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BANKING.
N a m e of Bank
Particular* of all Bank* doing husiness in ta« Colony
Address of Head Ollice
Principal Airency in
the United Kingdom
No. of
Establish–
ments in
che Colonv
Under what
authoritj
established
CapiUl
paid up
Note Cir–
culation
in th*
Coionv
Amount of
Deposit* in
tbe Colony
Ottoman Bank
Ottoman Bank,
26 Throgtnortou
Street, London,
E.C.2.
Banque d' Athenes
Bank of Cyprua
Ionian Bank
Limited
Banque d' Athenes,
Athens.
Bank of Cyprus.
Nicosia.
P..i8i!.!on House
Moorgate -'"."'".
London. E.C.2.
Ottoman Bank,
26 Throgmorton
Street, London,
E.C.2.
Banque d* Atlubnes
22 Fenchurch
Street, London,
E.C.3.
Westminster
Bank Ltd., Foreign
Branch, 32 Cornhill,
Loudou, E.C.U.
Branches at
Nicosia,
Larnaca,
LimasKoi,
Fam:\((iista,
St PanhiiM,
also Trodtio*
'luruii; sum-
mer season
HcMi Office
at Limassoi,
Branch at
Nicosia,
Corres–
pondents at
Larnaca.
F»mai*usta,
Paphus,
Jc K j Tenia
Agencies at
Larnaca,
Limassoi,
Famagusta,
Paphos.
Kvrenia,
k Morphou
Basildon '.louse,
Moorgate Street,
London, E.C.2.
:•. irosia
I.antra.
Limassoi.
Jt
Fama-;ti«tn
Firman ,,£
the Pone
Decree of
the Ivint* of
Oreece
SOth Nov..
1893
Sanction of
tf.E. the
Hii*h C o m m .
of Cjprns
pursuant ro
the Provi–
sions of the
Ottoman
Commercial
Code (No.
11.544;
Cypr-n
Ga-cttt
1.064 of
20/12/12
By Royal
Charter in
1344 and
registered
under tho
British Com–
panies Act in
London on
5 3,1333
£5,000,000
Drachmre
72,000,000
£157,868
NIL.
NIL.
£287,257
£208,658
NIL. £90,806
£600,000 NIL. £121,308
WEIGHTS ANT) MEASURES.
Weights and Pleasures Ln common use and their equivalents in Imperial Weight3 and Measures
CAPACIT
2 oints =
2 J quarts
Y.
* 1 quart
: 1 Cyprus litre
4 quarts = 1 galloo
8 gallons = 1 kile
[ 9 quarts = 1
Liquid )
kouza
Measure j. 16 k<-iiizas= 1
(
-load
WEIGHT.
400.1 rains
1 g okes
44 okes
18o okes
800 okes
LENGTH
12 inches
2 feet
3 feet or
33 pics
2.640 pics=
1 oke
= 1 Cyprus litre
-= 1 cantar
= 1 Aleppo cantar
= 1 ton
= I foot
= I pic
l^ pics -=-* 1 yard
= I chain
= 1 mile
LAND MEASURE:
1 donum mm 60 pics or 4.0 yds. square — 14,i00 sq. ft.
or
T
*-°T
of an acre.
1,936 donums = 1 sq. mile 3*025 donums — 1 acre
The above figures as regards capacity, weight and
length have been !ai<l down hy the Weights and
Measures Law (No. XI. of 1890.) T h e donum is,
lio've.'er, computed at different sizes by the inhabitants
in diil'erent parts of the Colony, and under the
Interpretation Law (No. X. of 1901) it is reckoned
as *
4
1,600 square yards, according to the British
Imperial Standard."