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NOTICES
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 274.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st May, 1940, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
25,700,302
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
5th June, 1940.
TOTAL
:
:
$
195,132,228
4,815,807
225,648,337
R. A. C. North,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 275.-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.
5th June, 1940.
99-100
R. A. C. North,
Colonial Secretary.
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