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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 154.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st March, 1940, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
24,621,184
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited.......
195,232,228
4,817,933
4th April, 1940.
TOTAL
224,671,345
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 155. 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.
3% Conversion Loan repayable
1948/1953.
£240,000.
4th April, 1940.
99-100
N. L. SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
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