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AMOUNT OF PAPER CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION.

The Notes of the Oriental Bank Corporation; the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China; the Chartered Bank of Todia, Australia and China; and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, in circulation during the year ending 31st December, 1875, were in amount as follows:-

Hongkong

Oriental Bank.

Mercantile Bank.

Bank of India, Australia and Shanghai

and China.

Bunk.

$

$

January,

343,852

729,265

505,810

2,068,937

February,

537,261

773,880

630,260

1,798,722

March,.......

506,232

741,661

503,779

1,684,841

April,

500,728

085,727

398,973

1,672,848

May,.

530,817

674,189

370,004

1,907,054

June,

499,471

612,050

471,330

1,432,497

July,

443,881

591,003

589,084

1,075,689

August,

530,924

005,847

*593,890

1,378,255

September,

451,830

452,386

521,023

1,430,812

October,

489,875

580,078

512,858

1,455,598-

November,

383,079

582,307

488,223

1,548,982

December,

4901,954

648,954

542,084

1,408,702

ACCOUNTS KEPT IN.

The Accounts of the Colonial Government were formerly kept in Sterling, but from the 1st July, 1862, they bave been kept in Dollars, in accordance with instructions from Iler Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies.

The Accounts of the Mercantile Establishments are and have been always kept in Dollars.

WEIGHTS.

English Standard Weights are employed in the Colony, and, also the following Chinese :-

120 catties,

100 catties

or

1334 s.. 16 Taels,

or

1 lb.,

Stouc,

石 579.84 Grains Troy,

Shiek.

l'icul,

Tael,..

担

or

Túm.

Catty,

Fr

57.934 Grains,

Mace,

Kau.

Tael,

Leung.

Mace,

錢

Tsin.

Caudareen,

分

Fan.