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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 328-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st July, 1941, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
25,476,135
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
210,757,228
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited ..
2nd August, 1941.
4,081,650
TOTAL
$
240,315,013
N. L. SMITII,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 8. 329. 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.
2nd August, 1941.
99-100
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.