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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 23, 1920.

No. 393.--Financial Statement for the month of March 1920.

REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

TREASURY.

Balance of Assets and Lisbilities on 29th February, 1920, Revenue from 1st to 31st March, 1920.

Expenditure from 1st to 31st March. 1929,

Balance,

$5,15,128.42 1,136,841.14

Assets and Liabilities on the 31st March, 1920.

LIABILITIES.

6,293,969.56

812,452.46

5,481,517.10

ASSETS.

273

C

Imprest.

Deposits not Available,...........

Postal Agencies,

Shipping Control Account,

Suspense Account,....

1,227,208.97 | Subsidiary Coins,

Advances, Rice Account,

59.448.12

19

Other Iteris,..........

2,216.204. 11

35.00

House Service Account,.

Crown Agents' Deposit Account,. Unallocated Stores, (P.W.D.).. Unallocated Stores, (Railway), Coal Account,....

Investment Account,

Balance, Bank,

3,502,971.20 | Crown Agents' Current Account,.

Total Liabilities,

Balance,

5,481,517.10

TOTAL,.......

8,044,488.30

Exchange,

C.

710,402.77

537,636.16

503,967,47

52,482.25

3,565.78

24,418.41

203,123.93

223,338.75

651,3 14,81 5,192,772.86*

867,592.14 12,914.08

928.89

TOTAL,.....

8,964,488.30

*Invested as follows :—

Hongkong 6% War Loan, 1921-1928,

4% Funding Loan, 1960-1990,

5% War Loant, 1929-1947,

22nd July, 1920.

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Value of Stock.

.$120,000.00

£1,125,000 Os. Od.

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4.569 18s. 70.

Actual Cost.

$120,000.00

£891,002 1s. 8d. (69 )

Market Value. $120,000.00

£776,250 Os. Od.

£ 4,301 Ss. 11d. (884) € 1,044 7s. 9d.

D. W. TRATMAN, Treasurer.

OFFICE OF REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS.

The Patents Ordinance, 1892.

No. 394.-It is hereby notified that, on the application of DUNCAN HAYWOOD CAMERON, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Agent of the STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK, & Corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, in the United States of America, as assignees of HORACE PELEG CHAMBERLAIN, His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to direct that the said STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK may use and publish in the Colony for a period of six months from the 15th day of July, 1920, an invention relating to a method of obtaining products from petroleum by decomposition of component hydrocarbons thereof and apparatus for use in connection therewith without prejudice to the Letters Patent to be granted for the said invention.

21st July, 1920.