585
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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 8. 245.- Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st May, 1939, 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...
6th June, 1939.
TOTAL
:
:
$
N. L. SMITH,
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
23,862,378
211,342,228
4,153,498
239,358,104
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 246.-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.
6th June, 1939.
1021-1031/
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.