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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEepartment.
No. S. 379.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st October, 1912, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
5,598,126
3,500,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,.
21,351,597
16,000,000
696,120
80,000*
TOTAL, .......$
27,645,843 19,580,000
* Securities with Crown Agents £83,000 and Rs 200,000.
No. S. 380.-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,
£28,000
£100
92/93
921/93
Bombay Port Trust 4% Bonds,...
£10,000
£100
97/98/
97/98
Bengal Nagpur Railway Co.,
Ltd., 3% Debentures,
£45,000
£100
par.
par.
33% Rupee Paper,
Rs 200,000
Rs 1,000
£64/641 per Rs 1,000
£64/644 per Rs 1,000
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No. S. 381.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Placo or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
Orissa. Plague Regulations imposed in Orissa Ports against arrivais
from Hongkong.
23rd Feb., 1912. No. S. 54.
8th November, 1912.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.