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No. S. 61. 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) :-
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
Security.
Amount.
Funding Loan,
£137,000
Market value.
5th March, 1920,
No. S. 62.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
A TORPEDO has been lost to the Westward of Lamma Island. A reward of $50 is offered for its recovery. Any person finding the torpedo should communicate with the Captain of H.M.S. Ambrose.
HARBOUR DEPARTMENT,
HONGKONG, 5th March, 1920.
BASIL TAYLOUR, Captain, R.N.,
Harbour Master, &c.
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA,
LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE.
1920. No. 1.
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The Astronomical positions are only approximate unless seconds are given. The bearings are given both True and Magnetic, and those relating to lights are from scaward. The visibility of lights is that in clear weather. Fog signals are sounded only in thick or foggy weather. The elevation given is the height of focal plane above high water.
AUSTRALIA
NORTH COAST.
Port Darwin-Existence of Dangers.
THE following uncharted dangers in Port Darwin (Lat. 12° 28′ S., Long. 130° 51′ E.) are reported by H.M.A.S. Brisbane:
(a) Position-At a distance of 7 cables bearing 89° from Tale Head northern
extremity.
Description. A rock (old coral) dries 3 feet L.W.S.T.
(b) Position. At a distance of 91% cables bearing 140° from Talc Head northern
extremity.
Description.-A rock (old coral) dries 5 feet L.W.S.T.
(c) Position. At a distance of 6% cables bearing 48° from Tale Head northern
extremity.
Description. A three fathom patch.
Charts affected.---Admiralty Chart No. 925-Port Darwin.
Publications affected.--Australia Pilot, Vol. V., 1914, p. 116.
MELBOURNE, 2nd January, 1920.
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