BANKS.
369
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
TOTAL,
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE
IN RESERVE.
$
$
3,535,511
2,000,000*
19,589,983
15,500,000
1,184,423
850,000+
24,309,917
18,350,000
*
Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at $1,850,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.
{
No. S. 202.--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):
Security.
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
Bombay Port Trust 4%, Bonds,........
£10,000
£100
97/98/
96.97
Southern Punjab Railway 4%
Preference Stock,
£23,040
£100
92/94
93/96
Madras and Southern Maharatta 4% Debenture Stock,....
£35,000
£100
98/100
99/100
3rd July, 1914.
CLAUD SEVERN,
· Colonial Secretary.
HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 203. It is hereby notified that information has been received from the Military Authorities that Gun Practice will be carried out as under
On Tuesday, the 7th July:
From Pak Sha Wan, in a North-Easterly to Northerly direction, between the
hours of 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
3rd July, 1914.
C. W. BECKWITH, Commander, R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.
LAND OFFICE.
No. S. 204.-It is hereby notified that the following Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction will be held at the District Office, Hongkong, at 2.30 p.m., on Tuesday, the 21st day of July, 1914.
The Lot is 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 an Agricultural Lot subject to the General Conditions of Sale published in Government Notification No. 365 of 1906 and to the Special Conditions Nos. 1, 2 and 3
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