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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, 1882, were in amount as follows:-

1

Oriental Bank.

Mercantile Bank.

Bank of

Hongkong

Bank.

India, Australia, and Shanghai

and China.

$

January,

752,426

$49,396

655.678

1,872.807 -

February,

996,106

625,723

779,154

1,866,107

March,

966,661

565,302

654,801

1,727,839

April,

753,640

660,141

638,755

1,669,633

May,

685,794

801,360

604,559

1,858,774

Junc,

857,633

852,456

739,208

1589,233

July,

972,855

793,3-12

746,217

1,741,68

August,

981,459

919,849

794,572

1,624,871

September,

931,560

1,058,557

815,958

1,557,167

October,

799,862

953,218

8-42,862

1,891,290

Novembor,

786,987

1,054,253

793,548

2,120,267

December,

878,829

1,069,007

873,077

2,301,000

ACCOUNTS KEPT IN,

The Accounts of the Colonial Government wore formerly kept in Sterling, but from the 1st July, 1862, they havo boon kept in Dollars, in accordanco with instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Sceretury of State for the Colonies.

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

WEIGHT.

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

190 Catties.

Shik.

Picul.

Twit

579.84 Grains Troy,

(Shaw,

石

10 cue Tarl.......................

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or

Catty,

斤 10 one Mare,

100 Catties.

1932 19 16 Tacks,

If H.

Škin.

$7.984 Grains..

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