TRADE BETWEEN 1900 AND 1913 131
Tapre XXII
Reserves, Deposits, and Advances of all Banks!

Year.

1900
1901
{902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911 "
1912
1913

Reserves.
£m.

22-272
19-781
21-076
20-021
19-358
21-490
22-681
23-711
24-932
26-298
30-160
33-471
28-686
31-252

Deposits.
£m.

90-521
91-487
03-436
91-757
91-548
98-143
106-515
112-698
113-694
117-758
129-891
143-447
149-806
149-828

ddvances.
£m.

84-743
88-239
87-726
88-224
87-062
85-167
87-228
94-223
100-844
97-693
100-611
112-766
123-760
118-919

Ratio of reserves
to deposits
mer cent.

24-5
21-6
22-5 Gold moving out.
21-8
21-1
21-9
21-4 Gold moving out.
21-04
21-9
22-3
24-8
23-3
19-1 Gold moving out.
29.9

BC

30

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ADVANCES

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1895 1905 1910
Fig. X. BANK DEPOSITS AND ADVANCES, 1888-1914
In millions sterling.

advances, succeeds to scarcity in the period between 1907 and
1912. Just as surely once more does the drain on gold stocks in
! Summary of Australian Financial Statistics, Finance Bulletin, No. 11; Commonwealth
 Bureau of Census and Statistics.