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BANKING.
N a m e of Bank
Particular** of all Banks doin-j huwness in tb« Colony
Address of Head Office
Principal Agency in
the United Kingdom
No. of
Establish–
ments in
the Colonv
Under what
authority
established
Capital
paid up
Note Cir–
culation
in the
Colony
Amouut of
Deposits in
the Colony
Ottoman Bank
Banque d' Athenes
Bank of Cypras
Ottoman Bank,
26 Throgoiorton
Street, London
E.C.2.
Banque d' A then es
Athens.
Bank of Cyprus,
Nicosia
Ottoman Bank,
26 Throgmortou
Street, London,
E.C.2.
Banque d' Athdnes
22 Fenchurch
Street, London,
E.C.3.
Westminster
Bank Ltd., Foreign
Branch, 32 Coruhill,
Loudon, E.C.3.
Branches at
Nicosia.
Larnaca,
Limassoi,
Famagusta,
Sc Paphos,
also Troodos
during sum–
mer season,
and Agencies
at £-Tenia
and Lefkxra
Head Office
at Limaasol,
Branch at
Nicosia,
Corres–
pondents at
Larnaca.
Famagusta,
Paphos,
<* Kvrenia
Agencies at
Iju-nnca,
Limasaol,
Famagusta,
Panhi-s,
Kyrenia, Jc
Morphou
Firman of
the Porte
Decree of
tha King of
Greece
30th Nov.,
1893
Sanction of
H.E. the
High C o m m .
of Cyprus
pursuant to
the Provi–
sions of the
Ottoman
Commercial
Code (No.
11.543)
Cyprut
Gatette
1,064 of
20/12/12
£5,000,000j NIL. £310,100
Drachma
72,000,000
£157,863
NIL. £197,770
NIL. £75,542
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Weights and Measures in c o m m o n use and their equivalents in Imperial Weights and Measures
CAPACITY.
2 pints = I
2 J quarts = 1
4 quarts = 1
8 gallons*-*** 1
1
9
Liquid )
Measure j 16
WEIGHT.
400 drams —-
l$okes =
44 okes =
18D okes =
800 okes =
quart
Cyprus litre
gallon
kile
quarts = 1
kouza
kn.izas= 1
load
loke
t Cypnis litra
I cantur
I Aleppo cantar
1 ton
LENGTH
12 inches = 1 foot
2 feet = I pic
3 feet or 1-^ pics = 1 yard
33 pics == 1 chain
2.640 Dics= 1 mile
LAND MEASURE:
I donum — 60 pics or 40 yds. square — 14,400 sq. ft. or -TVT
of an acre.
1,936 donums — 1 sq. mile 3*025 donums -*•* I acre
T h e above figures as regards capacity, weight and length have
been laid down by the Weights and Measures L a w (No. X I . of
1*90.) T h e donum is, however, computed at different sizes by
the inhabitants in different parts of the Colony, and under the
Interpretation L a w (No. X . of 1901) it is reckoned as "1,600
square yards, according to the British Imperial Standard."
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