38 THE GOLD DISCOVERIES 
vast emporium for goods where the means of absorption would 
exceed the supply, and the demand be adequate to produce a 
profit for the consignor under all circumstances. ’1 
Taste V 
Bank Statistics for New South Wales and Victoria 2 
(In Thousands of Pounds Sterling) 
Ttem. 
Notes in Circulation . 
Deposits. . . 
Coin and Bullion. 5 
Assets . . " 
Liabilities . . . 
Ratio, Res. to Deposits 
Ratio, Res. to Liabilities 
Ratio, Notes to Coin . 
1848. 
1853. 
240-3 2,743 
1227-7 9,552 
587-2 7,376 
2375-5 12,168 
1487-7 12,833 
47-89, 76:99 
39-5 | 57-6 
41 a4 
1855. 
3,582 
10,072 
4757 
18.458 
14,136 
47-29, 
| 336 | 
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1857. 
3,644 
11,330 
5,340 
19,082 
13,652 
47-19 
34-1 
68 
Per 
Cent 
70 
50 
30 
Ep 
78 
56 
Fra. IIT. BANK RESERVES. 1848-57 
Upper broken line percentage Reserves to Deposits, lower 
broken line percentage Reserves to Liabilities, black line 
percentage of Notes in Circulation to Reserves. 
L Art. ‘Commerce and Finance of Australia ’, Bankers’ Magazine, September 1855. 
? From the official Statistical Abstract for Colonial Possessions for the years 
concerned.