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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 India, Australia and China; and the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, in circulation during the year ending 31st December, 1877, were in amount as follows:-

Oriental Bank.

Mercantile

Bank.

Bank of Hongkong India, Australia and Shanghai

and China.

Bank.

January,

231,250

005,094

430,134

1,208,817

February,

292,670

732,167

440,791

1,554,877

March,......

209,530

653,836

415,082

1,637,045

April,.

267,522

844,542

380,005

1,808,380

May,

330,448

767,075

418,134

1,469,817

June,

381,497

573,452

453,105

1,208,530

July,

415,016

541,529

540,370

1,254,500

August,

323,218

750,375

542,700

1,023,138

September,

221,953

810,775

384,672

1,623,887

October,

390,388

572,208

446,895

1,759,272

November,

472,800

550,221

577,230

1,318,150

December,......

373,010

407,298

514,070

1,516,781

ACCOUNTS KEPT IN.

The Accounts of the Colonial Government were formerly kept in Sterling, but from the 1st July, 1862, they have been kept in Dollars, in accordance with instructions from Her 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:-

Stone,

120 catties,..

石

679.84 Grains Troy,.....

Shek.

100 catties,.

) (Picul,

ог

1334 lbs., 16 Taels,

or

14 lb.,

担

ог

Túm.

Catty,

Kan.

斤

Tanel,.........

57.984 Grains,

Mace,

Tael,

Lenng.

Mace,

Tsto.

Candareen,

Foo.

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