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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 144.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Hong Kong Government Certificates of Indebtedness in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st May, 1937, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :--
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATES OF INDEBTEDNESS.
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
22,566,192
8,300,000.00*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
162,375,793
141,583,039.49†
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
3,988,487
2,769,500.00$
TOTAL
188,930,472
152,652,539.49
* In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £799,511.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at
£3,258,512.
§ In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £190,000.
4th June, 1937.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.
No. S. 145. The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, against their notes in circulation, is published for general information under Section 5 of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 65 of 1911):-
Security.
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
4% Conversion War Loan
1940/1944.
£190,000.
4th June, 1937.
107-1071/
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
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