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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 8. 330.- Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st August, 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..

2nd September, 1938.

TOTAL

€

:

:

:

:

AVERAGE

AMOUNT.

22,880,807

210,098,368

4,450,595

237,429,770

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 331.-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.

2nd September, 1938.

104-105

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.