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C. Agents

In the Gov.'s desp. 23111 it is stated that on

the 30th of Sept. 1915 the securities you held against

the H.K. and S. Note Issue amounted to 2808,500

plus Rs. 1,500,000.

Has your holding really been reduced to £303,947 ?

Are

23.7

Mr. Collins

I regret that our valuation was not quite correct and I enclose an amended valuation which should be substituted for the one enclosed in our letter of the 20th July.

This shows that the value of our holding now is really 2280, 572.

The reduction in the securities held was explained

in our letter to the C.0. of the 28th February last. In pursuance of a telegram from the Government of Hong Kong instructing us to release £450,000, we then handed back to the Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank

the following securities:-

£25,000 India 2 stk. Certifs.

12,500 N.Zealand 4

446,300 War Loan 4

Thanations

Debs. 1923 Debe.

pare con lettu,

26/7

DRAFT.

anso 43076

Ja

The holding of coin and bullion in H.K. has first to

oover the whole of the excess note issue in full

23111

and the remainder as shewn in the return is therefore

meet

insufficient to cover the deficiency of cover for

the ordinary note issue.

Tel. to Gov. H. Kong

Unassi

uming

Ind

Ssut 11.50 am

M

22 Aug 17

tordpred

Your desp. of 20 March No. 87 what is total excess

ustacolite

noonstead to

tordpied alberando

note issue of T.K, and Shanhai Bank That is total

hipobosco gloaming

amount of coin and bullion held by your Govt.

mureeder

against. 's whole Note issues

Long

At once

alberta

Arl

21.8.17

denseness

of that Bank

What is amount of coin "deposited with',

ates

qopsul Geni

British

Shanghai

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