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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
No. 37.
No. 141.
Published by Authority.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1873.
ATION
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
VOL. XIX.
Whereas it has been reported to the Government that the Notes of the value of Fifty Dollars each issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation have been forged:-
Notice is hereby given that, in addition to the Reward of One Thousand Dollars offered by the Directors of the said Corporation to the Person or Persons who can give such information as will lead to the apprehension and conviction of those who are implicated in the commission of the Forgery referred to, a Free Pardon will be granted by His Excellency the Governor to any Person-the Principal in the First Degree only excepted-who shall give such information as shall lead to the apprehension and conviction of one or more of the guilty parties.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th September, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
No. 142.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 31st August, 1873, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th September, 1873.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Oriental Bank Corporation,..
648,806
250,000
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
579,370
250,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,....
495,905
175,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.......
1,455,644
600,000
TOTAL,...........
$
3,179,725
1,275,000
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