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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 311. It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in duplicate, which should. be clearly marked "Tenders for the carriage of coal", will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of Thursday, the 13th day of December, 1917, for the delivery of coal during the year 1918.

For schedule of particulars application should be made to the Colonial Secretary's Office.

A deposit of $50 must accompany each tender as guarantee of the bonâ fides of the offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown, if the tenderer refuses to carry out his tender.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

No. S. 312.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th November, 1917, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

5,959,877

5,000,000*

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,

20,868,700

17,000,000

1,148,137

550,000†

TOTAL,

27,976,714

22,550,000

Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000. Securities with the Crown Agents £110,000.

No. S. 313. 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):-

Amount.

Nominal Value.

Price when deposited.

Latest market price.

97

Security.

5% War Loan,

£110,000

7th December, 1917.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Colonial Secretary.