8. d.
Bills Receivable.............
£. 8. d. 2,104,409 9 5
615,855 16
5
Bullion on hand at Bombay.
8,000 0 0
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11ri MAY, 1861.
(Copy.)
GENERAL BALANCE, Chartero MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, London, and China, 30th June, 1860.
ASSETS.
Bills discounted and Loans
LIABILITIES.
137.
£
s. d.
£ s. d. 500,000 0 0
813,060 17
7
444,399 6 3
Proprietors' Capital.
Current Accounts..
Fixed deposits.......................
Calcutta..
11
19
3,078 2 11
Bills payable.
Madras...
12
2,946 0 2
Mercantile Bank
Colombo..
"
35
8,000 0 0
Balances due to other Banks
1,886,858 1 5
8
4,240 18 35,552 10 7
"
Singapore..
293 14 0
Suspense Account..
921 0 0
"
"
Hongkong Shanghai Mauritius
Government Securities at London.
21,914 15 5 88,955 12
1
10,400 0 0 143,088 4 7
Adjusting Account of profit
28,739 17 7
Notes in Circulation at Colombo.
25,940 0 0
""
"
Kandy....
7,788 10 0
""
Hongkong
80,598 7 6
33
31
$9
"
89,509 19 10]
Bombay Madras.
61,408 14 0
19
19
Shanghai
11,248 10 0 125,575 7 6
480 0 0 151,398 13 10 Unclaimed Dividends
Suspense Account..
Office Furniture at Head Office
and Branches
Insurance Policies
Stamps
Balance due by other Banks..
Credit Accounts
Repairs on new premises
Stationery at Colombo.......
Adjusting Account..
Cash on band at London.
***
Reserve fund.
2,678 12 7
Profit and Loss
7,626 18 4
2,718 2 6
1,091 5 0
20,000 0 0
42,862 15 6
18,337 2 10
446 16 3 4,639 9 0 33,764 18
9
1,419 11 5
298 18 3 12,329 6 4
39
"
Bombay
305,181 I 1
11
Calcutta.
41,970 17 7
Madras
""
"
30,995 12
1
Colombo
"
37,036 9 9
19
Kandy.
4,593 2 5
Singapore
13,826 14 4
17
"
Penang
7,713 9 0
14
"
Hongkong
273,573 18 9
"
"
Shanghai...
81,029 10 71
"
Mauritius.....
8,369 4 0 822,627 2 5
No. 56.
3,903,302 0 1
(Signed,)
(Signed,)
13,903,302 0
W. HOWARD, Chairman.
W. M. DAVIDSON, Accountant.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, in Hongkong, is published for general information.
By Order,
L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1861.
Account of the average omount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for
the month ending 30th April, 1861, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.
NOTES ISSUED,..
SPECIE IN RESERVE,.
.$730,122. .$400,000.
P. CAMPBELL, Manager.
Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st May, 1861.
I hereby certify that I this day inspected the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the ne- cessary Amount of Spocie as required by the Royal Charter.
Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1801.
J. C. POWER, Acting Colonial Treasurer.
No. 57.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONdon, and China, in Hongkong, is published for general inforination.
By Order,
L. D'ALMADA È CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1861.
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