

627,386

815,906

Bonds and notes

3,522,615

2,490,350

Gold deposits

1,527

4,242,248

2,093 3,441,160

Accounts receivable:

Note issue expenses

(reimbursement of police

escort charges)

Bond redemption proceeds

and interest due but

received in the

following year

Proceeds from sale of

withdrawn coins

146

112

Reimbursement due from

portfolio managers and depository

4,472

Unrealised exchange gains

on forward foreign

exchange contracts

Prepayments:

Note issue expenses

(paper cost for HSBC's

1992 note order)

2,781

Maintenance of office

80

equipment

Office expenses

6,909

372

289

4,618

5,559

13,241

66

21

2,882

1.

67

4,249,748

3,454,468

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