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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.

No. S. 287.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 30th June, 1941, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-

BANKS.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

Mercantile Bank of India, Limited ..

4th July, 1941.

:

:

:

:

TOTAL

$

BA

AVERAGE

AMOUNT.

25,087,019

200,357,228

4,205,645

229,649,892

N L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment.

No. 8. 288.-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.

3% Conversion Loan repayable

1948 1953.

£240,000.

4th July, 1941.

99-100

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.