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APPENDICES

Date

31.12.1955

31.12.1956

31.12.1957

31.12.1958

31.12.1959

31.12.1960

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31.12.1961

31.12.1962

31.12.1963

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Appendix

(Chapter 5: Currency

XII

nd Banking)

Currency and

Currency in Circulation

Banking Statistics

and Bank Deposits

APPENDICES

431

Number of reporting banks

Notes and coins in circulation (HK$ million)

Deposits (HK$ million)

Index of Deposits

31st December 1955 == 100

Total

Demand

Time

Savings

Total

Demand

Time

Savings

34

771.7

1,137

852

152

133

100

100

100

100

34

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

67

1,229.8

5,425

1,997

2,283

1,145

477

234

1,502

861

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

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31.12.1955

31.12.1956

31.12.1957

31.12.1958

31.12.1959

31.12.1960

31.12.1961

31.12.1962

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Assets

Index of Loans

Loans and Advances (HK$ million)

Investments (HK$ million)

and Advances 31st December

1955=100

'Liquidity Ratio' (i.e. cash and net balances with other banks expressed as percentage of total deposits)

term claims (HK$ million)

34

144

12.7%

459

40.4%

632

55.6%

96

96

8.4%

100

53.3%

34

97

7.7%

541

42.7%

769

60.7%

98

7.7%

122

50.4%

35

118

8.4%

578

40.9%

865

61.3%

101

7.2%

137

49.3%

36

84

5.3%

730

46.1%

919

58.1%

121

7.6%

145

51.4%

41

86

4.2%

775

37.7%

1,373

66.8%

133

6.5%

217

41.9%

47

136

5.1%

930

34.6%

1,720

64.1%

166

6.2%

272

39.7%

59

114

3.4%

1,041

30.9%

2,334

69.3%

232

6.9%

369

34.3%

38

63

162

3.8%

1,482

34.4%

2,849

66.1%

191

4.4%

451

38.1%

67

201

3.7%

1,831

33.8%

3,642

67.1%

187

3.4%

576

37.5%

Figures in Italics=

percentage of total deposits.

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