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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 8. 330.- Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st August, 1938, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited ..
2nd September, 1938.
:
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
22,880,807
210,098,368
4,450,595
TOTAL
$
237,429,770
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 331.-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.
2nd September, 1938.
104-105
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.