(Q4)
AMOUNT OF PAPER CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION.
The Notes of 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, 1890, were in amount as follows :—
Mercantile Bank.
Bank of India, Australia and China.
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
January,
1,421,465
1,683,383
4,615,275
February,......
1,421,897
1,598,318
3,450,901
March,
1,378,985
1,565,461
3,339,695
April,
1,248,438
1,194,50-4
4,0-17,837
May,
1,167,385
1,187,373
3,600,340
June,
1,167,065
1,103,467
3,630,337
July,..
1,110,846
1,083,256
3,767,985
August,.........
1,125,305
1,056,159
3,535,100
September,.....
1,245,874
1,157,745
3,258,812
October,
1.157.808
1,205,678
9,240,114
November,
969,305
1,084,529
3,511,704
December,.........
1,006,145
1,117,736
3,429,069
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 Colonics,
The Accounts of the Mercantile establishments are and have been always kept in Dollars,