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No. S. 379.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port..
Nature of Measures,
Date.
Reference 'to Govern.
ment Novi-
fication.
Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.
Orissa.
Plague Regulations imposed in Orissa Ports against arrivals
from Hongkong.
18th April, 1913. No. S. 110.
Burmah.
Chittagong.
18th April, 1913.
18th April, 1913.
No. S. 111.
No. S. 112.
Netherlands
India,
23rd May, 1913. No. S. 147
Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of Plague
by sea enforced against arrivals from Hongkong.
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 on board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul General at Hongkong.
No. S. 380.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th November, 1913, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
SPECIE
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
IN RESERVE.
$
$5
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
5,817,368
2,000,000*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,....
17,733,683
15,000,000
778,743
450,000+
TOTAL,
.$
24,329,794
17,450,000
Sterling Securities lodged with the Crown Agents in London for the equivalent of $1,666,666. † Securities with Crown Agents £68,040.
No. S. 381.-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.
Bombay Port Trust 4% Bonds,...
£10,000
£100
97/98
97/98
Southern Punjab Railway 4%
Preference Stock,
£23,040
£100
92/94
92/94
Madras and Southern Mahratta
4% Debenture Stock,.......
£35,000
£100
98/100
98/100