International Banking Activities in Asia and the London Money Market 1870-1930

1.英国海外银行资金周转分析从英国特许银行和特许商业银行分行资产负债表的数字，分析了19世纪50年代至1913年期间总行和分行之间的资金周转情况。对英国与亚洲国家之间的货物贸易进行了时间序列统计，并与这两家银行的进出口外汇交易进行了比较，揭示了货物分配与资金流动之间的关系。此外，还考察了19世纪70年代以来白银价格大幅下跌的原因及其对英国海外银行资产和资金头寸的实际影响。东方银行是当时英国最著名的海外银行，于1884年破产，虽然有少量幸存的记录，但它的新记录已在英国国家银行(British National…)收集更多的档案和检查。研究了上海汇丰银行香港分行在战后时期在上海商业史中心的新管理记录。2.伦敦货币市场与国际银行活动的关系对英国海外银行和伦敦清算行出版的银行史以及有关的金融期刊进行了研究。在此基础上，对现有研究的各个问题进行了综述。从伦敦贴现市场的角度对英国海外银行与伦敦清算行伦敦金融城银行和伦敦股份制银行的关系进行了档案研究和分析。这项研究表明，伦敦(总部)的作用对英国海外银行的管理是最重要的。3.对德国和法国的海外银行及其当地活动的分析对于德国的国际银行来说，调查和收集了保存在德意志银行档案馆的关于德亚银行的记录。由此，揭示了德亚银行在山东中国的活动；对于法国国际银行，追踪了关于L印度支那银行、公司和法鲁索银行的新记录，并研究了它们在亚洲的实际交易。特别是，已经证实，保存在日本外务省档案馆的法俄银行的记录是有用的；对于美国的国际银行，保存在上海商业历史中心的国际银行的记录已经被收集和检查。较少

1.The Analysis of the Circulation of Funds at British Overseas BanksThe circulation of funds between the head offices and branches in the period from the 1850s to 1913 has been analyzed from the figures of the branch balance sheets at the Chartered Bank and the Chartered Mercantile Bank. The time series statistics complied from the trade goods between Britain and Asian countries have also been compared with the inwards and outwards exchange transactions of these two banks, and relations between the distribution of goods and the circulation of funds have been indicated. Furthermore, the causes of the sharp decline in silver price since the 1870s, and their actual effects on the assets and the fund position of British overseas banks have been examined. Although there has been a small number of the surviving records concerning the Oriental Bank Corporation, the most eminent British overseas bank of those days and bankrupt in 1884, its new record has been collected at the British National … More Archives and examined. The Hongkong Shanghai Bank's Hongkong branch new managerial records as well in the Inter-war period at the Shanghai Business History Center have been picked up and studied.2.Relations between the London Money Market and the Activities of International BanksResearches on bank histories published by British overseas banks and London clearing banks, and on concerned financial journals have been carried out. On this basis the various issues of existing studies have reviewed. The archival research on the relations between British overseas banks and the London clearing banks, the [London] City Bank and the London Joint Stock Bank, has been done and analyzed from a viewpoint of the London discount market. It has been revealed from this study that the role of London (head) offices is most important for the management of British overseas banks.3.The Analysis of German and French Overseas Banks, and of their Local ActivitiesFor German international banks, records concerning the Deutsche-Asiatische Bank, held at the Archives of the Deutsche Bank, have been investigated and collected. From these the activities of the Deutsch-Asiatiche Bank in the Shantung Province in China have been revealed ; for French international banks, the new records concerning the Banque de l'Indo-chine, the Comptoir d'Escompte and the France-Russo Banque have been pursued and their actual transactions in Asia have been studied. In particular, it has been confirmed that the record of the Franco-Russo Banque, held at the Japanese Foreign Office Archives, is useful ; for American international banks, the record of the International Banking Corporation, held at the Shanghai Business History Center, has been collected and examined. Less