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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.
No. S. 35.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st January, 1913, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
6,640,127
4,000,000
21,899,759
16,000,000
761,510
130,000*
TOTAL,
$
29,301,396
20,130,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
* Securities with Crown Agents £58,000 and Rs 200,000.
No. S. 36. The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, against their notes in circulation, is published 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
97/983
97/98
Bengal Nagpur Railway Co.,
Ltd., 3% Debentures,
£20,000
£100
par.
par.
31% Rupee Paper,
Rs 200,000*
Rs 1,000
£64/641 per Rs 1,000
£64/64]
per Rs 1,000
No. S. 37.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.
Disease.
Port or Place.
Restrictions in Force.
Authority.
Small-pox.
Hoibow.
Medical examination; quarantine at the discre-
tion of the Health Officer.
7th February, 1913.
Proclamation No. 1 dated 3rd January, 1913.
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Secretary.