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AMOUNT OF PAPER CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION.

The Notes of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the National Bank of China, Limitel, in cirenlation during the year ending 31st Decomber, 1896, were in amount as follows:-

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

National Bank of China, Limited,

$

January,

1,774,472

4,935,301

423,789

February,

1,992,112

6,172,288

138,137

March,

1,520,295

5,447,285

412,962

April,

1,557,697

5,989,837

112,823

May,....

1,631,523

5,885,672

391,455

June,........

1,879,077

5,844,570

428,743

July,

1,856,748

1,632,672

375,976

August,

1,868,542

4,254,769

385,414

September,

1,972,510

4,245,804

381,816

October,

1,800,322

4,192,640

382,891

November,

1,910,776

4,575,137

368,109

December,

2,175,837

4,904,834

360,636

ACCOUNTS KEPT IN.

The Accounts of the Colonial Govorument wero formerly kopt in Sterling, but from the 1st July, 1862, they baro boon kept in Dollars, in accordance with instructions from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for

the Colonies.

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