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No. S. 141.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st May, 1911, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
5,447,444
4,000,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
13,392,598
9,000,000
National Bank of China, Limited,
24,520
Nil.
TOTAL,
.$
18,864,562
13,000,000
No. S. 142.-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.
Do.
Proclamation No. 5 dated
Plague.
Pakhoi.
Cholera.
Hoihow.
Do.
18th May, 1911.
Proclamation No. 6 dated 27th May, 1911.
No. S. 143.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Netherlands
India.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the 12th May, 1911.
following articles from Hongkong or transhipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :—Animal refuse, claws and hoofs; human hair, animal hair and bristles; hides un- tanned, salted or cured with arsenic; raw wool and rags ; used bags or sacks; as also tapestry and used embroi- deries, unless they form part of personal luggage or household effects being removed.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
No. S. 111.
9th June, 1911.
W. D. BARNES,
Colonial Secretary.