CO129-426 - Public Offices - 1915 — Page 93

The total amount which must be

reported against the ord wary note

resul is

& the cour so deposited

Lo

leaving fervered by securities

[The securities are valued by the Crown

Agents at ₤341, 405. At the revised

minimum prices they

Deducting £661.1362

au

the Straits Settlements we

worth $332, 407.5°

in respeed of the Notes in две

have

₤331,1

$8,333,

8. 333 333

3,252, 177

$5,081,156

1,745.11.67

Sun

Taking the dollar at 189 ? this to $5,081, 156

equal

to

and the securities deposited making a defierency of

aut

only

+

£444,607.

331,745

£112,855.

89

Can you say

what the explanation of this apparent is ? Have the ordinances been amended,

that the Bank are short in

the

deficiency

twit

really

'rave deposited?

amorcal they

The Crown Agents

lette refers

held "at the

date

to the securities

beginning of the year 1915 I at-a

the 31th December 1914 to which the

just after Balance Sheet refers.

Yours truly

FPhillips