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No.257

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My Lord,

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BRITISH CONSULATE-GENERAL,

SHANGHAI.

October 1th 1940.

No.635 F 5623

18 DEC 1340

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From the Mercan-

With reference to Foreign Officé despatch No.77 (F 3178/6/10) of the 21st June, 1935,

I have the honour to transmit herewith a copy of a letter from the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, regarding the Bank's notes in circulation on the 30th September, 1940.

tile Bank of India 2. On that date I held a deposit receipt Limited, 8/10/4 in the joint names of His Britannic Majesty's

Consul-General and the Mercantile Bank of India for the sum of $12,000.00, deposited at call with the Central Bank of China. I similarly held on the 30th September, 1940, a deposit receipt for the sum of $300,000.00, deposited at call with the Central Bank of China, in the joint names of the Chartered Bank of India Australia and China and His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, Shanghai, as security for the note issue of that Bank.

I have the honour to be, With the highest respect,

My Lord,

Your Lordship's most obedient,

humble servant

His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

Foreign Office,

LONDON.

whore.

Consul-General.

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