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BLOITOM

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

TAEMTRAINⱭ 2'YALTIE Jenko0)

No. S. 503.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hong Kong,pduring the month ended 30th November, 1929, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-

:hange996

bo to zluque gift

but

BANKS.

COST

boqasi totoll quit vnd-EZZA vollol odi m 9561 gahub !

AVERAGE

matrand; blodezwoll guntund2 buns. I

:

AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporationgmoll..

Mercantile Bank of India, Limited..

16,626,344

6,000,000*

delsesdedenoidute quiquamψˆ

52,322,190

34,000,000†

1,881,945

660,000§

ZIGHT Kor

TOTAL

$

70,830,479

40,660,000

* In addition Sterling: Securities are deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,236,000.

boot In jaddition, Securities deposited, with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at

£2,907,959.

sil gn addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents. valued at £180,000.0Z Z33 199 kiños. It is flute nositi maibid of emoitul! le ziqque

6th December, 1929.

TEAMTHA9aila

W. T. SOUTHORN,

Colonial Secretary..

200 & on

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 504.-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.

5% Treasury Bonds repayable

@ 100 in 1930

£180,000

}

6th December, 1929.

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991-993

W. T. SOUTHORN,

Colonial Secretary.