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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 304.-It is hereby notified that information has been received from the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, to the effect that the quarantine restrictions imposed against the port of Hongkong on account of Plague were withdrawn on the 30th September, 1913.
No. S. 305.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
Orissa.
Plague Regulations imposed in Orissa Ports against arrivals
from Hongkong.
18th April, 1913. Np. S. 110.
Burmah.
Chittagong Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of Plague
by sea enforced against arrivals from Hongkong..
Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.
India.
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Netherlands Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :-(1) wearing apparel, old and worn clothes, household effects for daily ̧ use, used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal. (2) rags. Re- fuse of new goods coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made or from bleaching- establishments, artificial wool, and cuttings of new paper, are not considered as rags.
Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health ou board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul General at Hongkong.
18th April, 1913. | No. S. 111.
18th April, 1913. No. S. 112.
23rd May, 1913, No. S. 147.
No. S. 306.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th September, 1913, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
6,486,481
5,000,000
20,094,250
15,000,000
868,500
500,000*
TOTAL,...$
27,449,231
20,500,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,....
* Securities with Crown Agents £73,000.