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INDICES ON BASE

Monthly Average

1949

Base

Monthly Average

1948

December

1949

244

Trade with East Asia:

Imports from

South East Asia...

Monthly Average, 1947 ($23,588,046)

100

$28,786,472

122.0

Exports to South East Asia

Imports from North East Asia

Monthly Average, 1947 ($39,420,509)

100

Monthly Average, 1947 ($31,839,967)

100

$53,029,843

134.5

$39,357,248

123.6

Exports to North East Asia

Monthly Average, 1947 ($22,239,874)

100

$28,230,441

126.9

271

Food & Fuel-

Monthly Average, 1947

Costs of Selected

($12.8461)

$13.0367

$14.1102

Commodities.

100

101.5

109.8

$33,768,329

143.1

$49,731,122

126.1

$57,117,475

179.3

$59,039,544

265.4

$51,692,547

162.3

$134,803,713

606.1

$15,4988

120.6

$59,674,640

252.9

$43,112,443

109.3

273

Retail Price

March, 1947

Index

100

December, 1947 88

December, 1948 92

112

291

Hong Kong

Cleaning House

Monthly Average, 1947

($549,587,015)

$688,971,976

Figures

100

125.3

293

Bank Notes in

December, 1947

Circulation

($675,162,086)

$769,154,069

(July-Dec.,)

$917,138,568

166.9

100

113.9

$839,329,774 124.3

323

Post Office

Monthly Average, 1947

Revenue

($624,946)

$805,582

100

128.9

$1,081,310

173.0

$946,435,949 172.2

$802,924,076 118.9

$1,448,785

231.8

Reference

No. of

Relevant

Table

173