note circulation of the
Established
Banks in
X
stating
retirement
That Col.
Colony
that the
of its notes
by the Oriental Bank
Corporation in consequence of the operation of the Stamp
Act
in effect
would comparatively
be immaterial.
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Names of Banks at Hongkong in 1866.
Oriental Bank Corporation.
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London & China. Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China. Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Company Limited. Agra and Masterman's Bank, Limited. Commercial Banking Corporation of India & the East. Asiatic Banking Corporation.
Bank of Hindustan, China & Japan, Limited. Bank of India.
Central Bank of Western India.
Comptoir d'Escompte de Paris.
Of the above eleven Banks which were in operation at the commencement of 1866 - six have ceased to exist, viz.
The Agra. The Commercial. The Asiatic. The Bank of Hindustan. The Bank of India and The
Central Bank.
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M.168. Colonial Secretary.