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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 360.-It is hereby notified that information has been received from H.B.M.'s Consul at Newchwang to the effect that the quarantine restrictions imposed against the port of Hongkong have been withdrawn.
No. S. 361.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th September, 1912, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:---
BANKS.
AVERAGE
SPECIE AMOUNT. IN RESERVE.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,..........
5,368,924 4,000,000
20,545,717
16,000,000
5641,310
100,000*
TOTAL,...
.S 26,478,951 20,100,000
* Securities with Crown Agents £55,000.
No. S. 362.-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 3 of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 65 of 1911):-
Security.
Amount.
Nominal Valne.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
India 3% Stock,
£20,000
£100
92/93
92/93
Bombay Port Trust 4% Bouds,...
£10,000
£100
974/98!
97/98
Bengal Nagpur Railway Co., Ltd., 3% Debentures,
£25,000
£100
par.
par.
No. S. 363.-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 arrivals
from Hongkong.
23rd Feb,, 1912.
No. S. 54.
25th October, 1912.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.