GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. No. 329.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 30th September, 1883, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th October, 1883.
J. H. STEWART-LOCKHART, for the Colonial Secretary.
BANKS. AVERAGE AMOUNT, SPECIE IN RESERVE. Oriental Bank Corporation, $894,087 $300,000 Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, $1,195,070 $400,000 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, $910,193 $310,000 Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, $1,783,567 $600,000 TOTAL $4,782,917 $1,610,000