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Average Rate of Exchange with London during the past year

Demand 4s. 1¼d. (R1)

CURRENCY, BANKING, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES

List of coins current with relative value

Coin Relative Value
Hong Kong Silver Dollar
Mexican Dollar
British Dollar All of equal value

Subsidiary coin

Metal Denomination
Silver 50 cents
Silver 20 cents
Silver 10 cents
Silver 5 cents
Copper 1 cent
Cupro-Nickel 10 cents
Cupro-Nickel 5 cents

Legal tender currency giving particulars and Legislative Authority

No Limit.

Order of H.M. The Queen in Council dated 2nd February, 1895, published in Hong Kong Government Gazette, Notification No. 128 of 30th March, 1895.

Estimated Amount of Coin in Circulation

No estimate.

Estimated Amount of paper money in Circulation

Description Amount
Subsidiary coin (up to $2) $13,956,763
Cupro-Nickel (up to $2) Issued since 1923: $340,000; Previously: $288,300
Proclamation No. 4 by the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong dated 9th November, 1935 $1,280,000
One Dollar notes (Private Banks) 136,217,290
Notes issued by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Currency notes issued by the Treasurer
Legal tender to any amount under Ordinance No. 42 of 1935 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
Legal tender to any amount under Ordinance No. 54 of 1935 Mercantile Bank of India, Limited
100 cents = 1 Dollar

Particulars of all Banks doing business in the Colony

Name of Bank Under what authority established Capital paid up Note Circulation (By Govt) Note Circulation (By Public) Amount of Deposits in the Colony Currency in which Accounts are kept
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance No. 2 of 1866 £3,000,000 21,763,985 112,322,143 No information Dollars and cents
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Charter of 29-12-73 £1,050,000 2,131,162 Dollars and cents
Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd. Established under authority of State of Connecticut, Joint Resolution January 1901 $3,000,000 Dollars and cents
The P. and O. Banking Corporation Limited Incorporated in England 1920 £2,594,160
Banque de l'Indo-Chine Frs. 129,000,000
National City Bank of New York Act of Congress of U.S.A. dated 3rd June 1864 C.S.$127 million
Yokohama Specie Bank ¥100,000,000
Bank of Canton, Ltd. Ordinance No. 9 of 1907 $8,565,500 (£4,584,000) $35,030,000
Netherlands Trading Society Frs. below 1,000,000
Banque Franco-Chinoise pour le Commerce et l'Industrie
Bank of China
Bank of East Asia, Ltd. Incorporated in U.S.A. 1930 $25,000,000 $5,598,600
The Chase Bank Incorporated in U.S.A. 1930 US$5,000 million
The Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation, Ltd. $10,000,000
Kowloon Branch Office
And numerous native Hong Kong banks doing some portion of banking business

Weights and Measures in common use, and their equivalents in Imperial Weights and Measures

BRITISH

The Imperial Weights and Measures.

CHINESE

Weights

Chinese Unit Equivalent in Avoirdupois
1 Fan (candareen) 0.0133 oz.
1 Tsin (mace) 0.0833 oz.
1 Leung (tael) 1.333 oz.
1 Kan (catty) 1.333 lb.
1 Tâm (picul) 133.3 lb.

Length

Chinese Unit Equivalent in Imperial
1 Chek (Chinese foot) 14.1 English inches, divided into 10 Tsin (cun), and 1 Tsin into 10 Fan

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Average Rate of Exchange with London during the past year

Demand 4s. 1¼d. (R1)

CURRENCY, BANKING, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES

List of coins current with relative value

Coin Relative Value
Hong Kong Silver Dollar
Mexican Dollar
British Dollar All of equal value

Subsidiary coin

Metal Denomination
Silver 50 cents
Silver 20 cents
Silver 10 cents
Silver 5 cents
Copper 1 cent
Cupro-Nickel 10 cents
Cupro-Nickel 5 cents

Legal tender currency giving particulars and Legislative Authority

No Limit.

Order of H.M. The Queen in Council dated 2nd February, 1895, published in Hong Kong Government Gazette, Notification No. 128 of 30th March, 1895.

Estimated Amount of Coin in Circulation

No estimate.

Estimated Amount of paper money in Circulation

Description Amount
Subsidiary coin (up to $2) $13,956,763
Cupro-Nickel (up to $2) Issued since 1923: $340,000; Previously: $288,300
Proclamation No. 4 by the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong dated 9th November, 1935 $1,280,000
One Dollar notes (Private Banks) 136,217,290
Notes issued by Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Currency notes issued by the Treasurer
Legal tender to any amount under Ordinance No. 42 of 1935 Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
Legal tender to any amount under Ordinance No. 54 of 1935 Mercantile Bank of India, Limited
100 cents = 1 Dollar

Particulars of all Banks doing business in the Colony

Name of Bank Under what authority established Capital paid up Note Circulation (By Govt) Note Circulation (By Public) Amount of Deposits in the Colony Currency in which Accounts are kept
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ordinance No. 2 of 1866 £3,000,000 21,763,985 112,322,143 No information Dollars and cents
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Charter of 29-12-73 £1,050,000 2,131,162 Dollars and cents
Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd. Established under authority of State of Connecticut, Joint Resolution January 1901 $3,000,000 Dollars and cents
The P. and O. Banking Corporation Limited Incorporated in England 1920 £2,594,160
Banque de l'Indo-Chine Frs. 129,000,000
National City Bank of New York Act of Congress of U.S.A. dated 3rd June 1864 C.S.$127 million
Yokohama Specie Bank ¥100,000,000
Bank of Canton, Ltd. Ordinance No. 9 of 1907 $8,565,500 (£4,584,000) $35,030,000
Netherlands Trading Society Frs. below 1,000,000
Banque Franco-Chinoise pour le Commerce et l'Industrie
Bank of China
Bank of East Asia, Ltd. Incorporated in U.S.A. 1930 $25,000,000 $5,598,600
The Chase Bank Incorporated in U.S.A. 1930 US$5,000 million
The Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation, Ltd. $10,000,000
Kowloon Branch Office
And numerous native Hong Kong banks doing some portion of banking business

Weights and Measures in common use, and their equivalents in Imperial Weights and Measures

BRITISH

The Imperial Weights and Measures.

CHINESE

Weights

Chinese Unit Equivalent in Avoirdupois
1 Fan (candareen) 0.0133 oz.
1 Tsin (mace) 0.0833 oz.
1 Leung (tael) 1.333 oz.
1 Kan (catty) 1.333 lb.
1 Tâm (picul) 133.3 lb.

Length

Chinese Unit Equivalent in Imperial
1 Chek (Chinese foot) 14.1 English inches, divided into 10 Tsin (cun), and 1 Tsin into 10 Fan

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Average Rate of Exchange with London

during the

past year.

Demand.

  1. d.

1

114

(R1)

CURRENCY, BANKING, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES.

List of coins

eurrent with rela-

tive value.

Hong Kong

Silver Dollar. Mexican Dollar. British Dollar. All of equal value.

Subsidiary coin:

Silver.

50 cents.

20 LO

3

་་

*

"

Legal tender currency giving

particulars and

Legislative Authority.

No Limit.

Order of H. M. The Queen in Council dated 2nd February, 1896, published in Hong Kong Government Gazette, Notification No. 128 of 30th March, 1895.

Estimated Amount of Coin in Circulation,

Estimated Amount of paper money in Circulation.

No estimate.

Up to $2.

Do.

$13,956,763

Copper.

Up to $1,

Do.

One cent.

Cupra Nickel,

10 cents.

5

Up to $2. Proelanation No. 4

by the Officer Administering

The Government of Hong

A dellur eontains

Issued since 1923 $340,000

Previously

no estimate.

Kong dated 9th November, $288,300 1935.

C'olonial Government.

| $1,280,000

Que Dollar

Private Banks.

136,217,290

Notes issued

| Currency by Hongkong notes issued Bud Shanghai by the Tren- Banking

Corporation.

surer.

Legal tender Chartered to any amount Bank of India, ander Ordin- Australia and ance No. 42 China.

of 1935.

| Mercantile ¡Bank of India, Limited.

Legal tender to any amount. under Ordin- aneo No. 54 of 1935.

100 eeuts,

Particulars of all Banks doing business in the Colony,

Number of

Establishments

The Lodonty

Under what authority established,

Capital paid

Note Circulation

in the Colony,

Currency in which Accounts

are kept.

By By the! Govt. Publie.!

Dollars Dollars

and nul cents. ccnty.

Weights and Mensures in com- mou use, and then

equivalents in Imperial Weights. and Measures.

BRITISH.

The Imperial Weights

and Measures.

CHINESE.

Weights.

Name of Bank.

Flongkong and Shanghai Brunking Corporation. Chartered Bank of India, Australin and Chinn. Merenntile Bank of India, Lol.

International

Banking Corporation.

1 Fan

(enn-

dureen)

Acoirdupois.

=0133 oz.

17'sin =083

(muce)

1 Leung (thel)

1 Kan

(calty)

1 Tâm

(pient)

=

It

= 1383

39

Amount of Deposits

in the

Colony.

I

Ordinance No. 2 of 1866.

20

112,322,143) No

million dollar-.

informa-

tion.

1

British GovI.

£3,000,000 21,763,985

Charter of

29-12-73.

1

£1,050,000 2,131,162

1

Established

G. $3,000,000

under

authority of

State of

Connecticut

Seunte Re-

solution Jan-

Jury, 1901.

The P. and 0.

1

Incorporated in England

1920.

Banking Corpo- ration Limited.

Banque de l'Indo-Chine.

National City

Bank of New York.

£2,594,160

Frs. 129,000.ONU

Act of Con- C.S.$127 ENLOUD

gress of

1.S. A. dated

3rd June,

1864.

Yokohama

@Y. 100,000,000

Length.

Specie Bank.

Bank of Canton,

[

100% equal to [42

English inches,

divided into 10 7s'ün - Netherlands-India

Limited.

Bank of Taiwan.

1

Ordinare

$8,565,500

Y.15,000.00 0.55,000,000

and onch 7«ä» into

10 Fan.

Netherlands

Trading Society.

Banque Franco-

Commercial

Bank.

No. 9 of 1907.

(£4,584,000)

01.35,030,00%)

Frw. Be0w1,00U

I

Chinoise pour le

Commerce er lludustrie.

Bank of China.

Bank of En

2-

Asia, Lul.

Incorporated

The Chase Bank.

I

in U.S.A.

1930.

The Overscās- Chinese Banking Corporation, Luj.

and numerous vative Honga Joing some

portion of bank-

ing business,

• Kowloon Branch Office.

$25,000,000 $5,598,600

US$5,000 MIQU

$10,000,000

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Average Rate of Exchange with London

during the

past year.

Demand.

  1. d.

1

114

(R1)

CURRENCY, BANKING, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES.

List of coins

eurrent with rela-

tive value.

Hong Kong

Silver Dollar. Mexican Dollar. British Dollar. All of equal value.

Subsidiary coin:

Silver.

50 cents.

20 LO

3

་་

*

"

Legal tender currency giving

particulars and

Legislative Authority.

No Limit.

Order of H. M. The Queen in Council dated 2nd February, 1896, published in Hong Kong Government Gazette, Notification No. 128 of 30th March, 1895.

Estimated Amount of Coin in Circulation,

Estimated Amount of paper money in Circulation.

No estimate.

Up to $2.

Do.

$13,956,763

Copper.

Up to $1,

Do.

One cent.

Cupra Nickel,

10 cents.

5

Up to $2. Proelanation No. 4

by the Officer Administering

The Government of Hong

A dellur eontains

Issued since 1923 $340,000

Previously

no estimate.

Kong dated 9th November, $288,300 1935.

C'olonial Government.

| $1,280,000

Que Dollar

Private Banks.

136,217,290

Notes issued

| Currency by Hongkong notes issued Bud Shanghai by the Tren- Banking

Corporation.

surer.

Legal tender Chartered to any amount Bank of India, ander Ordin- Australia and ance No. 42 China.

of 1935.

| Mercantile ¡Bank of India, Limited.

Legal tender to any amount. under Ordin- aneo No. 54 of 1935.

100 eeuts,

Particulars of all Banks doing business in the Colony,

Number of

Establishments

The Lodonty

Under what authority established,

Capital paid

Note Circulation

in the Colony,

Currency in which Accounts

are kept.

By By the! Govt. Publie.!

Dollars Dollars

and nul cents. ccnty.

Weights and Mensures in com- mou use, and then

equivalents in Imperial Weights. and Measures.

BRITISH.

The Imperial Weights

and Measures.

CHINESE.

Weights.

Name of Bank.

Flongkong and Shanghai Brunking Corporation. Chartered Bank of India, Australin and Chinn. Merenntile Bank of India, Lol.

International

Banking Corporation.

1 Fan

(enn-

dureen)

Acoirdupois.

=0133 oz.

17'sin =083

(muce)

1 Leung (thel)

1 Kan

(calty)

1 Tâm

(pient)

=

It

= 1383

39

Amount of Deposits

in the

Colony.

I

Ordinance No. 2 of 1866.

20

112,322,143) No

million dollar-.

informa-

tion.

1

British GovI.

£3,000,000 21,763,985

Charter of

29-12-73.

1

£1,050,000 2,131,162

1

Established

G. $3,000,000

under

authority of

State of

Connecticut

Seunte Re-

solution Jan-

Jury, 1901.

The P. and 0.

1

Incorporated in England

1920.

Banking Corpo- ration Limited.

Banque de l'Indo-Chine.

National City

Bank of New York.

£2,594,160

Frs. 129,000.ONU

Act of Con- C.S.$127 ENLOUD

gress of

1.S. A. dated

3rd June,

1864.

Yokohama

@Y. 100,000,000

Length.

Specie Bank.

Bank of Canton,

[

100% equal to [42

English inches,

divided into 10 7s'ün - Netherlands-India

Limited.

Bank of Taiwan.

1

Ordinare

$8,565,500

Y.15,000.00 0.55,000,000

and onch 7«ä» into

10 Fan.

Netherlands

Trading Society.

Banque Franco-

Commercial

Bank.

No. 9 of 1907.

(£4,584,000)

01.35,030,00%)

Frw. Be0w1,00U

I

Chinoise pour le

Commerce er lludustrie.

Bank of China.

Bank of En

2-

Asia, Lul.

Incorporated

The Chase Bank.

I

in U.S.A.

1930.

The Overscās- Chinese Banking Corporation, Luj.

and numerous vative Honga Joing some

portion of bank-

ing business,

• Kowloon Branch Office.

$25,000,000 $5,598,600

US$5,000 MIQU

$10,000,000

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