On August 15, 2018, Jarvis Company issued 50,000 options on the shares of RBC (Royal Bank Corporation). Each option gives the option holder the right to buy one share of RBC at $60 each until March 16, 2019. Jarvis received $150,000 for issuing these options. At the company’s year-end of December 31, 2018, the options contracts traded on the Montreal Exchange at $2.50 per contract. On March 16, 2019, RBC shares closed at $58 per share, so none of the options was exercised. 

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Record the journal entries related to these call options.