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Hong Kong Year Books 香港年報 All

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Appendix

(Chapter 3: Financial

Currency and

Currency in Circulation

XIV

Structure)

Banking Statistics

and Bank Deposits

321

Date

Number of reporting banks

Notes and coins in circulation (HK$ million)

Deposits (HK$ million)

Index of Deposits

December 31, 1955 = 100

Total

Demand

Time

Savings

Total

Demand

Time

Savings

31.12.1955

31.12.1956

34

771.7

1,137

852

152

133

100

100

100

100

34

783.3

1,267

928

173

166

111

109

114

125

31.12.1957

31.12.1958

31.12.1959

31.12.1960

31.12.1961

31.12.1962

31.12.1963

31.12.1964

31.12.1965

31.12.1966

31.12.1967

31.12.1968

75

37 9 6 6 8 × PR

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

69

1,399.5

6,568

2,237

2,810

1,521

578

263

1,849

1,144

78

1,739.8

7,251

2,532

3,099

1,620

638

297

2,039

1,218

76

1,852.4

8,405

2,681

3,742

1,982

739

315

2,462

1,490

75

2,307.7

8,162

2,658

3,324

2,180

718

312

2,187

1,639

2,130.5

10,367

3,144

4,432

2,791

912

369

2,916

2,098

Date

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$ millino)

Assets

Loans and Advances (HK$ million)

Investments (HK$ million)

Index of Loans and Advances December 31, 1955-100

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

percentage of total deposits)

31.12.1955

34

144

12.7%

459

40.4%

632

55.6%

96

8.4%

100

53.3%

31.12.1956

34

97

7.7%

541

42.7%

769

60.7%

98

7.7%

122

50.4%

31.12.1957

35

118

8.4%

578

40.9%

865

61.3%

101

7.2%

137

49.3%

31.12.1958

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

59

114

3.4%

1,041

30.9%

2,334

69.3%

232

6.9%

369

34.3%

31.12.1962

63

162

3.8%

1,482

34.4%

2,849

66.1%

191

4.4%

451

38.1%

31.12.1963

67

210

3.7%

1,831

33.8%

3,642

67.1%

187

3.4%

576

37.5%

31.12.1964

69

238

3.6%

1,577

24.0%

4,586

69.8%

271

4.1%

726

27.6%

31.12.1965

78

221

3.0%

2,133

29.4%

5,038

69.5%

527

7.3%

797

32,5%

31.12.1966

76

232

2.8%

2,862

34.1%

5,380

64.0%

537

6.4%

851

36.8%

31.12.1967

75

333

4.1%

2,347

28.8%

5,343

65.5%

590

7.2%

845

32.8%

31.12.1968

75

310

3.0%

3,860

37.2%

6,038

58.2%

636

6.1%

955

40.2%

Figures in Italics=

percentage of total deposits.

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