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BANKS.

393

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$35

9,836,430 5,000,000*

21,942,612

17,000,000

1,021,976

550,000†

TOTAL,...... $ 32,801,018 22,550,000

* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £550,000.

† Securities with the Crown Agents £180,000.

No. S. 220.---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.

Security.

Funding Loan,

£180,000

3rd September, 1920.

Latest market price.

£67. 10s.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Colonial Secretary.

LAND OFFICE.

No. S. 221. It is hereby notified that the following Sales of Crown Land by Public Auction will be held at the Police Station, Au Tau, at 12 Noon, on Thursday, the 9th day of September, 1920.

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, Nos. 1, 2, and 6 as Building Lots, No. 3 as a Building and Garden Lot, No. 4 as a Fruit Growing Lot, and No. 5 as an Agricultural Lot, subject to the General Condi- tion 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. No. 3 is further subject to Special Condition No. 6 published in Government Notification No. 114 of 1918. Nos. 4 and 5 are further subject to Special Conditions Nos. 1, 2, and 3 published in Government Notification No. 697 of 1909.

The amount to be spent in rateable improvements under the General Condition No. 5 is $100 on each Building Lot.