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No. S. 98.-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.
Burmah.
Chittagong.
Netherlands- India.
Bangkok.
Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.
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.
18th April, 1913, No. S. 110.
No. S. 111. 18th April, 1913.
18th April, 1913. No. S. 112.
23rd May, 1913. No. S. 147.
Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port. Vessels coming 20th March, 1914. No. S. 82.
from Hongkong must remain in Quarantine Anchorage, Kohphra, until ten days have elapsed from time of leav- ing Hongkong.
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No. S. 99. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st March, 1914, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE
SPECIE
AMOUNT. IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
4,992,025
2,000,000*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,...............
18,427,210
15,500,000
1,145,346
700,000†
TOTAL,.... .$
24,564,581
18,200,000
*
Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at $1,799,635.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.
No. S. 100.-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):-
4.