CO129-446 - Others & Individuals - 1917 — Page 257

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

then issue they have to deposit coin and for

securities

धनत

to the full extent of

5 million.

The

remainder of this issue is

called

Reim

exceed with steel and against

this

fr to the our present holding of 253

15 million dollars against the excess issue-

of the #Rong & Shanghai Bank, it seems

almost sinful that the white

they have to deposit with the sort off Nicong comm

further details of this time at present not

- anything about the issues of the Chartered Bank

and of the Mercantile Bank of

or

bullion (not securities) to the full extent

г

16

Excess Biul

qe this way

we are now holding some

15 withion dollars.

J

Theirs. I used aut

jo

into

say

J

Thin

DRAFT.

huge supply V

silver I they

are th

hs

the demand

q

British dollars) should be locked up when

India is so urgent.

I would propose is

ask

the back 4

India which

при

to our

Cathing 5 millions poun

рот

M

auch less important.

this

و

incluind to think that the Bank

Ala

i

I

resues need not be, and will not be, interfered

675

vary greatly by a Gost asti issue. I belive

that the capacity of China for absorbing sound adis is life, and the Banks have always been, discouraged four besting that capacity by having to defreit with

the Gore dollar for

Andeed they actually

Greeft in so far

Atlan

against

love

wonly

Па

Their excess Alado.

Their exce of iffere

as their woher comentand a

I as they almost invariably do

premium,

fast

Leserve

Save

A

I replacing their with our

5 millions of East notes. If we

L

guarantee that this wa

eventually

be done I do not see why the Bank

could not consent.

song

to India at

send Kem,

Securities

rufee

to the 5 millions

once.

be shot Ken

sventually

them, and you wd give

un rufee

equivalent to the unumber of

the into which the silver was commed

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