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AMOUNT OF PAPER CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION.
The Notes of the Oricutal Bank Corporation; the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China; the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China; and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in circulation during the year ending 31st December, 1874, were in amount as follows:-
Oriental Bank.
Mercantile Bank.
Bank of | India, Australia and China
Hongkong and Shanghai
Bank.
$
+
January,
506,825
765,226
490,270
1,589,573
February,
369,375
769,670
575,523
1,787,662
March....
280,811
750,440
505,121
1,814,014
April,
452,458
089,670
532,483
1,600,842
May,
512,072
697,723
517,585
1,466,679
D
June,
358,815
749,750
538,423
1,478,075
July,
438,853
740,106
451,795
1,088,510
August,
421,680
701,073
425,350
1,438,404
September,
458,073
758,980
483,140
1,494,999
1
October,
683,703
678,254
509,617
1,390,879
November,
December,
521,416
732,499
492,706
1,641,250
322,598
751,102
581,450
1,919,973
Total,......
5,328,185
8,785,093
6,103,478
18,747,562
ACCOUNTS KEPT IN.
The Accounts of the Colonial Government were formerly kept in Sterling, but from the 1st July, 1862 they have been kept in Dollars, in accordance with instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for
the Colonies.
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The Accounts of the Mercantile Establishments are and have been always kept in Dollars.
WEIGHTS.
English Standard Weights are employed in the Colony, and also the following Chinese:-
Tael,
Stone,
579.84 Grains Troy,
120 catties,
石
Leung.
雨
Shek.
Tacl,..
Mace,
100 catties.....
Picul,
ог
or
担
57.984 Grains,
Tsin.
1334lbs.,
Tám.
Candareen,
16 Teels,.
or
1ib.,
Catty,
Mace,.
斤
Fan.
兩錢分
Kan.