COMMITTEE ON STRAITS SETTLEMENTS CURRENCY.
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APPENDIX, No. 19-continued.
TABLE XIII.
IMPORTATION of British Dollars into Straits Settlements.
Annual Importation of British Dollars by the Banks since their first Coinage in 1895 has been :-
Year.
Amount.
d.
d.
January
2511
251%
1805
February
25t
251
1896
25
25
1897
2,201,890
3,623,000
25,704,908
March
April
May
June -
24fr
241's
1898
19,492,168
231
2311
1890
94%
2311
1900
29,349,725
21,571,488
July
241
231
1901
17,281,263
August
24
231
TOTAL.
119,224,442
September -
231
23
October
231
2211
November
2811
221%
December
32*
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TABLE XIV.
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1897
1898
1899
1899
1900
Average Monthly Circulation of Notes of Local Banks (Straits Settlements).
$
7,326,693
7,737,057
8,082,210
1900
1901 -
Average Monthly Circulation of Government Notes. Issue commenced 1st May 1899.
*
$ 6,713,133
5,473,755
$ 2,330,555
$
5,500,250
1901
1902
7,926,908
13,393,440
(Month ending 10th December).
TABLE XV,
Straits Settlements Exchange on London.
Highest and lowest Rates for Bank Bills (four months' sight).
d.
L. d.
1891
36 to 3 1
1897
1802
3 1 to 2 91
1898
-
1. d.
a. d.
21 to 1D1%
2
to 1 10
1893
2 94 to 2 41
1800
2 to 111}
1894
2 37 to 2 -
1900
-
22 to 11
1895
23 to 111
1901
21 to 1 91
1806
2 3 to 2 I
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APPENDIX, No. 19-continued.
TABLE XVI.
COURSE OF EXCHANGE, 1901.
Bank Bills.
January.
February.