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Manager Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to Colonial Secretary,
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Hongkong.
Hong Kong, 21 May, 1872.
The Honorable CC Smith,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Hongkong.
1. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication No 305 of 20 instant, and in reply beg to state that I shall have much pleasure in keeping the current account of the Government, and to allow interest on the minimum daily balances at the rate of 2% per annum.
2. I note that the Government will keep the whole of its current account