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the securities deposited by
the
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank
against their note issue!
against
The contents.
Debentures were surrendered to
the Hong Kong
and
Shanghai
Bank on the 21st of October.
of
H.
Your Lordship's despatches have
been communicated to the Acting Colonial Secretary and Acting
Colonial Treasurer
for their
I find
from the Bank that the
enquiry
discrepancies referred to in the
paragraph 4 of the first
of the despatches under
named
guidance.
in accordance
with Your Lordship's instructions all the Title Deeds, Mortgage
Securities and China Merchants
Steam Navigation Company's
Debentures
acknowledgment were
due to a
difference in the rate of exchange.
5.
With regards
to the last
paragraph of the same despatch
I regret
that by inadvertence
the estimated value of the
properties
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