(R 4)
AMOUNT OF PAPER CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION.
The notes of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation, and the National Bank of Chiun, Limited, in circulation during the year ending 31st December,
1905, were in amount as follows:-
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
Hongkong and
National Bank
Shanghai Banking of China, Limited,
Corporation.
January,
February,
3,847,626
16,063.298
322,119
3,610,453
18,715,949
248,877
March.
8,571,248
16,435,105
201,511
April.
3,553,915
15,743,090
165,630
May....
3,260,310
15,567,847
135,719
June,
3,200,500
14,355,157
113,089
July,
3,576,315
13,451,169
98,760
August,
3,508,211
12,975,718
89,409
September,
3,435,704
13,602,523
81,723
October,
3,462,836
13,009,460
74,568
November,
3,661,586
18,723,957
68,015
Docember,
8,418,617
15.458,266
63,410
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 Secretary of State for
the Colonies.
The Accounts of the Mercantile establishments are and have been always kopt in Dollars,