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CURRENCY. BANKING, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES.
Average Rate of Exchange with London during the
past year.
Demand.
$.
d,
1
11
List of coins eurrent with roln-
tive value.
The Hong Kong
silver dollar. Mexican dollar. British dollar, All of equal value.
Subsidiary evin :
Silver.
50 cents.
20
TO
P
20
Capper.
One cent.
A dollar coUDAURS
100 cents.
Lagal tender entrenes giving particulars and Legislative Authority.
Current silver follar no limit.
Subsidiary silver voin up to
32.
Copper enats up to $1.
Authority in Order of H. 3. the Queen in Council of 2nd February, 1895, published in Hong Kong Government Gazelle, Notification No. 12% of 30th March, 1895.
Estimated About of Coin in ('irculation,
Silver dollar no estimate.
Subsidiary
coin $17.914,370
|
Estimated Amount of
paper money in Circulation
Colonial Government.
Private
Banks.
Nit.
78,721,331
Currency in
which Accounta
are kept.
By
By the
Weights andd Measures in eom- nion itse, and their oquivalents in
Imperial Weights and Measures.
Govt. Public.
Dollars Dollars
and and
centa.
cents.
British.
The Imperial Weights
and Measures.
1 Fun
CHINESE.
Weights,"
(can- darren)
1 T'зi
(mace) | Leung
(E)
1 Kan
(cathy
1 Tim
(picul)
Avoirdupois.
=-0133 oz.
=
=
l'articulars of all Banks doing business in the Colony,
1 Name of Bank,
stabilmente Number of
In the Cigony,
Binder what authority established.
Capital paid
Note Circulation
יניי
in the Colony.
Amount of
De poetit
in the
Colouy.
Onlinanee
No. 2 of 1066.
20 million qollars.
$ 59,636,538
No informa-
[00.
£3,000,000 | 17,166,328
Charter of 20-12-58.
Mercantile Book
1
£1,000,000 1,924,165
Establi-iel
€1.$2,500,000
umier
Hong Kong and Shaugiat Banking! Corporation. Chartered Bruk of India, Australia Zen China.
of lutia. International Bauking Corporation.
Corporation
British Govt.
authority of
State of
('camertjen
Senate Re-
solution Jan-
Hary, 1901,
Incorporated £2,594,160
•
P. and 6). Bouking
L
in England
1920.
FL, 65, JONOVAL
זי
Ly lb.
= 1}
Linted.
Banque du
{'Produ-Chine.
Length.
Chick equal to 14%
English inches, divided into 10 Ts'ữn and each 7's in inco
10 fan.
Yakshatun
ie Bank.
Bauk of Canton, Limited,
Bank of Taiwan,
Netherlands-Judia
Commercial
Bank.
Netherlauls
Trading Society.
Banque Franco- Chinoise pour le Commerço el l'industrio.
Bank of China.
Bank of East
Asia, Lud. Industrial and Commercial Bank, Ltd., The Hu Hong Bank Limited. and muruerons native Hoogs doing some portion of bank- ing business.
Ordanunve
V. 100,000,000)
$8,682,600
Y.18,125,000,
0,55,000,000)
Nu. 9 of
I
(£4,583,000)
19807.
i
£6,666,670 (1,80,000,000
Fr. 60.0109,000)
$24,710,200 31,00,000
$1,433,470
$400K)000
• Kowloon Bran.b Ofico.
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