(R 4)
AMOUNT OF PAPER CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION.
The notes of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, the Hongkong and Slangbai Banking Corporation, and the National Bank of Chius, Limited, in eireulution during the year ending 31st Decomber,.
1911, were in amount as follows:-
Chartered Bank
of India, Australiu | Shanghai Banking
and China.
Hongkong and
Corporation,
National Bank of China, Limited.
January.
February.......
6,563,447
15,276,331
26,580
1
6,559,334
15,111,317
28,755
March,
6,072,597
13,281,033
25,355
April,
5,624,339
i
13,492,750
24,815
May,
5,147,444
13,392,598
24,520
June,
5,058,001
14,113,117
July,
6,287,673
15,714,178
August,
6,310,653
15,952,986
September,
5,684,108
15,952,250
October,
5,487,803
17,053,694
November,
5,378,474
20,619,617
December,
6,024,987
21,707,242
ACCOUNTS KEPT IN.
The Accounts of the Colonial Government were formerly kept in Sterling, but from the 1st July, 1867,
they have been kept in Dollars, in accordance with instructions from Her Majesty's Scorelary of State for
the Colonies.
The Accounts of the mercantile establishments are and have boon always kept in Dollars.