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Appendix 11

(Chapter 3: Financial Structure)

Money Supply

As at end of year

1975

1976

$ Million

1977

Legal tender coins and notes in circulation

Commercial bank issues (A)

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

3316-00

3942.00

4729.00

The Chartered Bank

723-76

785.03

1000-48

Mercantile Bank

Government issues (B)

Five-dollar coins

28.64

29.47

29.14

One-thousand-dollar gold coins

19.97

35.46

58.23

45.00

115.50

Two-dollar coins

One-dollar coins

Subsidiary coins

30.50

46.50

64.50

170-89

161.37

192.82

ľ

=-136.54

131.48

164.77

One-cent notes

Demand deposits with licensed banks (C)

Time deposits with licensed banks (D)

Savings deposits with licensed banks (E)

Licensed banks' holdings of legal tender (F)

Money supply:

Definition 1 (A+B+C-F)

Definition 2 (A+B+C+D+E-F)

18081-21

58 450-21

* Figures revised due to deposits at 7 days' notice or less previously included under demand deposits are now included

under time deposits.

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0.71 7760.00*

0.76

0.77

9667.00*

12 650.00

15 780.00* 12803.00

18423.00*

19616.00

15940.00

20753.00

775.00

794.00

924.00

11412-01*

39 995-01

14050-07* 48413.07

Banking: Liabilities and Assets

$ Million

1975

As at end of year 1976

Number of licensed banks

74

74

1977 74

Liabilities

Deposits:

Demand

7760*

9667*

12650

Time

15780*

18423*

19616

Savings

12803

15940

20753

Amount due to banks abroad

21 243

27 598

36850

Other liabilities

8011

8170

10497

Total liabilities

*65 597

79 798

100 366

Assets

Cash (legal tender notes and coins)

775

794

924

Amount due from banks abroad:

Demand and short term claims

Abroad

Abroad

Time deposits

Loans and advances:

Hong Kong

Investments:

Hong Kong

Abroad

Other assets:

Hong Kong

Total assets

* Figures revised due to deposits at 7 days' notice or less previously included under demand deposits are now included

under time deposits.

19044 2001

22448

3301

28952 5 200

24998

29 480

36856

10077

13255

18793

2891

3251

3836

50

74

101

3 525

3 666

4218

2236

3 529

1 486

65 597

79 798

100 366

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