According to reports made to the' Monthurs Clu> by its members at Friday's meeting that a total of SLE4t 000 of mown val estate mortgages were placed for the week ending October i9 in Western and Western Extension districts at interest rates ranging from 8 to 9 per cent. per annum. Only one Property in the Western Extension to the extent of Tls.295,000 was reported sold for the week, representing a decrease in value of rs. 1,094,194,000 and an increase in tonnage of 1,205,175 tons as compared with the' same period ast year—Havas,
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