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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment,
No. S. 85.-It is hereby notified that information has been received from the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, to the effect that Hongkong has been declared an infected port on account of Small-pox.
No. S. 86. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st March, 1913, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE
SPECIE
A MOUNT. IN RESERVE.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,...........
$
5,976,830
$
(
4,000,000
20,309,307
16,000,000
711,000
80,000*
TOTAL, $
.$ 26,997,137
20,080,000
Securities with Crown Agents £73,000.
No. S. 87. 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 Valuc.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
India 31% Stock,
£28,000
£100
92/93
92193
Bombay Port Trust 4% Bonds,....
£10,000
£100
97/98/
973,98
Bengal Nagpur Railway Co., Ltd., 3% Debentures,
£35,000
£100
par.
par.
No. S. 88.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
Singapore. Hongkong declared an infected port on account of Small-pox. 4th April, 1913.
No. S. 85.
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