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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 206. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 30th April, 1941, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
25,307,823
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
200,357,228
4,157,838
6th May, 1941.
TOTAL
69
229,822,889
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 207. 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.
3% Conversion Loan repayable
1948/1953.
£240,000.
6th May, 1941.
99-100
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.