The International Monetary Fund， which began active exchange operations on 1 March 1947， had，by 31 December 1970， concluded exchange transactions with 77 of its members. These countries purchased US and Canadian dollars，pounds sterling， Deutsche mark， Belgian and French francs， Australian dollars， Mexican pesos，Argentine pesos， Italian lire， Danish and Norwegian kroner， Swedish kronor， Japanese yen，Austrian schillings， Spanish pesetas， Netherlands guilders， Finnish mark， Irish pounds， South African rand， Brazilian cruzeiros， Venezuelan bolivars and Malaysian ringgits， aggregating $22008 million， in exchange for an equivalent amount of their own currencies. Total repayments for the period from 1 March 1947 to 31 December 1970 amounted to $ 11312 million.

　　國(guó)際貨幣基金組織于1947年3月1日起積極開(kāi)展各項(xiàng)外匯業(yè)務(wù)，截止1970年12月31日，已經(jīng)與七十七個(gè)成員國(guó)進(jìn)行了外匯交易。這些國(guó)家購(gòu)買(mǎi)美元、加拿大元、英鎊、德國(guó)馬克、比利時(shí)法郎和法國(guó)法郎、澳大利亞元、墨西哥比索、阿根廷比索、意大利里拉、丹麥克郎和挪威克郎、瑞典克郎、日元、奧地利先令、西班牙比塞塔、荷蘭盾、芬蘭馬克、愛(ài)爾蘭鎊、南非蘭特、巴西克魯賽羅、委內(nèi)瑞拉博利瓦和馬來(lái)西亞林吉特，兌換成各成員國(guó)本國(guó)的等值貨幣，總金額達(dá)220.08億美元。從1974年3月1日至1970年12月31日期間，償還總金額達(dá)113.12億美元。

　　An amendment to the Fund's Articles of Agreement establishing a new facility based on Special Drawing Right（SDR） entered into force on 28 July 1969， and on 1 January 1970 SDR 3414 million were allocated to 104 participants in the Fund's Special Drawing Account. A second allocation of SDR 2949 million， was made on 1 January 1971， to 109 participants. With the advent of the SDR's，the Fund has been able to supplement the existing reverse assets of participating members.

　　一項(xiàng)對(duì)國(guó)際貨幣基金組織協(xié)定若干條款的修正案提出設(shè)立“特別提款權(quán)”的新方案。該修正案于1969年7月28日生效，并于1970年1月1日分配了34.14億單位“特別提款權(quán)”給貨幣基金組織特別提款權(quán)賬戶的104個(gè)成員國(guó)。第二次分配是在1971年1月1日，將29.49億單位“特別提款權(quán)”分配給了109個(gè)成員國(guó)。國(guó)際貨幣基金組織使用“特別提款權(quán)”作為對(duì)成員國(guó)現(xiàn)有儲(chǔ)備資產(chǎn)的補(bǔ)充。

　　As of 31 December 1970，assets of the Fund included， in round figures，$ 4934.9 million in gold，$ 24485.9 million in various national currencies and $217.8 million in subscriptions receivable. Total quotas were $28433 million. The subscriptions of members are equal to their quotas. Each member must pay in gold 25 per cent of its subscription or 10 per cent of its net official gold and dollar holdings， whichever is less. The balance is paid in the member's own currency.

　　到1970年12月31日為止，國(guó)際貨幣基金組織的資產(chǎn)，以整數(shù)計(jì)算，包括49.349億美元的黃金，244.859億美元的各國(guó)貨幣和各成員國(guó)繳納的2.178億美元的股金，總配額為284.33億美元。各成員國(guó)的股金等于其配額。每一成員國(guó)必須用黃金支付25%的股金，或用官方儲(chǔ)備凈值和美元財(cái)產(chǎn)支付10%的股金，支付哪種均可，余額可用成員國(guó)本國(guó)貨幣支付。