| Month | Rate |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 2 | |
| 6 | |
| 1 | |
| (R1) |
The Hongkong silver dollar. Mexican dollar. British dollar. All of equal value.
Silver
50 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents, 5 cents
Copper
One cent
A dollar contains 100 cents.
Authority: Order of H.M. the Queen in Council of 2nd February, 1895, published in Hongkong Government Gazette, Notification No. 128 of 30th March, 1895.
| Private Banks | Colonial Government | |
|---|---|---|
| 47,578,789 |
| By the Govt. | By the Public |
|---|---|
| Name | Equivalent in Avoirdupois |
|---|---|
| 1 Fan (candareen) | = 0.0133 oz |
| 1 T'sin (mace) | = 0.133 oz |
| 1 Leung (tael) | = 1.33 oz |
| 1 Kan (catty) | = 1.33 lb |
1 Ch'ek = 14.2 English inches, divided into 10 Ts'ün and each Ts'ün into 10 Fan.
| Name of Bank | Under what authority established | Capital paid up | Note Circulation in the Colony | Amount of Deposits in the Colony |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation | Ordinance No. 2 of 1866 | $15 million | $34,974,774 | No information |
| Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China | British Govt. Charter of 1858 | £3,000,000 | $11,239,602 | |
| Mercantile Bank of India | Charter of 1858 | £1,050,000 | $1,364,413 | |
| International Banking Corporation | Established under authority of State of Connecticut Senate Resolution January, 1901 | $3,250,000 | $30,000 | |
| Russo-Asiatic Bank | Frs. 68,400,000 | |||
| Banque de l'Indo-Chine | ||||
| Yokohama Specie Bank | ||||
| Bank of Canton, Limited | ||||
| Bank of Taiwan | Y.15,000,000 | |||
| Netherlands-India Commercial Bank (Netherlands Trading Society) | £1,242,112 | |||
| Bank of China | ||||
| Bank of East Asia, Ltd. | ||||
| Chinese Merchants Bank, Ltd. | ||||
| Industrial and Commercial Bank, Ltd. | ||||
| China Specie Bank, Ltd. | ||||
| Numerous native Hongs doing some portion of banking business |
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Note: Some figures in the bank table (Y.100,000,000, £989,060, £6,666,666, $12,279,800, $2,000,000, $613,750, £49,026, £96,625) appear in the OCR but could not be definitively assigned to specific banks.
Average Rate of Exelninge with London during the
past your.
Demund.
4.
e
2.
·
d.
6)
1
(R1)
CURRENCY, BANKING, WEIGHTS, AND MEASures.
List of coins enrrent with reln-
tive value.
The Hongkong
silver dollar. Moxican dollar. British dollar. All of equal value.
Subsidiary coin:
Silver.
50 cents.
20 10
5
*
1
Copper.
One cent.
A dollar contains.
100 cents.
Legal tender currency giving particulars and Legislative Authority.
Current silver dollar no limit.
Subsidiary silver coin up to
$2.
Copper cents up to $1.
Authority in Order of II. M. the Queen in Council of 2nd February, 1895, published in Hongkong Government Gazette, Notification No. 128 of 30th March, 1895.
Estimated Amount of Coin in Circulation.
Silver dollar no estimate.
Subsidiary coin $18,789,370
Estimated Amount of paper money in Cir-lvian
Private
Banks.
Colonial Government.
NI
47,578,789
Currency in which Accounts
are kept.
By
By the
Govt. Publie.]
Weights and Measures in com- mon use, and their equivalents in
Imperial Weights and Measures.
Name of Bank,
Particulars of all Banks doing business in the Colony.
Number of
Establishments
In the Colony,
Under what authority established.
Capital paid 411.
Note Circulation
in the Colony.
I
Amount of
Deposits
in the Colony,
Dollars Dollars.
Aud
cents. Icents.
BRITISH.
The Imperial Weights
and Measures.
1 Fan
CHINESE.
Weights.
(can- dareen)
| T'sin
(mace) 1 Leung
(Lucl)
1 Kan
Aroirdupois.
=-0133 ›
=
02.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Chartered Bank of India, Australiu
and China.
Mercantile Bank
of Indin. International Banking Corporation.
Russo-Asiatic
Bank.
1
Ordinance No. 2 of 1866.
15 million
$ 34,974,774
dollars.
No informa- tion.
1
British Govt.
£3,000,000 11,239,602
Charter of
29-22-58.
£1,050,000
1,364,413
30.000
Established G. $3,250,000
under
authority of
State of
Connecticut
Senate Re-Į
solution Jan-
uary, 1901.
İ
Frs. 68,400,000
1
Rbs. 45,000,000
=0·133
"
Banque de
l'Indo-Chine.
1
Yokohama
i
Specie Bank,
"
Bank of Canton,
1
Limited.
Bank of Taiwan.
1
Y-15,(K30,000
Netherlands-India
1
£1,242,112
(ently) Tám = 133;
| (pient)
Length.
1 Ch'ek equal to 142 English inches, divided into 10 Ts'ün and each Ty'ün into
10 Fan.
Commercial
Bank. Netherlands
Trading Society.
Bank of China. Buuk of East
Asia, Ltd. Chinese
Merchants Bank, Lt. Imlustrial and Commercial Bank, Ltd., China Specie Bank, Ltd., and numerous native Houga doing some portion of bank- ing business.
Y.100,000,000
£989,060
£6,666,666 (1,80,000,000
$12,279,800 || $2,000,000
$613,750
£49,026
-
£96,625
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