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Whether

Title or Description of Work.

Name of Author.

Name of Proprietor of the Copyright.

author

Date of Notice. alive;

if

Date of Expiration

of the

not, date

of death.

Copyright.

Untilled Field, The......... Geo Moore

Wm. Heinemann

6 Jan., 1916.

Alive

Veiled Life, The

Henrietta Goldie

Wm. Heinemanu

6 Jan., 1916.

Alive

What a Woman Wants

Alice Dudeney

Wm. Heinemann

6 Jan., 1916.

Alive

With My Regiment.............

Woman in the Sahara, A...

Platoon

mander" Helen Gordon

Com- Wm. Heinemann

6 Jan., 1916.

Alive

Yes

Wm. Heinemann

Mary Agues Hamil- Wm. Heinemann

6 Jan., 1916.

6 Jan., 1916.

Alive

Alive

ton

No. S. 62.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st March, 1916, 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,

8,263,339

5,000,000*

23,149,774 20,000,000

1,072,673

850,000+

TOTAL

$

32,485,786 25,850,000

* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at $1,850,000.

† Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.

No. S. 63. 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

93

Southern Punjab Railway 4%

Preference Stock,

£23,040

£100

92/94

86

Madras and Southern Maharatta

4% Debenture Stock,......

£35,000

£100

98/100

93

7th April, 1916.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary,

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