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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 2. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st December, 1937, 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........

7th January, 1938.

TOTAL

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:

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:

:

$

AVERAGE

AMOUNT.

25,172,604

199,689,793

5,175,570

230,037,967

N. L SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 3. 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 War Loan

1940/1944.

£190,000.

7th January, 1938.

106-107

N. L. SMITII,

Colonial Secretary.