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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 114.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 29th February, 1940, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :--
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
24,847,781
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited.......
195,232,228
4,833,559
6th March, 1940.
ΤΟΤΑΙ.
$
224,913,568
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.
No. S. 115.-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.
3% Conversion Loan repayable
1948/1953.
?
6th March, 1940.
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
£240,000.
963-971
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.