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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 8. 502.- Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 30th September, 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 October, 1939.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
25,512,539
195,232,228
4,845,108
TOTAL
$
225,589,875
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 503. 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 Loan repayable
1940/1944.
£240,000.
6th October, 1939.
102-1021
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.