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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 8. 376.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 30th September, 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...

7th October, 1938.

TOTAL

:

:

:

:

$$

AVERAGE

AMOUNT.

$

23,688,244

210,047,718

4,398,884

238,134,846

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.

No. S. 377.-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.

44% Conversion War Loan

1940/1944.

£240,000.

7th October, 1938.

1042-1054

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.