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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 198.- Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 30th June, 1938, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
22,436,512
Hongkong and Shanghai. Banking Corporation
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
209,348,368
4,620,187
7th July, 1938.
TOTAL
明
:
236,405,067
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.
No. S. 199.-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.
41% Conversion War Loan
1940/1944.
£240,000.
7th July, 1938.
106-107
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 200.-It is hereby notified that information has been received from H.B.M. Acting Consul-General, Bangkok, to the effect that Hong Kong has been declared by the Government of Siam an infected port on account of cholera as from 1st July, 1938.
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
6th July, 1938.