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APPENDICES

Date

31.12.1955

31.12.1956 ..

31.12.1957 ..

31.12.1958

31.12.1959.

31.12.1960

31.12.1961 ..

31.12.1962

Date

:

:

:

::

Appendix

III

(Chapter 5: Currency

and Banking)

Currency and

Currency in Circulation

Banking Statistics and Bank Deposits

APPENDICES

411

Number of reporting banks

Notes and coins in circulation (HK$ million)

Total

Deposits (HK$ million)

Demand

Index of Deposits

Time

Savings

Total

31st December 1955= 100

Demand

Time

Savings

34

771.7

1,137

852

152

133

100

100

100

100

34

124

783.3

1,267

928

173

166

111

109

114

125

35

812.6

1,412

955

267

190

124

112

176

143

36

827.6

1,583

988

351

244

139

116

231

183

41

896.2

2,056

1,205

482

369

181

141

317

277

47

984.0

2,682

1,393

752

537

236

163

495

404

59

1,026.7

3,367

1,470

1,234

663

296

173

812

498

63

1,123.7

4,311

1,664

1,768

879

379

195

1,163

661

Number of reporting banks

Cash (i.e. legal tender notes and

coins in hand) (HK$ million)

Banking

NET balances with other banks (including Head Offices or Branches outside Hong Kong)

& other short term claims (HK$ million)

Assets

Loans and Advances (HK$ million)

Investments (HK$ million)

Index of Loans and Advances 31st December 1955=100

'Liquidity Ratio' (i.e. cash and net balances with other banks expressed as

percentage of total deposits)

31.12.1955..

31.12.1956.

:

24

34

144

12.7%

459

40.4%

632

$5.6%

3424

97

7.7%

541

42.7%

769

60.7%

200 0008

96

8.4%

98

7.7%

31.12.1957 ..

35

118

8.4%

578

40.9%

865

61.3%

101

7.2%

225

100

53.3%

122

50.4%

137

49.3%

31.12.1958 ..

36

36

84

5.3%

730

46.1%

919

58.1%

121

7.6%

145

51.4%

31.12.1959.

41

86

4.2%

775

37.7%

1,373

66.8%

133 6.5%

217

41.9%

31.12.1960..

47

136

5.1%

930

34.6%

1,720

64.1%

166

6.2%

272

39.7%

31.12.1961 ..

31.12.1962 ..

59

114

3.4%

1.041

30.9%

2,334

69.3%

232 6.9%

369

34.3%

:

63

162

3.8%

1,482

34.4%

2,849

66.1%

191

4.4%

451

38.1%

Figures in Italics =

percentage of total deposits.

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