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AMOUNT OF PAPER CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION.

The Notes of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and Chinn, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking

Corporation, and the National Bank of China, Limited, in circulation during the year ending 31st December,

1900, were in amount as follows :—

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

National Bank of China, Limited.

January,

3,081,635

8,485,757

447,690

February,

2,821,358

8,708,824

448,761

March,.

2,581,227

8,280,515

444,689

April,

2,661,976

8,517,500

450,000

May,

2,821,263

8,100,430

447,570

June,

2,889,062

7,936,667

441,925

July,

2,683,108

7,993,351

445,433

Angust,

2,696,366

7,546,934

429,827

September,

2,760,507

7,959,297

435,395

October,

2,719,773

7,373,354

445,073

November,

2,658,660

6,775,233

450,000

December,

2,927,098

7,003,450

450,000

ACCOUNTS KEPT IN.

The Accounts of the Colonial Government wore formerly kept in Sterling, but from the 1st July, 1862, they lavo boen kopt in Dollars, in accordance with instructions from Hor Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonics.

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