THE PROBLEM OF THE RUPEE - Page 564

STABILITY OF THE EXCHANGE STANDARD 549

Percent- age of Reserve to Ra. in Circula- tion (£ = Rs. 15)* Col2 (14) 3.1 3.7 3.4 6.8 8.4 10.7 10.6 11.2 7.1 13.8 14.8 14.9 14.8 17.2 18.9 15.7 20.8 23.5 23.5
Volume of Rs. in Circula- tion in Crores. (13) 143 138 136 144 152 164 178 191 187 186 184 182 191 187 204 212 227 219 228
Total Reserve, England and India. (12) 3,031 3,454 3,811 6,544 8,529 12,452 16,842 18,318 18,471 18,764 19,260 19,956 22,607 25,532 25,715 26,251 31,510 34,453 35,745
In India Total. (11) 3,031 — 1 167 152 287 4,323 4,000 10,587 2,534 1,934 1,934 4,035 4,022 13,308 4,240 103 — —
Gold. (10) 1,200 — — — — — 22 — — — — — — — 5,238 239 103 — —
Tempor- ary Loan to Treasury Balances. (9) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 7,000 4,000 — — —
Out- standing Debt Treasury balances. (8) 1,831 — 1 167 152 287 301 — — — — — 35 22 70 1 — — —
Coined Rupees in India. (7) — — — — — — 4,000 4,000 10,587 2,534 1,934 1,934 4,000 4,000 — — — — —
In England. Total. (6) — 3,454 3,810 6,377 8,377 12,165 12,519 14,318 7,884 16,230 17,326 17,822 18,572 21,510 13,407 22,011 31,407 34,453 35,745
Gold de- posited at the Bank of England. (5) — — — — — — — — — — — — 1,620 4,320 1,250 — — — —
Tempor- ary Loan to the Home Treasury. (4) — — — — — — — 1,131 470 — — — — — — — — — —
Cash at Short Notice. (3) — — — — — — — — — 3,011 1,477 1,074 1,006 25 8 5,792 6,001 6,000 6,016
Purchase Value of Sterling Securi- ties. (2) — 3,454 3,810 6,377 8,377 12,165 12,519 13,187 7,414 13,219 15,849 16,748 15,946 17,165 12,149 16,219 25,406 28,453 29,729
March 31 in each Year. (1) 1901 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19