Closed certificate signed by Enclosure
the Postmaster-General and the Local Auditor on the value of the securities, held in trust in the vaults of the Chartered Bank of India Australia and China, against the note issue of the Bank in this Colony.
I have the honour to be, Sir, Your Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
Main Rohingy (?)
14th Dec. 1897
Enclosure.
We certify
14th
Dec.
1897
have examined and counted the securities deposited by the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China as a security against their note issue in this Colony and found it correct.
The security consists of a deposit in cash amounting to seven hundred and forty-six thousand and seventy-seven dollars ($746077)
and Japanese Government Bonds to the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250000).
The total security, taking the Bonds at 95% of their nominal value, amounts to Seven hundred and eighty-three thousand and seventy-seven dollars ($783077).
Hong Kong
14th December 1897.
A. M. Thomson, Local Auditor
E. A. Hewett, Postmaster General