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No. S. 186. 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):—
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
Security.
5% Treasury Bonds repayable
@100 in 1930
£130,000
5th August, 1927.
102-1024
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Colonial Secretary.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY,
BRITISH SECTION.
No. S. 187.-It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in triplicate, which should be clearly marked "Tender for Improvements and Alterations to Taipo Market Station", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Friday, the 26th day of August, 1927, on behalf of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section).
Drawings may be seen and the Specification and full particulars obtained by appli- cation to the Railway Head Office, Kowloon, on the deposit of a fee of $20, which will be refunded on the submission of a bona fide tender together with the return of the Specification intact.
The Contractor must deliver in with his tender the schedule of quantities and prices, which shall be fully filled up and shall set forth the items of which such estimate is composed, and shall contain his complete estimate..
The successful tenderer will be required to sign a formal contract in the usual form of the Government Contracts and to give security for the sum of $1,000 in a bond with two sureties conditional for the due and faithful performance of the terms of such con-
tract.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
5th August, 1927.
No. S. 188.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
R. BAKER,
Manager.
In continuation of Notice No. S. 182 published in Hong Kong Government Gazette of 29th July, 1927, and with reference to Notice No. S. 361 published in Hong Kong Government Gazette of 10th December, 1926, the repairs to Blake Pier having been completed and the pier re-opened to the Public, the latter notice instructing the public to use the, Queen's Pier is hereby cancelled.
HONG KONG, S0th July, 1927.
G..F. HOLE,
Harbour Master, &c.