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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 62.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 28th February, 1913, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
7,475,370
4,000,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
22,742,910
16,000,000
709,500
80,000*
TOTAL,
.$ 30,927,780
20,080,000
* Securities with Crown Agents £73,000.
No. S. 63. 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 31% 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,
£35,000.
£100
par.
par.
No. S. 64. Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.
Disease.
Port or Place.
Small-pox.
Hoihow.
Plague.
Pakhoi.
7th March, 1913.
Restrictions in Force.
Authority.
Medical examination; quarantine at the discre- Proclamation No. 1 dated
tion of the Health Officer.
3rd January, 1913.
Do.
Proclamation No. 4 dated 28th February, 1913.
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Secretary.