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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 33.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.
Disease.
Port or Place.
Cholera.
Restrictions in Force.
Bangkok.
Medical examination; quarantine at the discre-
tion of the Health Officer.
Small-pox.
Shanghai.
Do.
Authority.
Notification No. 655 of 20th November, 1925.
Notification No. 718 of 17th December, 1925.
No. S. 34.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st January, 1926, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
{
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
15,529,977
5,300,000*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
...
44,508,258
43,000,000†
1,550,229
550,000$
TOTAL
$
61,588,464
48,850,000
* In addition Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,189,600.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at
£3,108,097.
§ In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £380,000.
No. S. 35. The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, against their notes in circulation, is published for general information under Section 5 of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 65 of 1911):—
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
Security.
51% Treasury Bonds repayable
@ 100 in 1930
£380,000
5th February, 1926.
1013-1024
E. R. HALLIFAX,
Colonial Secretary.