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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 323.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st August, 1932, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation...
Wercantile Bank of India, Limited...
TOTAL
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
19,876,362
$ 8,300,000*
130,761,305 | 112,000,000†
2,998,554
1,350,000$
$153,639,221
121,650,000
* In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,325,100.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at
£2,747,000.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £190,000.
2nd September, 1932.
E. R. HALLIFAX,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 324.-The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, against their notes in circulation, is published for general information under Section 5 of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 65 of 1911):-
Security.
41% Conversion Loan 1940/1944.
2nd September, 1932.
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
E. R. HALLIFAX,
Colonial Secretary.
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