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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 27. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st January, 1918, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :---
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
6,975,965
5,000,000*
22,172,839
17,000,000
1,147,285
550,000†
TOTAL.
$
30,296,089 22,550,000
* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £110,000.
No. S. 28. 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.
934
Security.
5% War Loan,
£110,000
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
Sth February, 1918.
LAND OFFICE.
No. S. 29. It is hereby notified that the following Letting of the right to quarry on Crown Land will be held by Public Auction at the District Office, Hongkong, at 2.30 p.m., on Thursday, the 28th day of February, 1918.
The Letting will be for the term of one year from the 1st day of March, 1918, for Quarrying Granite subject to the Special Conditions hereunder specified.
PARTICULARS OF THE QUARRIES.
Registry No.
Locality.
Boundary Measurements.
Contents in sq. ft.
Upset Annual Crown Rent.
Cheung Chau Cheung Chau. As per plan deposited in
Lot No. 726.
57,950
$150
the District Land Office of the Southern District of the New Territories, Hong- kong.