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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.
No. S. 130.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th April, 1913, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,....
5,741,475.
4,000,000
18,784,217
16,000,000
711,000
100,000*
TOTAL,..... .S
25,236,692
20,100,000
* Securities with Crown Agents £73,000.
No. S. 131. 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 34% Stock,
£29,000
£100
92/93
92/93
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. 132.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Singapore.
Orissa.
Burmah.
Nature of Measures.
Hongkong declared an infected port on account of Smull-pox.
Plague Regulations imposed in Orissa Ports against arrivals
from Hongkong.
Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.
Chittagong. Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of Plague
by sea enforced against arrivals from Hongkong,
Date.
Reference
to Govern- ment Noti fication.
4th April, 1913. No. S. 85.
18th April, 1913. | No. S. 110.
18th April, 1913. | No. S. HI.
18th April, 1913. | No. S. 112.
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