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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
No. S. 308.-It is hereby notified that information has been received from the Acting Consul-General for the Netherlands-India to the effect that the quarantine restrictions im- posed against the port of Hongkong have been withdrawn.
No. S. 309.-The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, against their notes in circulation, is pub- lished for general information under Section 5 of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 65 of 1911) :—-
Security.
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
India 3% Stock,
£20,000
Bombay Port Trust 4% Bonds,......
£10,000
£100
£100
92193
923/93
97/981
97/98
No. S. 310.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
Orissa.
Plague Regulations imposed in Orissa Ports against arrivais
Trom Hongkong,
23rd Feb., 1912.
No, S. 54.
Burmah.
Hongkong declared an infected port.
1st March, 1912.
No. S. 61.
Bengal.
Newehwang.
Do.
29th March, 1912. No. S. 91.
Do.
23rd May, 1912.
No. S. 164.
Niugpo.
Tientsin.
Do.
Do.
31st May, 1912.
14th June, 1912.
No. S. 171.
No. S. 186.
No. S. 311.-It is hereby notifie that sealed tenders will be received at this Office until Noon on Monday, the 30th September, 1912, for the letting of Crown Land opposite the Central Market, for 2 years from 1st November, 1912, subject to the conditions speci- fied below.
Each tender must bear on the cover the words "Tender for Lease of Crown Land opposite the Central Market" and must be accompanied by a receipt to the effect that the tenderer has deposited in the Colonial Treasury a sum of $500 as a pledge of the bonâ fides of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the Crown if the tenderer refuses to carry out his tender and comply with the conditions hereinafter contained, should the tender be accepted.
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