Financials
Investments - Table C
Cash on Deposit with Birmingham Corporation
 
  Deposit with
Corporation
 
£
 
(see NOTE: 1)
 Amount of
Deposit in
Government
Securities
£
(see NOTE: 2)
 Deposit/
Investments
 
%
 
(see NOTE: 3)
 1920
698,512
 
100.00
 1921
273,161
 
23.4
 1922
518,742
 
32.8
 1923
2,332,220
 
100.00
 1924
3,443,688
3,500,000
100.00
 1925
4,454,625
3,500,000
100.00
 1926
5,059,608
3,500,000
100.00
 1927
5,464,754
3,500,000
100.00
 1928
6,477,685
 
100.00
 1929
7,755,903
 
100.00
 1930
8,959,041
 
100.00
 1931
10,242,037
 
100.00
 1932
10,976,159
 
100.00
 1933
12,693,711
 
100.00
 1934
14,554,372
 
100.00
 1935
16,448,154
9,254,000
100.00
 1936
18,473,645
10,396,000
100.00
 1937
20,634,621
11,190,000
100.00
 1938
23,347,296
12,426,000
100.00
 1939
25,864,033
15,087,000
100.00
 1940
27,202,598
15,325,000
99.1
 1941
28,326,462
15,702,000
89.0
 1942
29,330,337
15,750,000
77.5
 1943
30,685,136
15,761,000
65.7
 1944
31,435,615
15,145,000
56.6
 1945
32,167,493
15,774,000
50.5
 1946
33,205,925
15,831,000
46.8
 1947
34,943,584
14,599,000
46.6
 1948
36,508,148
13,862,000
47.1
 1949
38,206,918
14,767,000
48.2
 1950
38,858,909
13,196,000
47.7
 1951
38,852,381
13,030,000
47.4
 1952
35,940,963
13,028,600
46.5
 1953
35,950,975
12,984,140
45.9
 1954
35,950,975
13,025,220
46.2
 1955
36,560,533
19,125,659
45.8
 1956
35,481,436
18,950,372
44.6
 1957
35,381,005
18,734,795
46.5
 1958
29,209,658
18,466,882
39.0
 1959
24,406,436
17,472,946
33.4
 1960
26,042,788
13,284,316
34.7
 1961
25,259,909
13,495,383
33.1
 1962
23,530,000
12,915,637
30.8
 1963
24,482,000
14,571,895
30.9
 1964
24,982,000
14,805,462
30.5
 1965
25,182,000
14,635,631
30.0
 1966
24,582,000
14,569,117
29.2
 1967
22,074,146
13,104,546
26.4
 1968
18,934,202
11,039,275
22.2
 1969
17,855,202
10,350,249
20.4
 1970
14,890,202
10,224,941
17.3
 1971
14,175,202
9,815,951
15.9
 1972
14,380,202
9,734,932
15.0
 1973
14,330,202
8,004,688
13.9
 1974
14,530,202
9,608,533
13.7
 1975
22,732,755
7,635,000
19.7
Mar 1976
22,737,104
12,215,000
20.0
Nov 1976
0
0
0.0
 1977
0
0
0.0
 1978
0
0
0.0
 1979
0
0
0.0
NOTES:
 
[1]    The amount of the Bank's assets held by the City of Birmingham Corporation in accordance with the 1919 Regulation Number
        16 that All moneys received from depositors (excepting such sums as from time to time shall necessarily remain in the hands
        of the manager or branch superintendents to answer the exigencies of the bank) shall be paid over to the treasurer of the
        bank and it shall be the care of the Corporation to see that so much thereof as is not required to meet the demands of
        depositors and to meet current liabilities is forthwith invested agreeably to the provisions of the Act or (if the Corporation think
        fit) is placed on deposit with the Corporation at call or invested in such securities as the Corporation with the consent of the
        Treasury may determine
 
[2]    The amount within the 'Deposit with the Corporation' that was invested in Government Securities. For the years 1920 to 1934,
        this amount (if any) was not disclosed in the Annual Accounts, except that (in the years 1924 to 1927) a Note to the Accounts
        stated that The Corporation holds upwards of £3,500,000 British Government Securities
 
[3]    The % Column shows the proportion of the Bank's Total Investments held on Deposit with Birmingham Corporation
 
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