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London, England, 1859-01-04 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, December 31, 1858.
The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL
PUBLISH!! S for the INFORMATION of the HOLDERS of
INDIAN GOVERNMENT PROMISSORY NOTES, and of
PROPRIETORS of TRANSFER LOAN PROPERTY, who
may not be resident in India, the following NOTIFICA-
TIONS, which have been issued by the Government of India,.
and published in the " Calcutta Gazettes Extraordinary " of
the 12th and 19th November, 1858, respectively :
" NOTIFICATIONS.

FORT WLLLIAM, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, THE 12TH

NOVEMBER, 1858.—N0. 61.

" 1. The holders of Indian Government promisory notes are
hereby informed that, from and after the Ist of December,

1858, fnterest on their promissory notes will be made payable,
if desired, at the East India House in London, by bills on de-
mand on the general treasuries of Calcutta and Madras, sub-
ject to the rules and regulations at present in force, or that
may hereafter be issued by the Right Honourable the Secre-
tary of State for India, or by this Government. \
"2. When holders of notes in Calcutta desire thal the in-
terest thereon should be made payable by bills issue in Lon-
don, they must present their notes at the office o the Ac-
countant-General to the Government of India, where an en-
facement will be made on each of the notes in question as
follows:

"Interest Payable in London by Draft on Calcutta (or Ma-

dras, as the case may be).
"3. Notes presented for enfacement at Bombay and Madras
will be forwarded to the Accountant-General to the Govern-
ment of India at this Presidency, by whom the notes, after
enfacement and registry, will be returned to the Presidency
whence they were sent, for delivery to the holders.
"4. Notes presented for enfacement in India will be double-
numbered for transmission, if desired, by halves, in order to
facilitate the issue of a duplicate incase of loss in transit. A
fee of one rupee will be leviedfor the transfer enfacement and
double-numbering.
" 5. On presentation of the transferred notes at the East India
House on or after the dates• on which the interest falls due on
the different Loans, drafts of the interest then payable will be
granted on the General Treasury of Calcutta or Madras, after
the examination and check of the notes.

"6. Whenever holders of-such notes require interest to be
made again payable in India, the notes must be presented at
the East India House. with an application to that effect to the
Right Honourable the Secretary of State, who will cause the
previous enfacements to be cancelled, and a fresh enfacement
entry to be made on each note as follows :
" Interest payable in India.
"7. Holders of promissory notes in London on which inte-
rest is payable by draft on Calcutta may require drafts on
Madras in lieu, or vice versa. This object will be effected by
a cancellation of the previous enfacement on the notes, and by
a fresh enfacement entry to be made in London.
"8. Every applicant, upon sending in a note of enfacement,
must in his application state that he agrees to be bound by the
rules which for the time being may be in force relative to notes
enfaced for payment of interest in England.
" Whenever application is made by the endorsee of a note
for the payment of interest in England by drafts on the Gene-
ral Treasuryat Calcutta or Madras, the applicant must have
his note previously renewed in his own name. Any endorse-
ment made in India of an enlaced note will not be recognised
in England.

"10." Interest payable in Sicca rupees will be paid in Eng-
land by bills for the equivalent amount in Company's rupees,
at the rate of Company's rupees 100 10-8 for every 100 Stem
rupees.

"11. Any charge incurred in England on account of stamps
must be borne by the holders of the promissory notes, and
must be paid at the India House on application for drafts.
" 12. Enfaced notes will be received at the East India House,
for renewal or consolidation or sub-division, and will be sent
out thence to Calcutta, a receipt being given to the holder of
the notes. The new notes when received from India will not
be delivered except upon the production of the receipt, and
payment of a fee of two shillings for each new note, and the
amount of postage levied on the notes in transmission to and
from India.

" 13. No duplicate of a lost note, enfaced for payment of in-
terest in England, will be issued until notice of such loss and
of an application having been made for a duplicate has been
advertised in three successive issues of the "London Gazette,"
and of the " Times," or such other newspaper as the Right
Honourable the Secretary. of State may direct, in addition to
the advertisements in India required by the rules for the time
being in force in India ; and such duplicate will not be granted
except at the loan office in Calcutta, and to the person nomi-
nated by the Home Authorities to receive the duplicate.
"14. In all other respects the rules for the time being in
force in India relating to the issue of duplicates of lost notes
will be applicable to enlaced notes.

"15. interest will be payable only to the legal holder of a
note, and no trust will be recorynised.
"By order of the Honourable the President in Council.
"Secretary to the Government of India,
" (Siffned) C. HUGH LUSHINGTON."

"FORT WILLIAM, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, THE 19TH
NOVEMBER, 1858.—N0. 63.
"With reference to the Notification from this Department,
No. 61, dated the 12th instant, it is hereby notified that the
Right Honourable the Secretary of State for India has deter-
mined to extend to proprietors of transfer loan property,
registered on the books iu India, the advantage which is en-
joyed by the holders of notes of the Four per Cent. Loans, of
subscribing to the Five per Cent. Loan, half in cash and half
in transfer loan security. By this arrangement, holders of
transfer loan property registered on the London books will
have the option by transfer tO the India books, and by then
subscribing to the Five per Cent.. Loan, of availing themselves
of the grant, in England, of bills forAnterest on Indian loan
securities, in common with other creditors of the Indian
Government. _

'No. 64.

Whereas doubts have been entertained as to the construe-

thin of paragraph 9 of the Notification, No. 61, issued from
this Department on the 12th instant, relative to the payment
of interest on Indian Government promissory notes at the
East India House in London, by bills on the treasuries of Cal-
cutta and Madras, it is hereby notified that the application
mentioned in panwraph 9 of that Notification is the applica-
tion for enfacement referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3, and that
endorsements made in England of enfaced notes will be recog-
nised in England.
"By order of the Honourable the President in Council,
"(Signed) C. H. LUSHINGTON,
"Secretary to the Government of India."
J. COSMO MELVILL.
Interest payable quarterly
• Ist 4 pg; Cent. Loan of on different dates varying with
1821-25 (Sicca) the date of original subscrip-
tion to the Loan.
2nd 4 per Cent. (Sicca) of 1 Ditto ditto:
1828-29
3rd 4 per Cent. (Sicca) oil Interest payable-
-1832 -33 j Ist May and Ist November
4th 4 per Cent. 183.5-36 3lst March and 30th September
sth 4 per Cent. 1842-43 lst February and Ist August
34 per Cent. 1853-54 2Bth February and 31st August
6th 4 per Cent. 1854-55
5 per Cent. PublioWorks 1 31st March and 30th September
Loan of 1854-55
44 per Cent. of 1856-57 2Bth February and 31st August
5 per Cent. of 1856-57 2Bth February and 31st August