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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

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No. 8. 95.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 28th February, 1939, 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...

10th March, 1939.

:

:

AVERAGE

AMOUNT.

23,992,472

209,847,338

4,401,605

TOTAL

$9

238,241,415

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 96. 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.

10th March, 1939.

1024-102

N. L. SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.