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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
No. S. 1.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st December, 1910, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$5
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
5,297,799
3,500,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, National Bank of China, Limited,
13,085,170
10,000,000
27,195
Nil.
TOTAL,... .$ 18,410,164 13,500,000
No. S. 2.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.
Disease.
Port or Place.
Restrictions in Force.
Authority.
Cholera.
Bangkok.
Medical examination; quarantine at the discre- Proclamation No. 1 dated
tion of the Health Officer.
6th May, 1910.
6th January, 1911.
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
TREASURY.
No. S. 3.-It is hereby notified that, in accordance with the terms of The Rating Ordinance, No. 6 of 1901, Owners, and Occupiers of Tenements are reminded that Rates for the First Quarter of 1911 are payable in advance on or before the 31st January, 1911.
If any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 28th February, 1911, proceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice.
No Refund of Rates on vacant tenements will be granted unless such Rates have been paid during and within the month of January, nor unless application is made for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the Quarter.
C. Mol. MESSER,
Colonial Treasurer.
3rd January, 1911.