720381-1861-GOVERNMENT-NOTIFICATION-NO-57 — Page 1

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11th MAY, 1861.

(Copy.)

GENERAL BALANCE, Charterid MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON, AND CHINA, 30th June, 1860.

ASSETS.

Bills Receivable..

Bills discounted and Loans

Bullion on hand at Bombay.

LIABILITIES.

s. d. £. 8. d. 2,104,409 9 5

Proprietors' Capital.

615,855 16

5

Current Accounts....

8,000 0 0

Fixed deposits..........................

Calcutta...

**

""

3,078 2 11

*

19

Madras......

2,946 0 2

Colombo..

8,000 0 0

Singapore...

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Hongkong.

1)

ยง

Shanghai.

293 14 0 21,914 15 5 88,955 12

Mauritius..

$1

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137.

£

8. d.

£ s. d. 500,000 0 0

813,060 17

7

444,399 6 3

1,886,858 1 5

4,240 18 8 35,552 10 7 921 0 0

28,739 17

7

Government Securities at London.

I

10,400 0 0 143,088 4 7

89,509 19 10

Bombay

61,408 14 0

Madras.

Bills payable..

Mercantile Bank

Balances due to other Banks Suspense Account...

Adjusting Account of profit

Notes in Circulation at Colombo.

25,940 0 of

31

"

Kandy.

"

37

Hongkong

7.788 10 0 80,598 7 6

*

Shanghai

11,248 10 0

125,575 7 6

480 O 0 151,398 13 10 Unclaimed Dividends

Reserve fund..

2,678 12 7

Profit and Loss

7,626 18 4

2,718 2 6

1,091 5 20,000 0

42,862 15

0:00

6

21

33

"

Suspense Account.

Office Furniture at Head Office

and Branches

Insurance Policies

Stamps

Balance due by other Banks.

Credit Accounts

Repairs on new premises

Stationery at Colombo..

Adjusting Account....

Cash on hand at London.

445 16 3 4,639 9 0 33,764 18 9 1,419 11 5 298 18 3 12,329 6 4

18,337 2 10

31

"

Bombay

305,181 1 1

Calcutta..

"

19

Madras

"

41,970 17 30,995 12 1

7

Colombo

11

11

37,036 9

9

""

11

Kandy.

4,593 2

37

+1

Singapore

13,826 14

97

Penang

7,713 9

0

21

"1

Hongkong

273,573 18 9

""

si

Shanghai...

81,029 10 7

"

Mauritius.

8,369 4 0 822,627 2 5

No. 56.

3,903,302 0 1

(Signed,)

(Signed,)

|3,903,302 0 1

W. HOWARD,

Chairman.

W. M. DAVIDSON, Accountant.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION, in Hongkong, is published for general information.

By Order,

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1861.

Account of the average omount of Notes in Circulation at the Bank of the Oriental Bank Corporation in Hongkong for the month ending 30th April, 1861, rendered in accordance with the terms of Her Majesty's Royal Charter of Incorporation.

NOTES ISSUED,.

SPECIE IN RESERVE,.

-$730,122. $400,000.

P. CAMPRÉLL, Manager.

Oriental Bank Corporation, Hongkong, 1st May, 1861.

I hereby certify that I this day inspected the Books and Treasure of the Oriental Bank Corporation, and found the ne- cessary Amount of Specie as required by the Royal Charter.

Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1881.

J. C. POWER, Acting Colonial Treasurer.

No. 57.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Return of Notes in Circulation and Specie in Reserve at the Bank of the CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LONDON, and China, in longkong, is published for general inforination.

By Order,

L. D'ALMADA E CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 9th May, 1861.