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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1918.

Assets and Liabilities on the 30th September, 1917.

LIABILITIES.

ASSETS.

7

C.

Deposits not Available,

892,870.90

Subsidiary Coins,

1,189,452.14

Advances,

425,896.14

Postal Agencies,

5,858,56

Imprest,

36,398.85

House Service Account,

4,390.61

Suspense Account,

935.87

Crown Agents' Deposit Account,

1,534,609.54

Exchange,

44,081.26

Unallocated Stores, (P.W.D.),

Unallocated Stores, (Railway), Coal Account,

123,172.39

125,681.25

205,999.47

Investment Account,

195,763.83

Total Liabilities,.....

Balance,....

943,749.59

3,882,737.15

Balance, Bank,

976,538.33

Crown Agents' Current Account,.

8,584.19

TOTAL......

.$ 4,826,486.74

TOTAL,.........$

4,826,486.74

29th December, 1917.

No. 6. It is hereby notified for the information of Owners and Occupiers of tenements that, under the provisions of the Rating Ordinance, 1901, Ordinance No. 6 of 1901, and the Rating (Special War Rate) Ordinance, 1917, Ordinance No. 18 of 1917, Rates for the First Quarter of 1918, including the Special War Rate of 7%, are payable in advance on or before the 31st January, 1918.

If any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 28th February, 1918, pro- ceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice.

No refund of Rates in respect of vacant tenements will be granted unless such Rates have been paid during and within the month of January, nor unless application is made for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the quarter.

E. D. C. WOLFE,

Treasurer.

2nd January, 1918.

MAGISTRACY.

No. 7.-Notice is hereby given that the term of office of the Honourable Mr. HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK representative of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace upon the Legislative Council, expires on the 16th day of January, 1918; and that he has expressed his willingness to stand again.

In the event of another Justice of the Peace being nominated a meeting of the Justices other than Government Officials will be held at the Magistracy on Monday, the 28th day of January, 1918, from 12 Noon to I p.m., for the purpose of electing a repre- sentative of the Justices upon the Legislative Council.

Justices of the Peace, who are Government Officials, are not entitled to take part in these proceedings.

Every candidate must be nominated in writing by one Justice and seconded by another, and the nomination delivered to the undersigned not later than Monday, the 14th January, 1918.

J. R. WOOD,

Police Magistrate.

4th January, 1918.