CO129-520-2 Currency- note issue 22-11-1929 - 11-11-1930 — Page 14

Hong Kong. 19th February, 1930.

We hereby certify that the total Note Issue of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China on 31st December, 1929 amounted to Eighteen million three hundred and ninety six thousand four hundred and forty dollars ($18,396,440.) against which security is held as follows:-

Issue

$18,396,440. inclusive of

$81,655 for Singapore and

Penang issued in Straits

Dollars.

Security Deposited With

Crown Agents (British Government Bonds)

Treasury Bonds 1931/33 40

Nominal Value

Market Value.

£1,555,000. @ 971⁄2

£1,516,125.

@ 1/7/2

$18,660,000.

Coins held in Hong Kong to order of Hong Kong

Government

7,000,000.

$25,660,000.

Existallefal

Colonial Secretary.

Chu Llexan

Colonial Treasurer.

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