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No. S. 310.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st October, 1918, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :—
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
8,061,142
5,000,000*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
1,099,993
20,801,104 17,000,000
550,000†
TOTAL,....
$
29,962,239
22,550,000
Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £125,000.
No. S. 311. 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 Loan,
£125,000
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
941
LAND OFFICE.
No. S. 312.-It is hereby notified that the following Sales of Crown Land by Public Auction will be held at the District Office, Hongkong, at 11 a.m., on Monday, the 9th day of December, 1918.
The Lots are 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 Building Lots, subject to the General Conditions of Sale published in Government Notification No. 365 of 1906, and to the Special Condition No. 5 published in Government Notification No. 278 of 1911.
The amounts to be spent in rateable improvements on Lots Nos. 281, 282, and 283, under the General Condition No. 5 are $50, $100, and $300 respectively.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOTS.
Boundary Measurements.
Registry No.
Locality.
N.
S.
E.
W.
Contents in sq. feet.
Price.
Upset Crown
Annual
Rent.
Ping Chau.
Lot No. 281.
Lot No. 282.
Lot No. 283.
Ping Chau.
"
""
:
:
:
300
1.00
600
6
2.00
2,475
25
25
6.00
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