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No. S. 171.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th June, 1911, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE
SPECIE
AMOUNT. IN RESERVE.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
5,658,001 4,000,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
14,113,117 9,000,000
TOTAL,
.$
19,771,118 13,000,000
WARREN BARNES,
Colonial Secretary,
7th July, 1911.
TREASURY.
No. S. 172. It is hereby notified that, in accordance with the terms of the Rating Ordinance, No. 6 of 1901, Owners and Occupiers of Tenements are reminded that Rates for the Third Quarter of 1911 are payable in advance on or before the 31st July,
1911.
If any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 31st August, 1911, pro- ceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice.
No Refund of Rates on vacant tenements will be granted unless such Rates have been paid during and within the month of July, nor unless application is made for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the Quarter.
7th July, 1911.
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Treasurer.
LAND REGISTRY OFFICE.
No. S. 173.-It is hereby notified that the following Sales of Crown Land by Public Auction will be held at the District Land Office, Tai Po, at 10 a.m., on Saturday, the 15th day of July, 1911.
The Lots are sold for the term of Seventy-five years from the 1st day of July, 1898, with the right of renewal for a further term of 24 years less 3 days at a re-assessed Crown Rent as Building Lots subject to the General Conditions of Sale published in Government Notification No. 365 of 1906.
The amount to be spent in rateable improvements on each Lot under the General Con- dition No. 5 is $100.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
Boundary Measurements.
Registry No.
Locality.
X.
E.
W.
Contents in Sq. ft.
Upset Price.
Annual Crown Reut.
feet. feet. feet. feet.
Survey District 82. Lot No. 1413.
Kan Tau Wai,
25
25
23
23
825
Demarcation District
215.
Sai Kung.
10
10
20
20
200
Lot No. 383.
7th July, 1911,
N
1.00
0.50
G. H. WAKEMAN, Land Officer.