Currency in Circulation: Paper Notes by Bank

API Detailed Documentation

API URL:

API Data Enquiry
Output Fields (JSON) Swagger Format
 
Name Type Unit Of Measure Description
Cur_yr Date Year
Cur_hsbc_a Number HKD Million Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation 
Cur_stchar_a Number HKD Million Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China 
Cur_merin_a Number HKD Million Mercantile Bank of India Ltd 
Cur_orien_a Number HKD Million Oriental Bank Corporation 
Cur_nachina_a Number HKD Million National Bank of China Ltd 
Cur_chara_a Number HKD Million Chartered Agra and United Service Bank Limited 
Cur_hkgov_a Number HKD Million Government Issued One Dollar Currency 
Footnotes
Currency in Circulation: Paper Notes by Bank
Period: 1852-1969
Unit: HKD Million 
Year-end Figures
Source: Data for 1852-1940, from HK Blue Book;
data for 1945-48, from HK Government Gazette Supplement No. 4;
data for 1951-67, from HK Statistics 1947-67;
data for 1968-69, from HK Gov't Gazette Supplement No. 4.
Javascript Example
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/currency-by-bank?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});
 
Python Example
import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/currency-by-bank?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())