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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.
No. S. 572.-Copies of the following Pocket Street Index Books are available for sale at the Library office, Colonial Secretariat :-
Price. $1.00 each.
1.00
(a) Hong Kong (City),
(b) Kowloon and New Kowloon
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
29th November, 1940.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 573.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 30th November, 1940, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:--
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
26,070,869
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation ..
200,257,228
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
4,389,895
5th December, 1940.
TOTAL
230,717,992
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment.
No. S. 574. 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.
3% Conversion Loan repayable
1948/1953.
£240,000.
5th December, 1940.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
99-100
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.