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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 427.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st October, 1933, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$5
$ 8,300,000*
131,189,530 123,000,000†
1,630,896 1,350,000$
147,751,974 132,650,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation...
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
14,931,548
TOTAL
* In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £715,600.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at
£3,200,000.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £190,000.
3rd November 1933.
D. W. TRATMAN,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 428. 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.
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
41% Conversion Loan 1940/1944. £190,000.
3rd November, 1933.
1091-110
D. W. TRATMAN,
Colonial Secretary.
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