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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment.

No. 8. 103.- Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st March, 1938, 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...

5th April, 1938.

TOTAL

:

:

:

:

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

24,387,068

209,348,793

4,655,275

238,391,136

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.

No. S. 104. 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.

£240,000.

5th April, 1938.

1061-106

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.