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NOTICES
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 379.—Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st July, 1940, 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...
3rd August, 1940.
TOTAL
:
AVERAGE
AMOUNT.
27,257,546
200,257,228
4,807,677
232,322,451
R A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 380. 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.
3% Conversion Loan repayable
1948, 1953.
£240,000.
3rd August, 1940.
99-100
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.