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NOTICES
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 467.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 30th September, 1940, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
26.637.512
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited........
200,057,228
4,475,110
3rd October, 1940.
TOTAL
$
231,169,850
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
No. S. 468.--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 October, 1940.
99-100
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.