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Form B.

TENDER FOR FERRIES LICENCE.

To the Harbour Master,

c/o The Colonial Secretary's Office,

SIR,

Hongkong.

191

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hereby tender and undertake to establish and maintain the ferry services notified in Government Notification No.......of 191 for the monthly rent of $........ and to comply with and be bound by the terms of the said Notification and the Regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Ferries Ordinance, 1917.

Sir,

Your obedient servant,

NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 285.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st October, 1917, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :---

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

6,525,176

5,000,000*

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,

20,563,226

17,000,000

1,148,670

550,000†

TOTAL,

S 28,237,072 22,550,000

*

Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at ± £150,000.

† Securities with the Crown Agents £110,000.

No. S. 286. 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.

5% War Loau,

£110,000

9th November, 1917.

Nominal Value.

Price when deposited.

Latest market price.

943

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.