General guidelines1.Purpose of surveyThis survey is conducted to obtain statistical information that is required for compiling a complete set of national financial and economic accounts for South Africa.2.ConfidentialityInformation collected will be aggregated and disseminated in the Quarterly Bulletin of the South African Reserve Bank and on the Bank's website. All information will be treated as confidential and no individual company's statistics will be separately disclosed.3.CoverageInformation should relate to all activities of your organisation, but not activities of foreign subsidiaries and branches.4.Reporting periodsAll items should reflect information for the preceding quarter and this quarter.5.Market valuesBalance sheet data should reflect market values as far as possible. All monetary values should be reported in thousands of rand.6.Nil returnsThis form should be returned to the South African Reserve Bank even in those cases where it contains no information.7.Duplicate of returnA copy of this return should be retained for reference purposes.8.EnquiriesEnquiries should be directed to: Capital Market and Flow of Funds DivisionResearch DepartmentSouth African Reserve BankPO Box 7433Pretoria0001 Telephone (012) 313-3291/3688Fax (012) 313-4013 or by sending an e-mail by utilising the facility provided at the following address:(http://www.reservebank.co.za/forms).